9-letter words containing s, h, a, m
- bush tram — a railway line in the bush, used to facilitate the entry of workers and the removal of timber
- bushelman — a person who alters or repairs garments; busheler.
- bushwoman — a woman who lives in the bush
- byam shaw — Glen Alexander. 1904–81, British actor and theatre director; director of the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre (1953–59)
- campshirt — a loose, short-sleeved shirt or blouse with an open collar
- camshafts — Plural form of camshaft.
- catechism — In a Catholic, Episcopal, or Orthodox Church, the catechism is a series of questions and answers about religious beliefs, which has to be learned by people before they can become full members of that Church.
- chainsman — a person who stands in the chains to take soundings; leadsman.
- chamberys — a city in and the capital of Savoie, in SE France.
- chamfrons — Plural form of chamfron.
- chamosite — a mineral of the chlorite group, hydrous aluminum silicate of iron, occurring in gray or black crystals in oolitic iron ore.
- champians — Plural form of champian.
- champions — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of champion.
- charismas — Plural form of charisma.
- charmeuse — a lightweight fabric with a satin-like finish
- charmings — Plural form of charming.
- charmless — If you say that something or someone is charmless, you mean that they are unattractive or uninteresting.
- chatrooms — Plural form of chatroom.
- chautemps — Camille [ka-mee-yuh] /kaˈmi yə/ (Show IPA), 1885–1963, French politician: premier 1930, 1933–34, 1937–38.
- chemicals — the commercial production and sale of chemical products
- chemostat — an apparatus for growing bacterial cultures at a constant rate by controlling the supply of nutrient medium
- cheongsam — a straight dress, usually of silk or cotton, with a stand-up collar and a slit in one side of the skirt, worn by Chinese women
- chiamussu — Jiamusi.
- chiasmata — Anatomy. a crossing or decussation, as that of the optic nerves at the base of the brain.
- chimaeras — Plural form of chimaera.
- chimineas — Plural form of chiminea.
- chinampas — Plural form of chinampa.
- chisimaio — a port in S Somalia, on the Indian Ocean. Pop: reliable recent estimates are not available
- chlamydes — Plural form of chlamys.
- chokeslam — A wrestling move in which someone is picked up by their neck and is driven into the mat.
- chomskyan — of or relating to Noam Chomsky or his linguistic theories, especially to transformational-generative grammar.
- choriambs — Plural form of choriamb.
- christmas — Christmas is a Christian festival when the birth of Jesus Christ is celebrated. Christmas is celebrated on the 25th of December.
- chromates — Plural form of chromate.
- clamshell — a dredging bucket that is hinged like the shell of a clam
- crampfish — a ray of the order Torpediniformes with electric organs on either side of its head
- daisy ham — a boned and smoked piece of pork from the pig's shoulder
- deathsman — an executioner
- deschamps — Émile (French emil), full name Émile Deschamps de Saint-Armand. 1791–1871, French poet, dramatist, and librettist: a leading figure in the French romantic movement
- dharmsala — an Indian hostel or rest-house, often built with religious purpose
- dichasium — a cymose inflorescence in which each branch bearing a flower gives rise to two other flowering branches, as in the stitchwort
- drumheads — Plural form of drumhead.
- dysphemia — any impairment in the ability to speak.
- dysthymia — depression; despondency or a tendency to be despondent.
- dyushambe — a former name of Dushanbe.
- eightsman — a member of an eight-man rowing team
- empathies — Plural form of empathy.
- empathise — (British) alternative spelling of empathize.
- emphasise — (British) alternative spelling of emphasize.
- emphasize — Give special importance or prominence to (something) in speaking or writing.