9-letter words containing s, h, o, e
- heterosex — heterosexuality.
- heterosis — the increase in growth, size, fecundity, function, yield, or other characters in hybrids over those of the parents.
- heyrovsky — Jaroslav [yah-raw-slahf] /ˈyɑ rɔ slɑf/ (Show IPA), 1890–1967, Czech chemist: Nobel Prize 1959.
- hickories — Plural form of hickory.
- hideosity — horrible or frightful to the senses; repulsive; very ugly: a hideous monster.
- hideously — horrible or frightful to the senses; repulsive; very ugly: a hideous monster.
- hideyoshi — Toyotomi [taw-yaw-taw-mee] /ˈtɔ yɔˈtɔ mi/ (Show IPA), 1536–98, Japanese general and statesman: prime minister and dictator of Japan 1585–98.
- hiroshige — Ando [ahn-daw] /ˈɑnˈdɔ/ (Show IPA), ("Tokube") 1797–1858, Japanese painter.
- 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.
- histotome — a microtome.
- hoariness — The characteristic of being hoary.
- hoarsened — Simple past tense and past participle of hoarsen.
- hoarstone — A stone designating the bounds of an estate; a landmark.
- hobbesian — a person who believes in or advocates the principles of Thomas Hobbes.
- hobbitses — (humorous, nonstandard) Plural form of hobbit.
- hobbyless — without any hobby or hobbies
- hodoscope — any device for tracing the path of a charged particle, esp a particle found in cosmic rays
- hog score — a line at each end of the rink, parallel to the foot score and usually 7 yards (6.4 meters) in advance of the tee.
- hogfishes — Plural form of hogfish.
- hogsheads — Plural form of hogshead.
- hoidenish — Alternative form of hoydenish.
- hokeyness — Alternative form of hokiness.
- holdovers — Plural form of holdover.
- holinesse — Obsolete spelling of holiness.
- holinshed — Raphael, died c1580, English chronicler.
- hollister — a town in W California.
- hollowest — Superlative form of hollow.
- holotypes — Plural form of holotype.
- holstered — a sheathlike carrying case for a firearm, attached to a belt, shoulder sling, or saddle.
- holystone — a block of soft sandstone used in scrubbing the decks of a ship.
- home base — Baseball. home plate.
- home keys — (hardware) The eight keys on a typewriter or computer keyboard on which a touch-typist positions their eight finger tips when starting to type or when resting between words or phrases. Typists learn the position of all keys on the keyboard in relation to the home keys. On a standard english keyboard layout, the home keys are ASDF for the left hand and JKL; for the right. Most keyboards have small raised bumps on the left and right index finger keys (F and J) so you can find the home keys by touch without looking.
- home news — news of events in the home country, as opposed to foreign news
- 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.
- homelands — Plural form of homeland.
- homeliest — lacking in physical attractiveness; not beautiful; unattractive: a homely child.
- homerooms — Plural form of homeroom.
- homesites — Plural form of homesite.
- homeslice — Alternative spelling of home slice (Someone from one's home town.).
- homestall — Dialect. a farmyard.
- homestand — (baseball) A series of games played at a team's home field.
- homestays — Plural form of homestay.
- homestead — a town in S Florida.
- homestyle — simple and unpretentious, evoking the comforts of home: homestyle cooking; home-style hospitality.
- hometowns — Plural form of hometown.
- homewards — Of or pertaining to leading toward home.