9-letter words containing a, h, r, d
- discharge — to relieve of a charge or load; unload: to discharge a ship.
- dish rack — frame for drying dishes
- dishwater — water in which dishes are, or have been, washed.
- dithyramb — a Greek choral song or chant of vehement or wild character and of usually irregular form, originally in honor of Dionysus or Bacchus.
- drag hunt — drag (def 27c).
- drag shoe — a type of braking device on a vehicle
- drag show — a performance by drag artists
- draghound — a hound for use in following a hunting drag, specifically bred for speed and stamina rather than subtlety of sense of smell.
- dragonish — Having the characteristics of a dragon.
- drahthaar — one of a German breed of wirehaired pointing dogs.
- dratchell — a scruffy woman; a slut; a drab
- draughted — a drawing, sketch, or design.
- draughter — a drawing, sketch, or design.
- draw shot — a stroke that imparts a backward spin to the cue ball, causing it to roll back after striking the object ball. Compare follow shot (def 2).
- drawbench — a bench having apparatus for cold-drawing wires, tubes, etc.
- drawshave — drawknife.
- drawsheet — a narrow sheet, often used on hospital beds, placed under a patient's buttocks and often over a rubber sheet, that can easily be removed if soiled.
- drayhorse — a draft horse used for pulling a dray.
- dreamhole — a light-admitting hole in a tower
- drop arch — a pointed arch having radii of length less than the span.
- drumheads — Plural form of drumhead.
- dysphoria — a state of dissatisfaction, anxiety, restlessness, or fidgeting.
- earth day — environmental awareness day
- earth-god — a god of fertility and vegetation.
- earthward — Also, earthwards. toward the earth.
- ecohazard — any substance or activity that poses a threat to a habitat or an environment: Off-the-road motorcycling is an ecohazard to fragile desert habitats.
- eidograph — a type of pantograph that was invented by the Scottish mathematician William Wallace in 1821 and which was more accurate than other pantographs
- enthraled — (rare) Simple past tense and past participle of enthral.
- ermahgerd — (slang, humorous, or, sarcastic) non-gloss An exclamation of excitement, surprise, amazement, or shock.
- faidherbe — Louis Léon César. 1818–89, French soldier and governor of Senegal (1854–65); founder of Dakar
- fairyhood — a fairy nature or state: the fairyhood of Puck.
- farm hand — a person who works on a farm, especially a hired worker; hired hand.
- farmhands — Plural form of farmhand.
- feathered — clothed, covered, or provided with feathers, as a bird or an arrow.
- firsthand — from the first or original source: We heard the news of the accident firsthand from a witness.
- fishguard — a port and resort in SW Wales, in Pembrokeshire: ferry connections to Cork and Rosslare. Pop: 3193 (2001)
- flashcard — a card having words, numerals, or pictures on it, designed for gaining a rapid response from pupils when held up briefly by a teacher, used especially in reading, arithmetic, or vocabulary drills.
- floorhead — the upper side of a floor timber on a boat or ship
- foolhardy — recklessly or thoughtlessly bold; foolishly rash or venturesome.
- forehands — Plural form of forehand.
- foreheads — Plural form of forehead.
- fraughted — Simple past tense and past participle of fraught.
- free hand — unrestricted freedom or authority: They gave the decorator a free hand.
- free-hand — unrestricted freedom or authority: They gave the decorator a free hand.
- garnished — Simple past tense and past participle of garnish.
- gasholder — gasometer (def 2).
- goatherds — Plural form of goatherd.
- godfather — a novel (1969) by Mario Puzo.
- good hair — hair showing evidence of some European strain in a person's blood
- graphited — Modified by the addition of graphite.