9-letter words containing s, h, e, l, t
- mightless — (obsolete) Lacking in might; weak.
- mirthless — gaiety or jollity, especially when accompanied by laughter: the excitement and mirth of the holiday season.
- monthlies — pertaining to a month, or to each month.
- moschatel — a small plant, Adoxa moschatellina, having greenish or yellowish flowers with a musky odor.
- mouthless — Without a mouth.
- natheless — nevertheless.
- nephalist — (obsolete, Temperance movement) One who practises nephalism; a teetotaller.
- nightless — the period of darkness between sunset and sunrise.
- nutshells — Plural form of nutshell.
- outhustle — (US, sports) To do a better job of hustling than (the other team).
- phlebitis — inflammation of a vein, often occurring in the legs and involving the formation of a thrombus, characterized by swelling, pain, and change of skin color.
- photolyse — to cause to undergo or to undergo photolysis
- phyletics — phylogenetic classification.
- post-hole — a hole dug in the earth for setting in the end of a post, as for a fence.
- rightless — lacking rights
- rosenthal — Jean, 1912–69, U.S. theatrical lighting designer.
- safelight — a darkroom light with a filter that transmits only those rays of the spectrum to which films, printing paper, etc., are not sensitive.
- scatheful — causing harm or injury
- scheelite — calcium tungstate, CaWO 4 , usually occurring in tetragonal crystals: an important ore of tungsten.
- schnitzel — a cutlet, especially of veal.
- segholate — a noun in Hebrew that has a long vowel in the first syllable and a short seghol in the second syllable
- self-hate — to dislike intensely or passionately; feel extreme aversion for or extreme hostility toward; detest: to hate the enemy; to hate bigotry.
- seventhly — as the seventh point; linking what follows to the previous statements, as in a speech or argument
- shaftless — lacking a shaft
- shavetail — U.S. Army. a second lieutenant.
- sheetless — lacking sheets
- sheetlike — resembling a sheet
- shelflist — a record of the books and other materials in a library arranged in the order in which the materials are stored on shelves.
- shell out — a hard outer covering of an animal, as the hard case of a mollusk, or either half of the case of a bivalve mollusk.
- sheltered — protected or shielded from storms, missiles, etc., by a wall, roof, barrier, or the like.
- shiftable — able or designed to be shifted, changed, or removed: shiftable furniture.
- shiftless — lacking in resourcefulness; inefficient; lazy.
- shirtless — a long- or short-sleeved garment for the upper part of the body, usually lightweight and having a collar and a front opening.
- shit-hole — a very bad place; a disgusting place
- shootable — suitable for being shot
- short leg — a fielding position on the leg side near the batsman's wicket
- shot hole — a condition in plants in which small, rounded spots drop out of the leaves, appearing as if the leaves were riddled by shot, resulting from infection or injury.
- shoutline — a line of text in an advertisement made prominent to catch attention
- shrillest — high-pitched and piercing in sound quality: a shrill cry.
- shulamite — an epithet meaning “princess,” applied to the bride in the Song of Solomon 6:13.
- sidelight — an item of incidental information.
- sighthole — a hole, as on a quadrant, through which to see or to sight.
- sightless — unable to see; blind.
- sightline — any of the lines of sight between the spectators and the stage or playing area in a theater, stadium, etc.: Some of the sightlines are blocked by columns.
- slashfest — a film, animated film, or computer game in which victims are killed bloodily using blades
- slaughter — Frank, 1908–2001, U.S. novelist and physician.
- sleuthing — a detective. Synonyms: investigator, private investigator; private eye, gumshoe, shamus.
- slightest — small in amount, degree, etc.: a slight increase; a slight odor.
- slipsheet — a sheet so inserted.
- slithered — to slide down or along a surface, especially unsteadily, from side to side, or with some friction or noise: The box slithered down the chute.