9-letter words containing i, n, t, h, s
- shirtband — a band of material sewn into a shirt for stiffening, finishing, or the like, as a neckband to which the collar is sewn or buttoned.
- shotpoint — A shotpoint is a place at the surface of the Earth where a seismic source is activated.
- shoutline — a line of text in an advertisement made prominent to catch attention
- shuttling — a device in a loom for passing or shooting the weft thread through the shed from one side of the web to the other, usually consisting of a boat-shaped piece of wood containing a bobbin on which the weft thread is wound.
- sightline — any of the lines of sight between the spectators and the stage or playing area in a theater, stadium, etc.: Some of the sightlines are blocked by columns.
- sightsman — a tourist guide
- siphonate — (of molluscs) having a syphon
- sixteenth — next after the fifteenth; being the ordinal number for 16.
- sixth man — a team's best substitute.
- sketch in — If you sketch in details about something, you tell them to people.
- sketching — a simply or hastily executed drawing or painting, especially a preliminary one, giving the essential features without the details.
- skintight — fitting almost as tightly as skin: skintight trousers.
- sleuthing — a detective. Synonyms: investigator, private investigator; private eye, gumshoe, shamus.
- slighting — small in amount, degree, etc.: a slight increase; a slight odor.
- slingshot — a Y -shaped stick with an elastic strip between the prongs for shooting stones and other small missiles.
- smithtown — a city on N Long Island, in SE New York.
- snatching — to make a sudden effort to seize something, as with the hand; grab (usually followed by at).
- something — Informal. a person or thing of some value or consequence: He is really something! This writer has something to say and she says it well.
- songsmith — a writer of songs.
- sphincter — a circular band of voluntary or involuntary muscle that encircles an orifice of the body or one of its hollow organs.
- stanchion — an upright bar, beam, post, or support, as in a window, stall, ship, etc.
- starshine — starlight
- stephanie — a female given name.
- stephen i — Saint, died a.d. 257? pope 254–257.
- sticheron — a liturgical hymn sung in the Orthodox Church
- stinkhorn — any of various rank-smelling, brown-capped mushrooms of the genus Phallus, especially P. impudicus.
- stitching — one complete movement of a threaded needle through a fabric or material such as to leave behind it a single loop or portion of thread, as in sewing, embroidery, or the surgical closing of wounds.
- stonefish — a tropical scorpion fish, Synanceja verrucosa, having dorsal-fin spines from which a deadly poison is discharged.
- strongish — having, showing, or able to exert great bodily or muscular power; physically vigorous or robust: a strong boy.
- strychnia — Pharmacology. a colorless, crystalline poison, C 2 1 H 2 2 N 2 O 2 , obtained chiefly by extraction from the seeds of nux vomica, formerly used as a central nervous system stimulant.
- strychnic — Pharmacology. a colorless, crystalline poison, C 2 1 H 2 2 N 2 O 2 , obtained chiefly by extraction from the seeds of nux vomica, formerly used as a central nervous system stimulant.
- sunbright — as bright as the sun, very bright
- superthin — extremely thin
- switch on — the act or process of switching on an ignition, light, appliance, etc.
- switch-on — a slender, flexible shoot, rod, etc., used especially in whipping or disciplining.
- switching — a slender, flexible shoot, rod, etc., used especially in whipping or disciplining.
- switchman — a person who has charge of a switch on a railroad.
- sympathin — a substance released at certain sympathetic nerve endings: thought to be identical with adrenaline
- synanthic — relating to synanthy
- synthesis — the combining of the constituent elements of separate material or abstract entities into a single or unified entity (opposed to analysis, ) the separating of any material or abstract entity into its constituent elements.
- synthetic — of, pertaining to, proceeding by, or involving synthesis (opposed to analytic).
- tarnished — metal: discolored
- teachings — the act or profession of a person who teaches.
- thanatism — the belief that the soul ceases to exist when the body dies
- thanatist — a person who believes in thanatism, the doctrine that the soul ceases to exist after death
- thaneship — thanage.
- thankings — expressions of gratitude or acts of thanking
- the mains — the main distribution network for water, gas, or electricity
- the rains — the season of heavy rainfall, esp in the tropics
- the twins — the constellation Gemini, the third sign of the zodiac