9-letter words containing i, r, s, h, t
- hermitism — the act of living as a hermit
- hesitater — One who hesitates.
- hesitator — Alternative spelling of hesitater.
- hetaerism — concubinage.
- hetairism — Alternative form of hetaerism.
- heterosis — the increase in growth, size, fecundity, function, yield, or other characters in hybrids over those of the parents.
- heuretics — the use of logic
- heuristic — serving to indicate or point out; stimulating interest as a means of furthering investigation.
- hillcrest — The crest of a hill.
- hiratsuka — a city in central Honshu, Japan, near Yokohama.
- hircosity — the quality of being like a goat
- hirsuties — Hirsutism.
- hirsutism — excessive hairiness, especially in women.
- histadrut — a labor federation in Israel, founded in 1920.
- histogram — a graph of a frequency distribution in which rectangles with bases on the horizontal axis are given widths equal to the class intervals and heights equal to the corresponding frequencies.
- historian — an expert in history; authority on history.
- historied — abounding in notable history; having an illustrious past; storied: Italy is a richly historied land.
- histories — the branch of knowledge dealing with past events.
- historify — to make something part of history or to tell the history of something
- hitlerism — the doctrines, principles, and practices of the Nazi party, especially as developed by Hitler; Nazism.
- hollister — a town in W California.
- horntails — Plural form of horntail.
- horridest — Superlative form of horrid.
- horsemint — a wild mint, Mentha longifolia, introduced into America from Europe, having spikes of lilac flowers.
- horseshit — nonsense, lies, or exaggeration.
- horsetail — Also called scouring rush. any nonflowering plant of the genus Equisetum, having hollow, jointed stems.
- hortensia — Hydrangea.
- hoteliers — Plural form of hotelier.
- howitzers — Plural form of howitzer.
- hubristic — excessive pride or self-confidence; arrogance.
- humorists — Plural form of humorist.
- humourist — (British) alternative spelling of humorist.
- hungriest — Superlative form of hungry.
- hybridist — someone who hybridizes or cross-breeds (animals or plants)
- hybristic — hubris.
- hydrastis — goldenseal (def 2).
- hygristor — an electronic component the resistance of which varies with humidity
- hysterics — Usually, hysterics. a fit of uncontrollable laughter or weeping; hysteria.
- hysteroid — resembling hysteria.
- ingathers — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ingather.
- ingrowths — Plural form of ingrowth.
- inshelter — to put in a shelter
- interdash — to intersperse with hasty strokes of a pen or other writing instrument
- intermesh — any knit, woven, or knotted fabric of open texture.
- ironsmith — a worker in iron; blacksmith.
- 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.
- isotheres — Plural form of isothere.
- isotherms — Plural form of isotherm.
- katharsis — Alt form catharsis.
- kórinthos — an ancient city in Greece, on the Isthmus of Corinth: one of the wealthiest and most powerful of the ancient Greek cities.