9-letter words containing s, h, a, i
- hormisdas — Saint, died a.d. 523, pope 514–523.
- horntails — Plural form of horntail.
- horsehair — a hair or the hair of a horse, especially from the mane or tail.
- 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.
- housemaid — a female servant employed in general domestic work in a home, especially to do housework.
- houstonia — any North American plant, belonging to the genus Houstonia, of the madder family, especially H. caerulea, the common bluet.
- humanised — Simple past tense and past participle of humanise.
- humanists — Plural form of humanist.
- humanizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of humanize.
- humanoids — Plural form of humanoid.
- hyacinths — Plural form of hyacinth.
- hydracids — Plural form of hydracid.
- hydrastis — goldenseal (def 2).
- hypaspist — a shield bearer, especially one of a special unit of light infantry in the Macedonian army.
- hypobasis — the lowermost distinctively treated part of a base.
- hypotaxis — dependent relation or construction, as of clauses; syntactic subordination.
- impeaches — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of impeach.
- in ambush — If someone is lying in ambush, they are hiding and waiting for someone, usually to attack them.
- ingathers — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ingather.
- inhalants — Plural form of inhalant.
- inhearsed — Simple past tense and past participle of inhearse.
- inshallah — If Allah wills it.
- insheathe — ensheathe.
- interdash — to intersperse with hasty strokes of a pen or other writing instrument
- irish sea — a part of the Atlantic between Ireland and England.
- isanthous — having regular flowers.
- ischaemia — local deficiency of blood supply produced by vasoconstriction or local obstacles to the arterial flow.
- ischaemic — (UK, pathology, cardiology) alternative spelling of ischemic.
- ischiadic — (obsolete) ischiatic.
- ischiatic — Of or pertaining to the ischium.
- isobathic — having the same depth.
- isohaline — a line on a map of the ocean connecting all points of equal salinity.
- isohyetal — a line drawn on a map connecting points having equal rainfall at a certain time or for a stated period.
- isophotal — relating to an isophote or isophotes, or to a diagram on which isophotes are represented
- ispaghula — dietary fibre derived from the seed husks of Plantago orata and used as a thickener or stabilizer in the food industry
- jack shit — anything at all; the least thing (usually used in the negative): He doesn't know jack shit.
- jacksmith — a smith who makes devices that enable the turning of meat while being roasted
- jailhouse — a jail or building used as a jail.
- jargonish — jargonistic
- jihadists — Plural form of jihadist.
- jinriksha — A two-wheeled carriage pulled along by a person.
- k'ang hsi — (Shêng-tsu) 1654?–1722, Chinese emperor of the Ch'ing dynasty 1662–1722.
- kaffiyehs — Plural form of kaffiyeh.
- kagoshima — a seaport on S Kyushu, in SW Japan.