9-letter words containing s, h, i
- hiroshima — a seaport on SW Honshu, in SW Japan: first military use of atomic bomb August 6, 1945.
- hirsuties — Hirsutism.
- hirsutism — excessive hairiness, especially in women.
- hispanism — a movement in Latin America for the promotion of Spanish or of native culture and influence. Compare hispanidad.
- hispanist — a specialist in the Spanish or Portuguese language or in Spanish or Latin-American literature or culture.
- hissarlik — the modern name of the site of ancient Troy.
- hissingly — in a hissing manner
- hissy fit — Slang. a fit of anger; temper tantrum.
- histadrut — a labor federation in Israel, founded in 1920.
- histamine — Biochemistry, Physiology. a heterocyclic amine, C 5 H 9 N 3 , released by mast cells when tissue is injured or in allergic and inflammatory reactions, causing dilation of small blood vessels and smooth muscle contraction.
- histidine — an essential amino acid, C 3 H 3 N 2 CH 2 CH(NH 2)COOH, that is a constituent of proteins and is important as the iron-binding site in hemoglobin. Symbol: H. Abbreviation: His;
- histogram — a graph of a frequency distribution in which rectangles with bases on the horizontal axis are given widths equal to the class intervals and heights equal to the corresponding frequencies.
- histology — the branch of biology dealing with the study of tissues.
- historian — an expert in history; authority on history.
- 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.
- historify — to make something part of history or to tell the history of something
- histotome — a microtome.
- hit skins — to have sexual intercourse
- hit squad — a team of hit men, as one organized for the purpose of assassinating a political figure.
- hitchings — George Herbert, 1905–98, U.S. biochemist: Nobel Prize 1988.
- hitlerism — the doctrines, principles, and practices of the Nazi party, especially as developed by Hitler; Nazism.
- hoardings — Plural form of hoarding.
- hoariness — The characteristic of being hoary.
- hobbesian — a person who believes in or advocates the principles of Thomas Hobbes.
- hobbitses — (humorous, nonstandard) Plural form of hobbit.
- hobbyists — Plural form of hobbyist.
- hogfishes — Plural form of hogfish.
- hoggishly — In a hoggish manner.
- hoidenish — Alternative form of hoydenish.
- holinesse — Obsolete spelling of holiness.
- holinshed — Raphael, died c1580, English chronicler.
- hollister — a town in W California.
- holliston — a city in NE Massachusetts.
- home side — the team that is playing on its home ground
- home sign — any idiosyncratic system of gestural communication used by a deaf person.
- homefries — Plural form of homefry.
- homegirls — Plural form of homegirl.
- homeliest — lacking in physical attractiveness; not beautiful; unattractive: a homely child.
- homesites — Plural form of homesite.
- homeslice — Alternative spelling of home slice (Someone from one's home town.).
- homicides — Plural form of homicide.
- hominines — Plural form of hominine.
- hominoids — Plural form of hominoid.
- homolysis — (chemistry) The decomposition of a substance without reacting with other substances.
- homotaxis — a similarity of arrangement, as of geologic strata or fossil assemblages that have the same relative position but are not necessarily contemporaneous.
- honesties — Plural form of honestie.
- hoodooism — the practice of or belief in voodoo.
- hoodwinks — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hoodwink.
- hookerish — Lb slang Resembling or befitting a prostitute.