9-letter words containing d, i, s, h
- 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.
- siddhuism — any contrived metaphor or simile
- side dish — a serving of a portion of food in addition to the principal food, usually on a separate dish.
- side with — one of the surfaces forming the outside of or bounding a thing, or one of the lines bounding a geometric figure.
- side-dish — a serving of a portion of food in addition to the principal food, usually on a separate dish.
- sidecheck — a checkrein passing from the bit to the saddle of a harness.
- sidelight — an item of incidental information.
- sideshoot — a minor shoot growing from the side of a plant's stem
- sidewheel — either of a pair of paddle wheels on the sides of a vessel.
- skaldship — the office of an ancient Scandinavian poet
- slideshow — a presentation of photographic slides, or images on a transparent base, placed in a projector and viewed sequentially on a screen.
- 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.
- soap dish — a dish designed to hold a bar of soap, especially as a bathroom or kitchen fixture attached to a sink, lavatory, or bathtub.
- soap-dish — a dish designed to hold a bar of soap, especially as a bathroom or kitchen fixture attached to a sink, lavatory, or bathtub.
- spadefish — a deep-bodied marine fish of the genus Chaetodipterus, especially C. faber, of Atlantic coastal waters of North America.
- sphygmoid — resembling the pulse; pulselike.
- spiderish — relating to or resembling a spider
- squinched — to contort (the features) or squint.
- stairhead — the top of a staircase; top landing.
- steerhide — the hide of a steer.
- stepchild — a child of one's spouse by a previous marriage.
- 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).
- sub-humid — containing a high amount of water or water vapor; noticeably moist: humid air; a humid climate.
- subhalide — a halide containing a relatively small proportion of the halogen, as mercurous chloride.
- swineherd — a person who tends swine.
- swinehood — the quality or condition of a swine
- swordfish — a large, marine food fish, Xiphias gladius, having the upper jaw elongated into a swordlike structure.
- syphiloid — resembling syphilis.
- tahsildar — (in India) a collector for, or official of, the revenue department.
- tarnished — metal: discolored
- tehsildar — person who administrates a tehsil
- the sidhe — the inhabitants of fairyland; fairies
- the-birds — a comedy (414 b.c.) by Aristophanes.
- theodosia — a female given name: from a Greek word meaning “god-given.”.
- 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
- unshifted — (of a keyboard shift key) not pressed or activated.
- unshipped — not shipped, as goods.
- unshirted — not wearing a shirt
- unsighted — having functional vision; not blind.
- upanishad — any of a class of speculative prose treatises composed between the 8th and 6th centuries b.c. and first written a.d. c1300: they represent a philosophical development beyond the Vedas, having as their principal message the unity of Brahman and Atman.
- uplandish — of or relating to the uplands
- 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.