9-letter words containing d, s, a
- half-used — previously used or owned; secondhand: a used car.
- halliards — Plural form of halliard.
- hallstand — A piece of furniture, near to an outside door, on which hats and coats are hung, and umbrellas are stored.
- hamadryas — A large baboon, Papio hamadryas, from northern Africa and Arabia, that was sacred in ancient Egypt.
- hamfisted — clumsy, inept, or heavy-handed: a ham-handed approach to dealing with people that hurts a lot of feelings.
- hampstead — a former borough of London, England, now part of Camden.
- hand lens — a magnifying glass designed to be held in the hand.
- hand-list — a list containing some rough or brief details
- hand-sewn — sewn by hand.
- hand-wash — to launder by hand rather than by washing machine: to hand-wash socks in a hotel-room sink.
- handballs — Plural form of handball.
- handbasin — Washbasin.
- handbells — Plural form of handbell.
- handbills — Plural form of handbill.
- handbooks — Plural form of handbook.
- handcarts — Plural form of handcart.
- handclaps — Plural form of handclap.
- handclasp — a gripping of hands by two or more people, as in greeting, parting, making a commitment, or expressing affection.
- handcuffs — a ring-shaped metal device that can be locked around a person's wrist, usually one of a pair connected by a short chain or linked bar; shackle: The police put handcuffs on the suspect.
- handgrips — Plural form of handgrip.
- handhelds — Plural form of handheld.
- handholds — Plural form of handhold.
- handicaps — Plural form of handicap.
- handiness — within easy reach; conveniently available; accessible: The aspirins are handy.
- handlooms — Plural form of handloom.
- handmaids — Plural form of handmaid.
- handovers — Plural form of handover.
- handpress — a printing press that is manipulated by hand
- handrails — Plural form of handrail.
- hands off — of, belonging to, using, or used by the hand.
- hands up! — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- hands-off — characterized by nonintervention or noninterference: the new hands-off foreign policy.
- handseled — Simple past tense and past participle of handsel.
- handsfree — not requiring the use of the hands: handsfree telephone dialing by voice commands.
- handshake — handshaking
- handshape — (in sign language) the held position of the hand and fingers in producing a particular sign.
- handsomer — having an attractive, well-proportioned, and imposing appearance suggestive of health and strength; good-looking: a handsome man; a handsome woman.
- handsomes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of handsome.
- handspike — a bar used as a lever.
- handstaff — a small spear
- handstamp — an implement for stamping an impression
- handstand — an act or instance of supporting the body in a vertical position by balancing on the palms of the hands.
- handsturn — an amount of work or the period of time spent doing a piece of work
- hard case — a tough person not swayed by sentiment
- hard cash — actual money as distinguished from checks or credit.
- hard disk — magnetic disk (def 1).
- hard lens — a contact lens of rigid plastic or silicon, exerting light pressure on the cornea of the eye, used for correcting various vision problems including astigmatism.
- hard mass — Jewelry. a hard glass used for imitating gemstones.
- hard news — serious news of widespread import, concerning politics, foreign affairs, or the like, as distinguished from routine news items, feature stories, or human-interest stories.
- hard sell — aggressive sales