9-letter words containing s, o, t, h
- hot sauce — any of several highly spiced, pungent condiments, especially one containing some type of pepper or chili.
- hot stuff — a person or thing of exceptional interest or merit.
- hot-press — a machine applying heat in conjunction with mechanical pressure, as for producing a smooth surface on paper or for expressing oil.
- hot-short — (of steel or wrought iron) brittle when heated, usually due to high sulfur content.
- hotchkiss — Hazel, Wightman, Hazel Hotchkiss.
- hoteliers — Plural form of hotelier.
- hothoused — (of a child) having undergone hothousing
- hothouses — Plural form of hothouse.
- hotplates — Plural form of hotplate.
- house-sit — to take care of a house or residence while the owner or occupant is temporarily away, especially by living in it.
- houseboat — a flat-bottomed, bargelike boat fitted for use as a floating dwelling but not for rough water.
- housecats — Plural form of housecat.
- housecoat — a woman's robe or dresslike garment in various lengths, for casual wear about the house.
- housekept — to keep or maintain a house.
- housemate — a person with whom one shares a house or other residence.
- housetops — Plural form of housetop.
- houstonia — any North American plant, belonging to the genus Houstonia, of the madder family, especially H. caerulea, the common bluet.
- howitzers — Plural form of howitzer.
- huguenots — a member of the Reformed or Calvinistic communion of France in the 16th and 17th centuries; a French Protestant.
- humorists — Plural form of humorist.
- humourist — (British) alternative spelling of humorist.
- hutcheson — Francis. 1694–1746, Scottish philosopher: he published books on ethics and aesthetics, including System of Moral Philosophy (1755)
- hydrocast — a process in which water is collected at various depths in a device with bottles clamped together, providing data on differing water characteristics.
- hydrostat — an electrical device for detecting the presence of water, as from overflow or leakage.
- hygristor — an electronic component the resistance of which varies with humidity
- hygrostat — an instrument for measuring and controlling humidity.
- hylobates — Plural form of hylobate.
- hymnodist — the singing or the composition of hymns or sacred songs.
- hypnotics — Plural form of hypnotic.
- hypnotise — to put in the hypnotic state.
- hypnotism — the science dealing with the induction of hypnosis.
- hypnotist — the science dealing with the induction of hypnosis.
- hypoblast — the endoderm.
- hypocaust — a hollow space or system of channels in the floor or walls of some ancient Roman buildings that provided a central heating system by receiving and distributing the heat from a furnace.
- hyponasty — increased growth along the lower surface of a plant or plant part, causing it to bend upward.
- hypostoma — Hypostome.
- hypostome — any of several parts or organs of the mouth, as the labrum of a crustacean.
- hypostyle — having many columns carrying the roof or ceiling: a hypostyle hall.
- hypotaxis — dependent relation or construction, as of clauses; syntactic subordination.
- hypotonus — Hypotonia.
- hysteroid — resembling hysteria.
- ingrowths — Plural form of ingrowth.
- ironsmith — a worker in iron; blacksmith.
- isanthous — having regular flowers.
- isobathic — having the same depth.
- isohyetal — a line drawn on a map connecting points having equal rainfall at a certain time or for a stated period.
- isophotal — relating to an isophote or isophotes, or to a diagram on which isophotes are represented
- isopleths — Plural form of isopleth.
- isorhythm — a structural feature characteristic of the Ars Nova motet, consisting of a single rhythmic phrase pattern repeated, usually in the tenor, throughout the composition.
- isotheres — Plural form of isothere.