9-letter words containing s, h, i, t, a
- aughtlins — in the least; to the least degree.
- auschwitz — an industrial town in S Poland; site of a Nazi concentration camp during World War II. Pop: 40 686 (2007 est)
- authorise — to give authority or official power to; empower: to authorize an employee to sign purchase orders.
- authorish — like or similar to an author
- authorism — the state or condition of being author
- axanthism — (zoology) Absence of yellow pigmentation.
- backshift — The changing of a present tense in direct speech to a past tense in reported speech (or a past tense to pluperfect).
- backsight — the sight of a rifle nearer the stock
- bathybius — a gelatinous substance discovered on the Atlantic seabed, originally thought to be protoplasm, but later discovered to be inorganic
- bethsaida — a ruined town in N Israel, near the N shore of the Sea of Galilee
- cadetship — a student in a national service academy or private military school or on a training ship.
- caithness — (until 1975) a county of NE Scotland, now part of Highland
- campshirt — a loose, short-sleeved shirt or blouse with an open collar
- cantharis — Spanish fly (sense 1)
- canthitis — an inflammation of the canthus
- cashpoint — A cashpoint is the same as a cash dispenser.
- catchiest — Superlative form of catchy.
- catechise — to instruct orally by means of questions and answers, especially in Christian doctrine.
- 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.
- catechist — a person who catechizes, esp. one who instructs catechumens
- catfights — Plural form of catfight.
- catfished — Simple past tense and past participle of catfish.
- catfishes — Plural form of catfish.
- catharise — purify
- catharsis — Catharsis is getting rid of unhappy memories or strong emotions such as anger or sadness by expressing them in some way.
- cathepsin — a proteolytic enzyme responsible for the autolysis of cells after death
- catholics — Plural form of Catholic.
- catstitch — catch stitch.
- cattishly — In a cattish manner.
- chabasite — Alternative form of chabazite.
- chalkpits — Plural form of chalkpit.
- chamosite — a mineral of the chlorite group, hydrous aluminum silicate of iron, occurring in gray or black crystals in oolitic iron ore.
- chanciest — Superlative form of chancy.
- chantries — Plural form of chantry.
- chapattis — Plural form of chapatti.
- chapiters — Plural form of chapiter.
- chapstick — a cylinder of a substance for preventing or soothing chapped lips
- charities — Plural form of charity.
- charteris — Leslie, original name Leslie Charles Bowyer Yin. 1907–93, British novelist, born in Singapore: created the character Simon Templar, known as The Saint, the central character in many adventure novels
- chartings — Plural form of charting.
- chartists — the principles or movement of a party of political reformers, chiefly workingmen, in England from 1838 to 1848: so called from the document (People's Charter or National Charter) that contained a statement of their principles and demands.
- chastised — to discipline, especially by corporal punishment.
- chastiser — Someone who chastises.
- chastises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chastise.
- chastized — Simple past tense and past participle of chastize.
- chatlines — Plural form of chatline.
- chattiest — Superlative form of chatty.
- chiasmata — Anatomy. a crossing or decussation, as that of the optic nerves at the base of the brain.
- chinstrap — a strap that goes under the chin
- chishtiya — a Sufi order of the Indian subcontinent.