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9-letter words containing a, s, h, e, r

  • rehearsal — a session of exercise, drill, or practice, usually private, in preparation for a public performance, ceremony, etc.: a play rehearsal; a wedding rehearsal.
  • reichsrat — German History. the upper house of the parliament during the period of the Second Reich and the Weimar Republic.
  • reichstag — the lower house of the parliament during the period of the Second Reich and the Weimar Republic.
  • reshaping — the act of shaping again or differently
  • resharpen — to sharpen again
  • revarnish — a preparation consisting of resinous matter, as copal or lac, dissolved in an oil (oil varnish) or in alcohol (spirit varnish) or other volatile liquid. When applied to the surface of wood, metal, etc., it dries and leaves a hard, more or less glossy, usually transparent coating.
  • rheobasic — of or relating to rheobase
  • rheotaxis — oriented movement of an organism in response to a current of fluid, especially water.
  • rhodesian — (as Southern Rhodesia, ) a former British colony in S Africa: declared independence 1965; name changed to Zimbabwe, 1979.
  • roadhouse — an inn, dance hall, tavern, nightclub, etc., located on a highway, usually beyond city limits.
  • rosenthal — Jean, 1912–69, U.S. theatrical lighting designer.
  • sagebrush — any of several sagelike, bushy composite plants of the genus Artemisia, especially A. tridentata, having silvery, wedge-shaped leaves, with three teeth at the tip, common on the dry plains of the western U.S.
  • 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.
  • sapphired — blue-coloured
  • scarehead — a headline in exceptionally large type. Compare screamer (def 4).
  • 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.
  • schnapper — a food fish, Pagrosomus auratus, occurring in large numbers off the shores of Australia and New Zealand.
  • schnauzer — one of a German breed of sturdy medium-sized dogs having a tight, wiry, pepper-and-salt or pure black coat, bristly eyebrows and beardlike whiskers, and a docked tail, used originally as a ratter and a guard dog and later used in police work.
  • schvartze — a term used by some Jewish people to refer to a black person.
  • scrapheap — a pile of old, discarded material, as metal.
  • scratcher — to break, mar, or mark the surface of by rubbing, scraping, or tearing with something sharp or rough: to scratch one's hand on a nail.
  • scratches — Old Scratch; Satan.
  • scratchie — a scratchcard
  • screwhead — the head or top of a screw having a slot for the end of a screwdriver.
  • sea horse — any fish of the genus Hippocampus, of the pipefish family, having a prehensile tail, an elongated snout, and a head bent at right angles to the body.
  • sea perch — surfperch.
  • sea reach — a straight course at the mouth of a river, connecting with the sea.
  • sea-horse — any fish of the genus Hippocampus, of the pipefish family, having a prehensile tail, an elongated snout, and a head bent at right angles to the body.
  • search me — 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.
  • searching — examining carefully or thoroughly: a searching inspection.
  • seaworthy — constructed, outfitted, manned, and in all respects fitted for a voyage at sea.
  • seborrhea — an excessive and abnormal discharge from the sebaceous glands.
  • self-harm — injury inflicted deliberately on yourself
  • semaphore — an apparatus for conveying information by means of visual signals, as a light whose position may be changed.
  • semihardy — partially hardy; able to survive moderately low temperatures: semihardy plants.
  • senhorita — a Portuguese term of address equivalent to miss, used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a girl or unmarried woman. Abbreviation: Srta.
  • seraphine — an old reed-based keyboard instrument; a reed organ
  • serigraph — a print made by the silkscreen process.
  • shadberry — the fruit of a shadbush.
  • shakerism — the beliefs and practices of the Shakers.
  • shakspere — William ("the Bard"; "the Bard of Avon") 1564–1616, English poet and dramatist.
  • shallower — of little depth; not deep: shallow water.
  • shamateur — a sportsperson who is officially an amateur but accepts payment
  • shapewear — undergarments designed to mold or hold a body to a certain shape, as girdles.
  • share out — distribute fairly
  • sharecrop — to cultivate (farmland) as a sharecropper
  • sharesave — (in Britain) a system by which employees can invest, risk-free, in their company's shares
  • sharesman — a person who works for a share of something
  • shareware — software distributed without initial charge but for which the user is encouraged to pay a nominal fee to cover support for continued use.
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