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9-letter words containing d, i, s, h, r

  • northside — The northern side of a building, street, area etc.
  • nourished — Simple past tense and past participle of nourish.
  • old irish — the Irish language before c900. Abbreviation: OIr.
  • orchidist — an orchid grower
  • red shift — a shift toward longer wavelengths of the spectral lines emitted by a celestial object that is caused by the object moving away from the earth.
  • remscheid — a city in W Germany, in the Ruhr region.
  • reshipped — to ship again.
  • resighted — the power or faculty of seeing; perception of objects by use of the eyes; vision.
  • rhapsodic — extravagantly enthusiastic; ecstatic.
  • rhizopods — any of numerous protozoa of the widespread subphylum (or superclass) Rhizopoda, characterized by a pseudopod and comprising most members of the phylum Sarcodina, including the amebas and foraminifers.
  • rhodesian — (as Southern Rhodesia, ) a former British colony in S Africa: declared independence 1965; name changed to Zimbabwe, 1979.
  • rhodesoid — relating to or resembling Rhodesian man
  • rhodopsin — a bright-red photosensitive pigment found in the rod-shaped cells of the retina of certain fishes and most higher vertebrates: it is broken down by the action of dim light into retinal and opsin.
  • ridership — the passengers who use a given public transportation system, as buses or trains, or the number of such passengers.
  • rodfisher — an angler or a person who fishes with a fishing rod
  • 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
  • schickard — a large crater in the SW quadrant of the moon, about 227 kilometres (141 miles) in diameter
  • schneider — to prevent (an opponent) from scoring a point in a game or match.
  • scirrhoid — resembling a scirrhus.
  • semihardy — partially hardy; able to survive moderately low temperatures: semihardy plants.
  • shickered — intoxicated; drunk.
  • shimmered — to shine with or reflect a subdued, tremulous light; gleam faintly.
  • shinguard — sport: protective pad for lower leg
  • shipboard — Archaic. the deck or side of a ship. the situation of being on a ship.
  • shirtband — a band of material sewn into a shirt for stiffening, finishing, or the like, as a neckband to which the collar is sewn or buttoned.
  • shorebird — a bird that frequents seashores, estuaries, etc., as the snipe, sandpiper, plover, and turnstone; a limicoline bird.
  • shoreside — land along a shore.
  • shreading — furring attached to the undersides of rafters.
  • shredding — a piece cut or torn off, especially in a narrow strip.
  • slithered — to slide down or along a surface, especially unsteadily, from side to side, or with some friction or noise: The box slithered down the chute.
  • spiderish — relating to or resembling a spider
  • stairhead — the top of a staircase; top landing.
  • steerhide — the hide of a steer.
  • strophoid — a plane curve generated by the loci of points p and pprime; on a straight line that intersects the y-axis at a point n and the minus x-axis at a fixed point q, such that pn = npprime; = on, as on changes, where o is the origin. Equation: y 2 = x 2 (x + a)/(a − x).
  • swineherd — a person who tends swine.
  • swordfish — a large, marine food fish, Xiphias gladius, having the upper jaw elongated into a swordlike structure.
  • tahsildar — (in India) a collector for, or official of, the revenue department.
  • tarnished — metal: discolored
  • tehsildar — person who administrates a tehsil
  • the-birds — a comedy (414 b.c.) by Aristophanes.
  • theorised — to form a theory or theories.
  • therapsid — any of various groups of mammallike reptiles of the extinct order Therapsida, inhabiting all continents from mid-Permian to late Triassic times, some of which were probably warm-blooded and directly ancestral to mammals.
  • thirdings — the third part of growing grain or corn owed to the lord at the time of the tenant's death
  • thirdsman — an intermediary or arbitrator; the third person
  • trainshed — (in a railroad station) a shelter completely covering railroad tracks and their adjoining platforms.
  • underfish — to catch fewer fish than the maximum amount permitted
  • unshirted — not wearing a shirt
  • varnished — 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.
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