9-letter words containing s, h, o, t, n, e
- 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.
- northside — The northern side of a building, street, area etc.
- northwest — a point on the compass midway between north and west. Abbreviation: NW.
- noughties — The decade from 2000 to 2009.
- nut house — a mental hospital; insane asylum.
- otherness — the state or fact of being different or distinct.
- oughtness — the state of being right
- outshined — to surpass in shining; shine more brightly than.
- outshines — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outshine.
- pantihose — (used with a plural verb) a one-piece, skintight garment worn by women, combining panties and stockings.
- pantyhose — (used with a plural verb) a one-piece, skintight garment worn by women, combining panties and stockings.
- parthenos — an epithet of Athena, meaning “virgin.”.
- pathogens — any disease-producing agent, especially a virus, bacterium, or other microorganism.
- penthouse — an apartment or dwelling on the roof of a building, usually set back from the outer walls.
- phonetics — (in Chinese writing) a written element that represents a sound and is used in combination with a radical to form a character.
- phonetism — the science of speech sounds and of writing phonetically
- phonetist — a person who uses or advocates phonetic spelling.
- pythoness — a woman believed to be possessed by a soothsaying spirit, as the priestess of Apollo at Delphi.
- rethondes — a village in N France near Compiègne: armistice ending World War I signed here 1918.
- rosenthal — Jean, 1912–69, U.S. theatrical lighting designer.
- scutcheon — escutcheon.
- senhorita — a Portuguese term of address equivalent to miss, used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a girl or unmarried woman. Abbreviation: Srta.
- shenstone — William, 1714–63, English poet.
- shogunate — the office or rule of a shogun.
- shortness — having little length; not long.
- shoutline — a line of text in an advertisement made prominent to catch attention
- siphonate — (of molluscs) having a syphon
- softbench — An IPSE from Hewlett-Packard.
- something — Informal. a person or thing of some value or consequence: He is really something! This writer has something to say and she says it well.
- stenobath — a stenobathic organism.
- sticheron — a liturgical hymn sung in the Orthodox Church
- stonechat — any of several small Old World birds, especially of the genus Saxicola, as S. torquata.
- stonefish — a tropical scorpion fish, Synanceja verrucosa, having dorsal-fin spines from which a deadly poison is discharged.
- stonehand — a person who arranges type and imposes pages on an imposing stone
- stoneshot — a stone's throw or the distance a person can throw a stone
- stonewash — to wash (cloth) with pebbles or stones so as to give the appearance of wear.
- tent show — an exhibition or performance, especially a circus, presented in a tent.
- the noose — death by hanging
- the norse — the Norwegians
- the sound — a strait between SW Sweden and Zealand (Denmark), linking the Kattegat with the Baltic: busy shipping lane; spanned by a bridge in 2000. Length of the strait: 113 km (70 miles). Narrowest point: 5 km (3 miles)
- the-downs — a range of low ridges in S and SW England.
- tisiphone — one of the Furies.
- toughness — strong and durable; not easily broken or cut.
- townhouse — a house in the city, especially as distinguished from a house in the country owned by the same person.
- townshend — Charles, 1725–67, English politician, chancellor of the exchequer for whom the Townshend Acts are named.
- undershot — having the front teeth of the lower jaw projecting in front of the upper teeth, as a bulldog.
- unhostile — not hostile
- unsoothed — not soothed
- whetstone — a stone for sharpening cutlery or tools by friction.