9-letter words containing s, a, t, i
- hesitater — One who hesitates.
- hesitates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hesitate.
- hesitator — Alternative spelling of hesitater.
- hetaerism — concubinage.
- hetairism — Alternative form of hetaerism.
- hexastich — a strophe, stanza, or poem consisting of six lines.
- highstand — (geology) An interval during which the sea level was above the edge of a continental shelf.
- himations — Plural form of himation.
- hindustan — Persian name of India, especially the part N of the Deccan.
- hiratsuka — a city in central Honshu, Japan, near Yokohama.
- hispanist — a specialist in the Spanish or Portuguese language or in Spanish or Latin-American literature or culture.
- histadrut — a labor federation in Israel, founded in 1920.
- histamine — Biochemistry, Physiology. a heterocyclic amine, C 5 H 9 N 3 , released by mast cells when tissue is injured or in allergic and inflammatory reactions, causing dilation of small blood vessels and smooth muscle contraction.
- 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.
- hit squad — a team of hit men, as one organized for the purpose of assassinating a political figure.
- homotaxis — a similarity of arrangement, as of geologic strata or fossil assemblages that have the same relative position but are not necessarily contemporaneous.
- horntails — Plural form of horntail.
- 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.
- houstonia — any North American plant, belonging to the genus Houstonia, of the madder family, especially H. caerulea, the common bluet.
- humanists — Plural form of humanist.
- hyacinths — Plural form of hyacinth.
- hydrastis — goldenseal (def 2).
- hypaspist — a shield bearer, especially one of a special unit of light infantry in the Macedonian army.
- hypotaxis — dependent relation or construction, as of clauses; syntactic subordination.
- ice-skate — to skate on ice.
- ideaistic — of ideas, especially in their abstract or symbolic character.
- idealists — Plural form of idealist.
- ideations — Plural form of ideation.
- idioblast — a cell that differs greatly from the surrounding cells or tissue.
- idolaters — Plural form of idolater.
- idolators — Plural form of idolator.
- ignorants — Plural form of ignorant.
- illations — Plural form of illation.
- illatives — Plural form of illative.
- imaginist — an imaginative person
- imagistic — (often initial capital letter) a theory or practice of a group of poets in England and America between 1909 and 1917 who believed that poetry should employ the language of common speech, create new rhythms, have complete freedom in subject matter, and present a clear, concentrated, and precise image.
- imitators — Plural form of imitator.
- immolates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of immolate.
- immortals — not mortal; not liable or subject to death; undying: our immortal souls.
- impasting — Present participle of impaste.
- impastoed — (painting) Painted with an impasto.
- impatiens — any of numerous plants belonging to the genus Impatiens, of the balsam family, having irregular flowers in which the calyx and corolla are not clearly distinguishable and bearing fruit that bursts open to scatter the seeds.
- in a spot — a rounded mark or stain made by foreign matter, as mud, blood, paint, ink, etc.; a blot or speck.