9-letter words containing t, r, a, n, s, h
- 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).
- northants — Northamptonshire
- northeast — a point on the compass midway between north and east. Abbreviation: NE.
- nothosaur — An extinct semiaquatic carnivorous reptile of the Triassic period, having a slender body and long neck, related to the plesiosaurs.
- pankhurst — Christabel Harriette, 1880–1958, English suffragist leader (daughter of Emmeline Pankhurst).
- parthenos — an epithet of Athena, meaning “virgin.”.
- parthians — a native or inhabitant of Parthia.
- rajasthan — a state in NW India; formerly Rajputana and a group of small states. 132,078 sq. mi. (342,056 sq. km). Capital: Jaipur.
- rankshift — (in systemic linguistics) to use a unit as a constituent of another unit of the same or lower rank on the rank scale, as in using the phrase next door within the phrase the boy next door or the clause that you met yesterday within the phrase the girl that you met yesterday.
- rosenthal — Jean, 1912–69, U.S. theatrical lighting designer.
- sandhurst — a village in S England, near Reading, W of London: military college.
- 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.
- shark net — a net for catching sharks
- shirtband — a band of material sewn into a shirt for stiffening, finishing, or the like, as a neckband to which the collar is sewn or buttoned.
- shorthand — a method of rapid handwriting using simple strokes, abbreviations, or symbols that designate letters, words, or phrases (distinguished from longhand).
- starshine — starlight
- stathenry — the electrostatic unit of inductance, equivalent to 8.9876 × 10 11 henries and equal to the inductance of a circuit in which an electromotive force of one statvolt is produced by a current in the circuit which varies at the rate of one statampere per second.
- stauncher — firm or steadfast in principle, adherence, loyalty, etc., as a person: a staunch Republican; a staunch friend.
- straphang — to travel as a straphanger.
- strayhorn — William ("Billy") 1915–67, U.S. jazz pianist and composer: collaborator with Duke Ellington.
- 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.
- tarnished — metal: discolored
- the rains — the season of heavy rainfall, esp in the tropics
- thirdsman — an intermediary or arbitrator; the third person
- thorshavn — a city in and the capital of the Faeroe Islands, in the N Atlantic.
- thrashing — an act or instance of thrashing; beating; blow.
- trachinus — a weever fish
- trainshed — (in a railroad station) a shelter completely covering railroad tracks and their adjoining platforms.
- transhume — to move cattle to suitable grazing grounds according to the season
- transship — to transfer from one ship, truck, freight car, or other conveyance to another.
- trash can — a container for the disposal of dry waste matter.