9-letter words containing s, h, a, i
- rheotaxis — oriented movement of an organism in response to a current of fluid, especially water.
- rhodesian — (as Southern Rhodesia, ) a former British colony in S Africa: declared independence 1965; name changed to Zimbabwe, 1979.
- rhopalism — the art, skill, or incidence of writing rhopalic verse
- rhotacism — Historical Linguistics. a change of a speech sound, especially (s), to (r), as in the change from Old Latin lases to Latin lares.
- rivalship — rivalry
- sablefish — a large, blackish food fish, Anoplopoma fimbria, inhabiting waters of the North Pacific.
- saccharic — of or derived from saccharin or a saccharine substance.
- saccharin — a white, crystalline, slightly water-soluble powder, C 7 H 5 NO 3 S, produced synthetically, which in dilute solution is 500 times as sweet as sugar: its soluble sodium salt is used as a noncaloric sugar substitute in the manufacture of syrups, foods, and beverages.
- safelight — a darkroom light with a filter that transmits only those rays of the spectrum to which films, printing paper, etc., are not sensitive.
- sahaptian — a family of North American Indian languages consisting of Sahaptin and Nez Percé
- sailcloth — any of various fabrics, as of cotton, nylon, or Dacron, for boat sails or tents.
- sainthood — the character or status of a saint.
- saintship — the qualities or status of a saint.
- sakishima — a group of islands in the S Ryukyu Islands, off Taiwan and belonging to Japan.
- saltishly — in a saltish manner
- sanhedrim — Also called Great Sanhedrin. the highest council of the ancient Jews, consisting of 71 members, and exercising authority from about the 2nd century b.c.
- sanhedrin — Also called Great Sanhedrin. the highest council of the ancient Jews, consisting of 71 members, and exercising authority from about the 2nd century b.c.
- sapphired — blue-coloured
- scaldfish — a small European flatfish, Arnoglossus laterna, covered with large fragile scales: family Bothidae
- scaldship — the office of a scald or an ancient Scandinavian poet or bard
- schaudinn — Fritz [frits] /frɪts/ (Show IPA), 1871–1906, German zoologist.
- schematic — pertaining to or of the nature of a schema, diagram, or scheme; diagrammatic.
- schematik — A NeXT front-end to MIT Scheme for the NeXT by Chris Kane and Max Hailperin <[email protected]>. Schematik provides syntax-knowledgeable text editing, graphics windows and a user-interface to an underlying MIT Scheme process. It comes with MIT Scheme 7.1.3 ready to install on the NeXT and requires NEXTSTEP. Version: 1.1.5.2.
- schiavone — the Italian name for a 17th century basket-hilted sword with a double edge
- schickard — a large crater in the SW quadrant of the moon, about 227 kilometres (141 miles) in diameter
- scholiast — an ancient commentator on the classics.
- sciamachy — an act or instance of fighting a shadow or an imaginary enemy.
- sciomachy — sciamachy.
- scratchie — a scratchcard
- scrimshaw — a carved or engraved article, especially of whale ivory, whalebone, walrus tusks, or the like, made by whalers as a leisure occupation.
- sea fight — a fight between ships at sea.
- searching — examining carefully or thoroughly: a searching inspection.
- sei whale — a rorqual, Balaenoptera borealis, inhabiting all seas: now greatly reduced in number.
- selachian — belonging to the Selachii, a group of fishes comprising the sharks, skates, and rays.
- semihardy — partially hardy; able to survive moderately low temperatures: semihardy plants.
- senhorita — a Portuguese term of address equivalent to miss, used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a girl or unmarried woman. Abbreviation: Srta.
- sennachie — a professional storyteller of family genealogy, history, and legend.
- seraphine — an old reed-based keyboard instrument; a reed organ
- serigraph — a print made by the silkscreen process.
- sexaholic — a person who is addicted to sex
- sgian-dhu — a dirk carried in the stocking by Highlanders
- shabbiest — impaired by wear, use, etc.; worn: shabby clothes.
- shacharis — Shaharith.
- shadiness — abounding in shade; shaded: shady paths.
- shadowily — in a shadowy way or manner
- shadowing — a dark figure or image cast on the ground or some surface by a body intercepting light.
- shaharith — the religious service celebrated by Jews every morning.
- shaikhism — the beliefs and practices of the Shaikhi.
- shakerism — the beliefs and practices of the Shakers.
- shakiness — tending to shake or tremble.