9-letter words containing t, h, e, i, l
- shrillest — high-pitched and piercing in sound quality: a shrill cry.
- shulamite — an epithet meaning “princess,” applied to the bride in the Song of Solomon 6:13.
- sidelight — an item of incidental information.
- sighthole — a hole, as on a quadrant, through which to see or to sight.
- sightless — unable to see; blind.
- sightline — any of the lines of sight between the spectators and the stage or playing area in a theater, stadium, etc.: Some of the sightlines are blocked by columns.
- sleuthing — a detective. Synonyms: investigator, private investigator; private eye, gumshoe, shamus.
- slightest — small in amount, degree, etc.: a slight increase; a slight odor.
- slipsheet — a sheet so inserted.
- slithered — to slide down or along a surface, especially unsteadily, from side to side, or with some friction or noise: The box slithered down the chute.
- stepchild — a child of one's spouse by a previous marriage.
- tailwheel — a wheel fitted to the rear of a vehicle, esp the landing wheel under the tail of an aircraft
- tallchief — Maria, 1925–2013, U.S. ballet dancer.
- technical — belonging or pertaining to an art, science, or the like: technical skill.
- tehsildar — person who administrates a tehsil
- telestich — a poem in which the last letters of successive lines form a word, a phrase, or the consecutive letters of the alphabet.
- the bible — the sacred writings of the Christian religion, comprising the Old and New Testaments and, in the Roman Catholic Church, the Apocrypha
- the blind — people who are blind
- the blitz — the systematic night-time bombing of Britain in 1940–41 by the German Luftwaffe
- the exile — the period in the 6th cent. b.c. during which the Jews were held captive in Babylonia
- the filth — the police
- the girls — a group of women, esp acquaintances
- the hills — a hilly and often remote region
- the limit — the final, utmost, or furthest boundary or point as to extent, amount, continuance, procedure, etc.: the limit of his experience; the limit of vision.
- the salii — a group of Franks who settled in the Netherlands in the 4th century ad and later conquered large areas of Gaul, esp in the north
- the while — at that time
- the-trial — German Der Prozess. a novel (1925) by Franz Kafka.
- theologic — of, relating to, or involved with theology: a theological student.
- theralite — a coarse-grained, phaneritic rock composed of labradorite, nepheline, and augite.
- theriacal — of or relating to a theriac, a mixture once thought to be an antidote to poison such as snake venom or treacle
- thessalía — Thessaly
- thickleaf — any of various succulent plants of the crassulaceous genus Crassula, having sessile or short-stalked fleshy leaves
- thieflike — like a thief
- thinkable — capable of being thought; conceivable.
- thirlmere — a lake in NW England, in Cumbria in the Lake District: provides part of Manchester's water supply. Length: 6 km (4 miles)
- tholeiite — a type of igneous or volcanic rock found on the ocean floor that is rich in aluminium and similar to basalt
- thornlike — resembling or having the characteristics of a thorn
- thylacine — a wolflike marsupial, Thylacinus cynocephalus, of Tasmania, tan-colored with black stripes across the back: probably extinct.
- titleship — lawful claim to title, especially of property.
- touchline — any of the outer lines bordering the playing field.
- trailhead — the point where a trail starts.
- trihedral — having, or formed by, three planes meeting in a point: a trihedral angle.
- trimethyl — having three methyl groups
- truthlike — resembling the truth
- turophile — a connoisseur or lover of cheese.
- undelight — the absence of delight
- unethical — lacking moral principles; unwilling to adhere to proper rules of conduct.
- unhostile — not hostile
- unlighted — not made to start burning; unlit; unignited
- uplighter — a lamp or wall light designed or positioned to cast its light upwards