9-letter words containing a, s, h, d
- made dish — a dish consisting of a number of different ingredients cooked together
- madhouses — Plural form of madhouse.
- maidenish — Resembling or characteristic of a maiden.
- marshaled — a military officer of the highest rank, as in the French and some other armies. Compare field marshal.
- marshland — a region, area, or district characterized by marshes, swamps, bogs, or the like.
- mastheads — Plural form of masthead.
- meatheads — Plural form of meathead.
- media-shy — reluctant to appear in the mass media
- menhadens — Plural form of menhaden.
- mindshare — Relative public awareness of a phenomenon.
- mishandle — to handle badly; maltreat: to mishandle a dog.
- misshaped — Simple past tense and past participle of misshape.
- mogadishu — an independent republic on the E coast of Africa, formed from the former British Somaliland and the former Italian Somaliland. 246,198 sq. mi. (637,653 sq. km). Capital: Mogadishu.
- mold wash — a coating applied in liquid form to walls of a mold cavity.
- mossadegh — Mohammed, 1880–1967, Iranian statesman: premier 1951–53.
- mustached — Having a mustache.
- overheads — over one's head; aloft; up in the air or sky, especially near the zenith: There was a cloud overhead.
- overshade — to cast shade over.
- phasedown — an act or instance of phasing down; gradual reduction.
- pied shag — a large New Zealand seabird, Phalacrocorax varius, with a white throat and underparts
- preshaped — the quality of a distinct object or body in having an external surface or outline of specific form or figure.
- prewashed — being washed before sale, especially to produce a soft texture or a worn look: prewashed blue jeans.
- purchased — to acquire by the payment of money or its equivalent; buy.
- push-card — punchboard.
- red flash — a red coloration of the lower portion of the sun, occasionally seen as the sun rises above or sinks to the horizon.
- red shank — an Old World sandpiper, Tringa totanus, having red legs and feet.
- rhapsodic — extravagantly enthusiastic; ecstatic.
- rhodesian — (as Southern Rhodesia, ) a former British colony in S Africa: declared independence 1965; name changed to Zimbabwe, 1979.
- road rash — grazing of the skin as a result of falling off a bicycle, skateboard, etc, onto a hard surface
- road show — touring performance or display
- road-show — of or relating to road shows.
- roadhouse — an inn, dance hall, tavern, nightclub, etc., located on a highway, usually beyond city limits.
- sachemdom — the office of a sachem
- sainthood — the character or status of a saint.
- sand shoe — a light tennis shoe; sneaker.
- sandhurst — a village in S England, near Reading, W of London: military college.
- sandshoes — light canvas shoes with rubber soles; plimsolls
- sanhedrim — Also called Great Sanhedrin. the highest council of the ancient Jews, consisting of 71 members, and exercising authority from about the 2nd century b.c.
- sanhedrin — Also called Great Sanhedrin. the highest council of the ancient Jews, consisting of 71 members, and exercising authority from about the 2nd century b.c.
- sapheaded — silly; foolish.
- sapphired — blue-coloured
- sash cord — a cord for connecting a vertically sliding window sash with a counterweight.
- scaldfish — a small European flatfish, Arnoglossus laterna, covered with large fragile scales: family Bothidae
- scaldhead — a person's scalp that is diseased with ringworm or another similar affliction
- scaldship — the office of a scald or an ancient Scandinavian poet or bard
- scaphopod — any mollusk of the class Scaphopoda, comprising the tooth shells.
- scarehead — a headline in exceptionally large type. Compare screamer (def 4).
- schaudinn — Fritz [frits] /frɪts/ (Show IPA), 1871–1906, German zoologist.
- schedular — a plan of procedure, usually written, for a proposed objective, especially with reference to the sequence of and time allotted for each item or operation necessary to its completion: The schedule allows three weeks for this stage.
- schickard — a large crater in the SW quadrant of the moon, about 227 kilometres (141 miles) in diameter