9-letter words containing a, s, h, e, r
- mosbacher — Emil, Jr ("Bus") 1922–1997, U.S. yacht racer and government official.
- mush area — a region where signals from two or more radio transmitters overlap, causing fading and distortion
- narghiles — Plural form of narghile.
- narthexes — Plural form of narthex.
- nearshore — extending from or occurring along a shore.
- 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).
- northeast — a point on the compass midway between north and east. Abbreviation: NE.
- on shares — with each person concerned taking a share of the profit or loss
- orchestra — a group of performers on various musical instruments, including especially stringed instruments of the viol class, clarinets and flutes, cornets and trombones, drums, and cymbals, for playing music, as symphonies, operas, popular music, or other compositions.
- outsearch — to go or look through (a place, area, etc.) carefully in order to find something missing or lost: They searched the woods for the missing child. I searched the desk for the letter.
- overhaste — excessive haste
- overhasty — excessively hasty; rash: overhasty judgment.
- 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.
- overshare — an instance of this: Get ready for an overshare about his health problems.
- oversharp — too sharp
- packhorse — a horse used for carrying goods, freight, supplies, etc.
- parcheesi — a modern board game derived from the ancient game of pachisi
- parrhesia — boldness or frankness of speech; the act of asking forgiveness for speaking in such a way
- parthenos — an epithet of Athena, meaning “virgin.”.
- pea shrub — any of various small trees or shrubs belonging to the genus Caragana, of the legume family, native to central Asia, having showy, usually yellow flowers, cultivated as an ornamental.
- pearl ash — the granular crystalline form of potassium carbonate
- pearlfish — any of several small fishes of the family Carapidae, living within pearl oysters, sea cucumbers, starfishes, etc.
- peshmerga — a member of the armed forces in the autonomous Kurdish-controlled region of NE Iraq
- petersham — a heavy woolen cloth for men's overcoats and other bulky outerwear.
- pharisees — a member of a Jewish sect that flourished during the 1st century b.c. and 1st century a.d. and that differed from the Sadducees chiefly in its strict observance of religious ceremonies and practices, adherence to oral laws and traditions, and belief in an afterlife and the coming of a Messiah.
- phraseman — a man who coins or uses clever phrases
- plansheer — plancer.
- plowshare — the cutting part of the moldboard of a plow; share.
- praiseach — a type of porridge made with oatmeal
- presearch — to go or look through (a place, area, etc.) carefully in order to find something missing or lost: They searched the woods for the missing child. I searched the desk for the letter.
- 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.
- proseucha — a place of prayer, esp for Jewish worship
- purchased — to acquire by the payment of money or its equivalent; buy.
- purchaser — to acquire by the payment of money or its equivalent; buy.
- racehorse — a horse bred or kept for racing, especially in flat races or steeplechases.
- raise hob — to cause mischief or disturbance
- rakeshame — a shamefully dissolute person; rogue
- ranchless — having no ranch or ranches
- rap sheet — a record kept by law-enforcement authorities of a person's arrests and convictions.
- rasophore — a monk authorized to wear the rason.
- ratherest — most readily, most willingly
- ratherish — fairly, moderately
- reachless — unreachable or unattainable
- rearhorse — a mantis
- 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.
- 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.