9-letter words containing st
- hastilude — A medieval martial game.
- hastiness — moving or acting with haste; speedy; quick; hurried.
- hat stand — tall structure to hang hats on
- haustoria — a projection from the hypha of a fungus into the organic matter from which it absorbs nutrients.
- haystacks — Plural form of haystack.
- headfirst — with the head in front or bent forward; headforemost: He dived headfirst into the sea.
- headrests — Plural form of headrest.
- headstall — that part of a bridle or halter that encompasses the head of an animal.
- headstand — an act or instance of supporting the body in a vertical position by balancing on the head usually with the aid of the hands.
- headstart — Alternative spelling of head start.
- headstick — a piece of wood formerly used in typesetting to create a margin at the top of a page
- headstock — the part of a machine containing or directly supporting the moving or working parts, as the assembly supporting and driving the live spindle in a lathe.
- headstone — a stone marker set at the head of a grave; gravestone.
- heapstead — the buildings at the surface of a mine
- heartiest — warm-hearted; affectionate; cordial; jovial: a hearty welcome.
- heathiest — Superlative form of heathy.
- hedonists — Plural form of hedonist.
- heelposts — Plural form of heelpost.
- heliostat — an instrument consisting of a mirror moved by clockwork, for reflecting the sun's rays in a fixed direction.
- helistops — Plural form of helistop.
- hellenist — a person, especially in ancient times, adopting Greek speech, ideas, or customs.
- hemistich — the exact or approximate half of a stich, or poetic verse or line, especially as divided by a caesura or the like.
- hemoblast — hematoblast.
- hempstead — a village on W Long Island, in SE New York.
- hemstitch — to hem along a line from which threads have been drawn out, stitching the cross threads into a series of little groups.
- herbalist — a person who collects or deals in herbs, especially medicinal herbs.
- herborist — herbalist.
- hermetist — a believer in or expounder of hermetism
- hesternal — (rare) Of or pertaining to yesterday.
- hesychast — one of a sect of mystics that originated in the 14th century among the monks on Mt. Athos, Greece.
- heuristic — serving to indicate or point out; stimulating interest as a means of furthering investigation.
- hexastich — a strophe, stanza, or poem consisting of six lines.
- hexastyle — having six columns, as a portico or the facade of a classical temple.
- high-step — to walk or run by raising the legs higher than normal.
- high-test — (of gasoline) boiling at a relatively low temperature.
- highliest — Superlative form of highly.
- highstand — (geology) An interval during which the sea level was above the edge of a continental shelf.
- hillcrest — The crest of a hill.
- hindustan — Persian name of India, especially the part N of the Deccan.
- hispanist — a specialist in the Spanish or Portuguese language or in Spanish or Latin-American literature or culture.
- histadrut — a labor federation in Israel, founded in 1920.
- histamine — Biochemistry, Physiology. a heterocyclic amine, C 5 H 9 N 3 , released by mast cells when tissue is injured or in allergic and inflammatory reactions, causing dilation of small blood vessels and smooth muscle contraction.
- histidine — an essential amino acid, C 3 H 3 N 2 CH 2 CH(NH 2)COOH, that is a constituent of proteins and is important as the iron-binding site in hemoglobin. Symbol: H. Abbreviation: His;
- histogram — a graph of a frequency distribution in which rectangles with bases on the horizontal axis are given widths equal to the class intervals and heights equal to the corresponding frequencies.
- histology — the branch of biology dealing with the study of tissues.
- historian — an expert in history; authority on history.
- historied — abounding in notable history; having an illustrious past; storied: Italy is a richly historied land.
- histories — the branch of knowledge dealing with past events.
- historify — to make something part of history or to tell the history of something
- histotome — a microtome.