9-letter words containing n, i, h, l, s
- sinhalese — of or relating to Sri Lanka, its native people, or their language.
- sinophile — a person who admires or has a strong liking for China, the Chinese, or their culture.
- siphuncle — (in a nautilus) the connecting tube that passes from the end of the body through all of the septa to the innermost chamber.
- sleighing — a light vehicle on runners, usually open and generally horse-drawn, used especially for transporting persons over snow or ice.
- 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.
- sloughing — the outer layer of the skin of a snake, which is cast off periodically.
- snailfish — any of several elongate, smooth-skinned fishes of the family Liparididae, inhabiting cold seas, having the ventral fins modified to form a sucking disk.
- spanglish — Spanish spoken with a large admixture of English, especially American, words and expressions.
- uncleship — the position or status of an uncle; the condition of being an uncle
- unfoolish — resulting from or showing a lack of sense; ill-considered; unwise: a foolish action, a foolish speech.
- unhostile — not hostile
- unselfish — not selfish; disinterested; generous; altruistic.
- unsightly — distasteful or unpleasant to look at: an unsightly wound; unsightly disorder.
- unstylish — unfashionable; not stylish
- unwishful — not wishful
- uplandish — of or relating to the uplands
- wheelings — Plural form of wheeling.
- wheelspin — the spinning of a wheel, especially that of a drive wheel of a powered vehicle that has poor traction.
- whistling — an instrument for producing whistling sounds by means of the breath, steam, etc., as a small wooden or tin tube, a pipe, or a similar device with an air chamber containing a small ball that oscillates when air is forced through an opening, producing a high-pitched, warbling tone.
- xenoliths — Plural form of xenolith.