9-letter words containing s, h, e, r, t
- hirsuties — Hirsutism.
- historied — abounding in notable history; having an illustrious past; storied: Italy is a richly historied land.
- histories — the branch of knowledge dealing with past events.
- hitlerism — the doctrines, principles, and practices of the Nazi party, especially as developed by Hitler; Nazism.
- hoarstone — A stone designating the bounds of an estate; a landmark.
- hollister — a town in W California.
- holstered — a sheathlike carrying case for a firearm, attached to a belt, shoulder sling, or saddle.
- honeworts — Plural form of honewort.
- hoopsters — Plural form of hoopster.
- hornstone — a variety of quartz resembling flint.
- horridest — Superlative form of horrid.
- horsecart — A cart drawn by a horse.
- horsefoot — (botany) The coltsfoot.
- horsemeat — The flesh of a horse as food.
- horsemint — a wild mint, Mentha longifolia, introduced into America from Europe, having spikes of lilac flowers.
- horseshit — nonsense, lies, or exaggeration.
- horsetail — Also called scouring rush. any nonflowering plant of the genus Equisetum, having hollow, jointed stems.
- hortensia — Hydrangea.
- hostelers — Plural form of hosteler.
- hosteller — a person who operates a hostel.
- hot press — a hot press is an airing cupboard for clothes
- hot-press — a machine applying heat in conjunction with mechanical pressure, as for producing a smooth surface on paper or for expressing oil.
- hoteliers — Plural form of hotelier.
- howitzers — Plural form of howitzer.
- hucksters — Plural form of huckster.
- huckstery — the business of a huckster
- hungriest — Superlative form of hungry.
- hunteress — Obsolete form of huntress.
- hysterics — Usually, hysterics. a fit of uncontrollable laughter or weeping; hysteria.
- hysteroid — resembling hysteria.
- ingathers — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ingather.
- inshelter — to put in a shelter
- interdash — to intersperse with hasty strokes of a pen or other writing instrument
- intermesh — any knit, woven, or knotted fabric of open texture.
- isotheres — Plural form of isothere.
- isotherms — Plural form of isotherm.
- lakehurst — a borough in E New Jersey: naval air station; dirigible hangar.
- laughters — the action or sound of laughing.
- lithosere — a sere originating on rock.
- megahurts — Plural form of megahurt.
- merchants — a person who buys and sells commodities for profit; dealer; trader.
- metaphors — a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance, as in “A mighty fortress is our God.”. Compare mixed metaphor, simile (def 1).
- mirthless — gaiety or jollity, especially when accompanied by laughter: the excitement and mirth of the holiday season.
- mishanter — a misfortune; mishap.
- motherers — Plural form of motherer.
- motherese — the simplified and repetitive type of speech, with exaggerated intonation and rhythm, often used by adults when speaking to babies
- narthexes — Plural form of narthex.
- nephritis — inflammation of the kidneys, especially in Bright's disease.
- north sea — an arm of the Atlantic between Great Britain and the European mainland. About 201,000 sq. mi. (520,600 sq. km); greatest depth, 1998 feet (610 meters).
- northeast — a point on the compass midway between north and east. Abbreviation: NE.