9-letter words containing d, s, a
- hard sign — the Cyrillic letter Ъ, ъ as used in Russian to indicate that the preceding consonant is not palatalized: not in official use since 1918.
- hard-case — rough and hard-bitten: hard-case juvenile delinquents.
- hard-nose — a person who is tough, practical, and unsentimental, especially in business: We need a hard-nose to run the department.
- hard-sell — characterized by or promoted through a hard sell: hard-sell tactics.
- hard-spun — (of yarn) compactly twisted in spinning.
- hardbacks — Plural form of hardback.
- hardeners — Plural form of hardener.
- hardgoods — durable goods, such as automobiles, furniture, etc.
- hardgrass — any of several types of coarse grass
- hardhacks — Plural form of hardhack.
- hardheads — any composite plant of the genus Centaurea, especially the weedy C. nigra, having rose-purple flowers set on a dark-colored, knoblike bract.
- hardiness — the capacity for enduring or sustaining hardship, privation, etc.; capability of surviving under unfavorable conditions.
- hardlines — (business) Plural form of hardline.
- hardnosed — Describing a person who is tough and relentlessly practical and thus not given to sentiment.
- hardparts — the skeleton
- hardscape — the manmade part of the grounds surrounding a building, as paved areas or statues.
- hardships — Plural form of hardship.
- hardstand — a hard-surfaced area on which heavy vehicles or airplanes can be parked.
- hardstone — (arts) precious stone or semi-precious stone used to make intaglio, mosaics etc.
- hardwires — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hardwire.
- hardwoods — Plural form of hardwood.
- harigalds — the intestines of an animal
- harnessed — the combination of straps, bands, and other parts forming the working gear of a draft animal. Compare yoke1 (def 1).
- harrassed — Simple past tense and past participle of harrass.
- harridans — Plural form of harridan.
- harshened — Simple past tense and past participle of harshen.
- harvested — Also, harvesting. the gathering of crops.
- hasdrubal — died 207 b.c, Carthaginian general (brother of Hannibal).
- hassidism — the principles and practices of the Hasidim.
- hastilude — A medieval martial game.
- hat stand — tall structure to hang hats on
- havildars — Plural form of havildar.
- hawkweeds — Plural form of hawkweed.
- hayfields — Plural form of hayfield.
- hazardous — full of risk; perilous; risky: a hazardous journey.
- head shop — a shop selling paraphernalia of interest to drug users or associated with the use of drugs.
- head smut — a disease of cereals and other grasses, characterized by a dark-brown, powdery mass of spores replacing the affected seed heads, caused by any of several smut fungi of the genera Sorosporium, Sphacelotheca, and Ustilago.
- headaches — Plural form of headache.
- headbands — Plural form of headband.
- headcases — Plural form of headcase.
- headdress — a covering or decoration for the head: a tribal headdress of feathers.
- headfirst — with the head in front or bent forward; headforemost: He dived headfirst into the sea.
- headiness — intoxicating: a heady wine.
- headlamps — Plural form of headlamp.
- headlands — Plural form of headland.
- headlease — the main lease between a tenant and a landlord
- headlines — Plural form of headline.
- headlocks — Plural form of headlock.
- headnotes — Plural form of headnote.
- headraces — Plural form of headrace.