9-letter words containing m, a, s, h, o
- hasmonean — a member of a priestly family of Jewish rulers and leaders in Judea in the 1st and 2nd centuries b.c.
- hawksmoor — Nicholas, 1661–1736, English architect.
- heartsome — giving cheer, spirit, or courage: a heartsome wine.
- hebdomads — Plural form of hebdomad.
- hecatombs — Plural form of hecatomb.
- hematomas — (US) Plural form of hematoma (Alternative spelling of haematomas).
- hematosis — hematopoiesis.
- hemoblast — hematoblast.
- hepatomas — Plural form of hepatoma.
- himations — Plural form of himation.
- hiroshima — a seaport on SW Honshu, in SW Japan: first military use of atomic bomb August 6, 1945.
- 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.
- holograms — Plural form of hologram.
- home base — Baseball. home plate.
- homelands — Plural form of homeland.
- homestall — Dialect. a farmyard.
- homestand — (baseball) A series of games played at a team's home field.
- homestays — Plural form of homestay.
- homestead — a town in S Florida.
- homewards — Of or pertaining to leading toward home.
- homewares — (chiefly, British) Furnishings for the home, such as furniture and cushions.
- homoplasy — correspondence in form or structure, owing to a similar environment.
- homotaxis — a similarity of arrangement, as of geologic strata or fossil assemblages that have the same relative position but are not necessarily contemporaneous.
- hormisdas — Saint, died a.d. 523, pope 514–523.
- hornbeams — Plural form of hornbeam.
- horsemeat — The flesh of a horse as food.
- housemaid — a female servant employed in general domestic work in a home, especially to do housework.
- housemate — a person with whom one shares a house or other residence.
- humanoids — Plural form of humanoid.
- hydrosoma — hydrosome.
- hypostoma — Hypostome.
- kagoshima — a seaport on S Kyushu, in SW Japan.
- laughsome — (rare) Exciting laughter; also, addicted to laughter; merry.
- loathsome — causing feelings of loathing; disgusting; revolting; repulsive: a loathsome skin disease.
- lymphomas — Plural form of lymphoma.
- macintosh — a raincoat made of rubberized cloth.
- madhouses — Plural form of madhouse.
- maggotish — Maggoty.
- mailshots — Plural form of mailshot.
- maksoorah — (in a mosque) a screen or partition enclosing an area for prayer or a tomb.
- malt shop — a retail establishment specializing in serving ice-cream drinks, as malted milks, milk shakes, and sodas.
- malthouse — A building in which malt is prepared and stored.
- mammonish — Actuated or prompted by a devotion to money getting or the service of Mammon.
- mantyhose — a one-piece clinging garment covering the body from the waist to the feet, worn by men
- marathons — Plural form of marathon.
- marrowish — Similar to a marrow.
- marshwort — A small, white-flowered plant, of the genus Apium, that grows in marshy habitats.
- mascouche — a town in S Quebec, in E Canada.
- mash note — an effusive note or letter expressing affection or passion for the recipient, usually a stranger or someone known only casually
- masochism — Psychiatry. the condition in which sexual gratification depends on suffering physical pain or humiliation.