9-letter words containing o, a, t, h, s
- hansetown — Hansa (def 3).
- hardstone — (arts) precious stone or semi-precious stone used to make intaglio, mosaics etc.
- harmonist — a member of a celibate religious sect that emigrated from Germany to Pennsylvania in 1803.
- hartshorn — the antler of a hart, formerly used as a source of ammonia.
- haustoria — a projection from the hypha of a fungus into the organic matter from which it absorbs nutrients.
- have-nots — people who are very poor
- hawthorns — Plural form of hawthorn.
- headnotes — Plural form of headnote.
- headshots — Plural form of headshot.
- headstock — the part of a machine containing or directly supporting the moving or working parts, as the assembly supporting and driving the live spindle in a lathe.
- headstone — a stone marker set at the head of a grave; gravestone.
- heartsome — giving cheer, spirit, or courage: a heartsome wine.
- heartsore — heartsick.
- heat loss — the loss of heat from something such as a building
- hecatombs — Plural form of hecatomb.
- heliostat — an instrument consisting of a mirror moved by clockwork, for reflecting the sun's rays in a fixed direction.
- hematomas — (US) Plural form of hematoma (Alternative spelling of haematomas).
- hematosis — hematopoiesis.
- hemoblast — hematoblast.
- hepatomas — Plural form of hepatoma.
- heptagons — Plural form of heptagon.
- hesitator — Alternative spelling of hesitater.
- himations — Plural form of himation.
- 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.
- hoarfrost — frost (def 2).
- hoarstone — A stone designating the bounds of an estate; a landmark.
- holdfasts — Plural form of holdfast.
- holocaust — a great or complete devastation or destruction, especially by fire.
- 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.
- homotaxis — a similarity of arrangement, as of geologic strata or fossil assemblages that have the same relative position but are not necessarily contemporaneous.
- hoofbeats — Plural form of hoofbeat.
- horntails — Plural form of horntail.
- horsecart — A cart drawn by a horse.
- horsemeat — The flesh of a horse as food.
- horsetail — Also called scouring rush. any nonflowering plant of the genus Equisetum, having hollow, jointed stems.
- hortensia — Hydrangea.
- hospitage — the position of being a guest
- hospitale — a place of lodging
- hospitals — Plural form of hospital.
- hospitate — (obsolete, transitive) To receive with hospitality; to lodge as a guest.
- hostaging — a person given or held as security for the fulfillment of certain conditions or terms, promises, etc., by another.
- hot flash — a sudden, temporary sensation of heat experienced by some women during menopause.
- hot pants — (used with a plural verb) very brief and usually tight-fitting shorts for women and girls, first popularized in the early 1970s.
- hot sauce — any of several highly spiced, pungent condiments, especially one containing some type of pepper or chili.
- hotplates — Plural form of hotplate.
- houseboat — a flat-bottomed, bargelike boat fitted for use as a floating dwelling but not for rough water.