9-letter words containing e, g, r, s
- rightness — correctness or accuracy.
- rightsize — to adjust to an appropriate size: Layoffs will be necessary to rightsize our workforce.
- rigidness — stiff or unyielding; not pliant or flexible; hard: a rigid strip of metal.
- rigsdaler — a former silver coin of Denmark, equal to 16 skillings; rix-dollar.
- ringsider — a spectator at or near ringside, as of a boxing match or a nightclub performance.
- rodgersia — a type of flowering plant which grows in shady and moist conditions
- rogueship — the state or quality of being a rogue or rogueish
- rose-slug — the larva of any of several sawflies, especially Endelomyia aethiops or Cladius isomerus, that skeletonize the foliage of roses.
- rosenberg — Alfred, 1893–1946, German Nazi ideologist and political leader, born in Estonia.
- rosetting — abnormal leaf formation in a plant due to disease
- roughness — having a coarse or uneven surface, as from projections, irregularities, or breaks; not smooth: rough, red hands; a rough road.
- rye grass — Rye grass is a type of grass that is grown for animals such as cows to eat.
- rye-grass — any of several European grasses of the genus Lolium, as L. perenne (perennial ryegrass) grown for forage in the U.S.
- sabrewing — a large hummingbird of the genus Campylopterous, with long curved wings
- sacrilege — the violation or profanation of anything sacred or held sacred.
- safeguard — something that serves as a protection or defense or that ensures safety.
- 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.
- salesgirl — a woman who sells goods, especially in a store; saleswoman.
- sap green — a green pigment obtained from the juice of buckthorn berries, used chiefly in dyes for wood, paper, and textiles.
- saxifrage — any plant of the genus Saxifraga, certain species of which grow wild in the clefts of rocks, other species of which are cultivated for their flowers.
- say grace — say prayer before meal
- scavenger — an animal or other organism that feeds on dead organic matter.
- schonberg — Arnold [ahr-nuh ld;; German ahr-nuh lt] /ˈɑr nəld;; German ˈɑr nəlt/ (Show IPA), 1874–1951, Austrian composer in the U.S.
- schulberg — Budd [buhd] /bʌd/ (Show IPA), 1914–2009, U.S. novelist, short-story writer, and scenarist.
- schwinger — Julian Seymour, 1918–94, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1965.
- scrapegut — a fiddle player
- scrappage — the act or process of scrapping
- screaking — screeching or creaking
- screaming — uttering screams.
- screening — a movable or fixed device, usually consisting of a covered frame, that provides shelter, serves as a partition, etc.
- scrimmage — a rough or vigorous struggle.
- scrippage — the contents of a scrip
- scrounger — to borrow (a small amount or item) with no intention of repaying or returning it: to scrounge a cigarette.
- scrummage — scrum (defs 1, 3).
- sea grape — a tropical American tree, Coccoloba uvifera, of the buckwheat family, bearing grapelike clusters of edible purple berries.
- sea grass — grass which grows by the sea, or in shallow sea water
- sea green — a clear, light, bluish green.
- sea-green — a clear, light, bluish green.
- seafaring — traveling by sea.
- seal ring — a finger ring bearing an incised design for embossing a wax seal.
- searching — examining carefully or thoroughly: a searching inspection.
- searingly — in a searing manner
- secretage — the use of mercury in treating or felting furs
- secreting — to place out of sight; hide; conceal: squirrels secreting nuts in a hollow tree trunk.
- sedgemoor — a plain in SW England, in central Somerset: final defeat of Monmouth 1685.
- segregant — an organism which is different because of segregation
- segregate — to separate or set apart from others or from the main body or group; isolate: to segregate exceptional children; to segregate hardened criminals.
- seigneury — the domain of a seigneur.
- seigniory — the power or authority of a seignior.
- selfridge — Harry Gordon, 1857?–1947, British retail merchant, born in the U.S.