9-letter words containing h, y, s, t
- historify — to make something part of history or to tell the history of something
- hobbyists — Plural form of hobbyist.
- holotypes — Plural form of holotype.
- holystone — a block of soft sandstone used in scrubbing the decks of a ship.
- homestays — Plural form of homestay.
- homestyle — simple and unpretentious, evoking the comforts of home: homestyle cooking; home-style hospitality.
- homostyly — (in plants) the condition of having all the flowers with styles of only one length, rather than of different lengths
- honeypots — Plural form of honeypot.
- hostilely — of, relating to, or characteristic of an enemy: a hostile nation.
- hostility — a hostile state, condition, or attitude; enmity; antagonism; unfriendliness.
- huckstery — the business of a huckster
- hyacinths — Plural form of hyacinth.
- hybridist — someone who hybridizes or cross-breeds (animals or plants)
- hybristic — hubris.
- hydranths — Plural form of hydranth.
- hydrastis — goldenseal (def 2).
- hydrocast — a process in which water is collected at various depths in a device with bottles clamped together, providing data on differing water characteristics.
- hydrostat — an electrical device for detecting the presence of water, as from overflow or leakage.
- hygienist — an expert in hygiene.
- hygristor — an electronic component the resistance of which varies with humidity
- hygrostat — an instrument for measuring and controlling humidity.
- hylobates — Plural form of hylobate.
- hymnodist — the singing or the composition of hymns or sacred songs.
- hypaspist — a shield bearer, especially one of a special unit of light infantry in the Macedonian army.
- hypnotics — Plural form of hypnotic.
- hypnotise — to put in the hypnotic state.
- hypnotism — the science dealing with the induction of hypnosis.
- hypnotist — the science dealing with the induction of hypnosis.
- hypoblast — the endoderm.
- hypocaust — a hollow space or system of channels in the floor or walls of some ancient Roman buildings that provided a central heating system by receiving and distributing the heat from a furnace.
- hyponasty — increased growth along the lower surface of a plant or plant part, causing it to bend upward.
- hypostoma — Hypostome.
- hypostome — any of several parts or organs of the mouth, as the labrum of a crustacean.
- hypostyle — having many columns carrying the roof or ceiling: a hypostyle hall.
- hypotaxis — dependent relation or construction, as of clauses; syntactic subordination.
- hypotonus — Hypotonia.
- hysterics — Usually, hysterics. a fit of uncontrollable laughter or weeping; hysteria.
- hysteroid — resembling hysteria.
- isohyetal — a line drawn on a map connecting points having equal rainfall at a certain time or for a stated period.
- isorhythm — a structural feature characteristic of the Ars Nova motet, consisting of a single rhythmic phrase pattern repeated, usually in the tenor, throughout the composition.
- katyushas — Plural form of katyusha.
- kitschify — to make something kitsch
- kshatriya — a member of the Hindu royal and warrior class above the Vaisyas and below the Brahmans.
- ladysmith — a city in W Natal, in the E Republic of South Africa: besieged by Boers 1889–1900.
- latchkeys — Plural form of latchkey.
- lathyrism — a disorder of humans and domestic animals caused by ingestion of the seeds of some legumes of the genus Lathyrus and marked by spastic paralysis and pain.
- lithocyst — a sac, containing otoliths, found in many invertebrates, supposedly connected to hearing and orientation
- loutishly — In a loutish manner.
- lymphitis — (archaic) lymphadenopathy.
- lyndhurst — a township in NE New Jersey.