9-letter words containing s, t, h, r
- strayhorn — William ("Billy") 1915–67, U.S. jazz pianist and composer: collaborator with Duke Ellington.
- streicher — Julius. 1885–1946, German Nazi journalist and politician, who spread anti-Semitic propaganda as editor of Der Stürmer (1923–45). He was hanged as a war criminal
- stretched — to draw out or extend (oneself, a body, limbs, wings, etc.) to the full length or extent (often followed by out): to stretch oneself out on the ground.
- stretcher — an act or instance of stretching.
- stretchie — an infant's one-piece garment covering the torso, legs, and feet, made of stretch fabric.
- strictish — fairly strict
- strongish — having, showing, or able to exert great bodily or muscular power; physically vigorous or robust: a strong boy.
- strophoid — a plane curve generated by the loci of points p and pprime; on a straight line that intersects the y-axis at a point n and the minus x-axis at a fixed point q, such that pn = npprime; = on, as on changes, where o is the origin. Equation: y 2 = x 2 (x + a)/(a − x).
- stroupach — a cup of tea
- struthers — a city in NE Ohio, near Youngstown.
- strychnia — Pharmacology. a colorless, crystalline poison, C 2 1 H 2 2 N 2 O 2 , obtained chiefly by extraction from the seeds of nux vomica, formerly used as a central nervous system stimulant.
- strychnic — Pharmacology. a colorless, crystalline poison, C 2 1 H 2 2 N 2 O 2 , obtained chiefly by extraction from the seeds of nux vomica, formerly used as a central nervous system stimulant.
- studhorse — a stallion kept for breeding.
- sulphuret — to treat or combine with sulphur
- sunbright — as bright as the sun, very bright
- superheat — the state of being superheated.
- superthin — extremely thin
- swarthout — Gladys, 1904–69, U.S. soprano.
- tabasheer — dried bamboo sap, used medicinally in the Far East
- tahsildar — (in India) a collector for, or official of, the revenue department.
- tarnished — metal: discolored
- tearsheet — a page in a newspaper or periodical that is cut or perforated so that it can be easily torn out
- tee shirt — a lightweight, usually knitted, pullover shirt, close-fitting and with a round neckline and short sleeves, worn as an undershirt or outer garment.
- tee-shirt — T-shirt
- tehsildar — person who administrates a tehsil
- the cross — the cross on which Jesus was put to death
- the curse — menstruation or a menstrual period
- the girls — a group of women, esp acquaintances
- the irish — the natives or inhabitants of Ireland
- the lords — the House of Lords in the British Parliament
- the merse — a fertile lowland area of SE Scotland, in the Scottish Borders, north of the Tweed
- the norse — the Norwegians
- the press — the printed media
- the races — a series of contests of speed between horses (or sometimes greyhounds) over a set course at prearranged times; a race meeting
- the rains — the season of heavy rainfall, esp in the tropics
- the roost — a powerful current caused by conflicting tides around the Shetland and Orkney Islands
- the ropes — the fence made of rope that is around the edge of the area where a boxing or wrestling match takes place
- the rules — the neighbourhood around certain prisons (esp the Fleet and King's Bench prison) in which trusted prisoners were allowed to live under specified restrictions
- the score — the actual situation; the true facts
- the scrub — a remote place, esp one where contact with people can be avoided
- the strap — a beating with a strap as a punishment
- the sword — violence, warfare
- the trots — diarrhoea
- the works — exertion or effort directed to produce or accomplish something; labor; toil.
- the worst — the least good or most inferior person, thing, or part in a group, narrative, etc
- the-birds — a comedy (414 b.c.) by Aristophanes.
- the-miser — a comedy (1668) by Molière.
- theatrics — (used with a singular verb) the art of staging plays and other stage performances.
- theocrasy — a mixture of religious forms and deities by worshipers.
- theorised — to form a theory or theories.