9-letter words containing ash
- hashhouse — (US colloquial) A cheap diner or eating-house.
- hashimite — a member of any Arab dynasty in the Middle East founded by Husein ibn-Ali or his descendants.
- hashtable — Alternative spelling of hash table.
- heat rash — prickly heat.
- hot flash — a sudden, temporary sensation of heat experienced by some women during menopause.
- interdash — to intersperse with hasty strokes of a pen or other writing instrument
- kashubian — a West Slavic language closely related to Polish and spoken in northern Poland near the mouth of the Vistula.
- kintpuash — (Kintpuash) 1837?–73, Modoc leader.
- kurashiki — a city on SW Honshu, in Japan.
- lash line — a rope or cord for lashing together the edges of two flats or other pieces of theatrical scenery.
- lash rail — a rail, solidly fixed to the bulwarks of a vessel, to which objects on deck can be lashed.
- lasherism — (jargon, algorithm) (Harvard) A program that solves a standard problem (such as the Eight Queens Puzzle or implementing the life algorithm) in a deliberately nonstandard way. Distinguished from a crock or kluge by the fact that the programmer did it on purpose as a mental exercise. Such constructions are quite popular in exercises such as the Obfuscated C contest, and occasionally in retrocomputing. Lew Lasher was a student at Harvard around 1980 who became notorious for such behaviour.
- leash law — a local ordinance requiring that dogs be leashed when not on their owners' property.
- manna ash — an ash tree, Fraxinus ornus, of S Europe
- mash note — an effusive note or letter expressing affection or passion for the recipient, usually a stranger or someone known only casually
- mash team — the staff of a Mobile Army Surgical Hospital
- mash unit — a Mobile Army Surgical Hospital
- mashallah — Lb Arabic English God willed it.
- mashgiach — mashgiah.
- mcglashan — Don(ald). born 1959, New Zealand musician and songwriter in the bands Blam Blam Blam, the Front Lawn, and the Mutton Birds
- mold wash — a coating applied in liquid form to walls of a mold cavity.
- mouthwash — a solution, often containing antiseptic, astringent, and breath-sweetening agents, used for cleansing the mouth and teeth, and for gargling.
- moygashel — an Irish linen
- nashville — a state in the SE United States. 42,246 sq. mi. (109,415 sq. km). Capital: Nashville. Abbreviation: TN (for use with zip code), Tenn.
- newsflash — flash (def 6).
- outwashes — Plural form of outwash.
- pash rash — an inflammation of the skin caused by passionate kissing with a man with a stubbly face
- pearl ash — the granular crystalline form of potassium carbonate
- postcrash — of, relating to, or occurring in the period after a crash
- prewashed — being washed before sale, especially to produce a soft texture or a worn look: prewashed blue jeans.
- prop wash — propeller wash.
- quamashes — Plural form of quamash.
- red flash — a red coloration of the lower portion of the sun, occasionally seen as the sun rises above or sinks to the horizon.
- refashion — a prevailing custom or style of dress, etiquette, socializing, etc.: the latest fashion in dresses.
- rehashing — to work up (old material) in a new form.
- road rash — grazing of the skin as a result of falling off a bicycle, skateboard, etc, onto a hard surface
- sash cord — a cord for connecting a vertically sliding window sash with a counterweight.
- shashlick — a dish consisting of kabobs broiled or roasted on a skewer.
- slash-saw — plain-saw.
- slashfest — a film, animated film, or computer game in which victims are killed bloodily using blades
- smash hit — a person or thing that is overwhelmingly successful or popular: Both the play and the movie based on it were smash hits.
- smasheroo — a popular success
- sour mash — a blended grain mash used in the distilling of some whiskeys, consisting of new mash and a portion of mash from a preceding run and yielding a high rate of lactic acid.
- spinebash — to rest; loaf.
- spot cash — an amount of money paid immediately in cash
- squashing — to press into a flat mass or pulp; crush: She squashed the flower under her heel.
- stonewash — to wash (cloth) with pebbles or stones so as to give the appearance of wear.
- succotash — a cooked dish of kernels of corn mixed with shell beans, especially lima beans, and, often, with green and sweet red peppers.
- swashwork — a type of work done on a lathe, which is inclined at an oblique angle to the axis of rotation of the work
- tabasheer — dried bamboo sap, used medicinally in the Far East