9-letter words containing e, n, d, s, h
- interdash — to intersperse with hasty strokes of a pen or other writing instrument
- lens hood — an extension piece fixed to a camera lens to shield it from a direct light source
- lunkheads — Plural form of lunkhead.
- maidenish — Resembling or characteristic of a maiden.
- menhadens — Plural form of menhaden.
- mindshare — Relative public awareness of a phenomenon.
- mishandle — to handle badly; maltreat: to mishandle a dog.
- newshound — A newspaper reporter.
- nightside — Journalism. the night shift of a newspaper.
- northside — The northern side of a building, street, area etc.
- nourished — Simple past tense and past participle of nourish.
- outshined — to surpass in shining; shine more brightly than.
- phasedown — an act or instance of phasing down; gradual reduction.
- plenished — to fill up; stock; furnish.
- red shank — an Old World sandpiper, Tringa totanus, having red legs and feet.
- rethondes — a village in N France near Compiègne: armistice ending World War I signed here 1918.
- rhodesian — (as Southern Rhodesia, ) a former British colony in S Africa: declared independence 1965; name changed to Zimbabwe, 1979.
- sand shoe — a light tennis shoe; sneaker.
- sandshoes — light canvas shoes with rubber soles; plimsolls
- 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.
- schleiden — Matthias Jakob [mah-tee-ahs yah-kawp] /mɑˈti ɑs ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1804–81, German botanist.
- schneider — to prevent (an opponent) from scoring a point in a game or match.
- scrunched — to crunch, crush, or crumple.
- seldshown — seldom shown
- shadiness — abounding in shade; shaded: shady paths.
- shakedown — extortion, as by blackmail or threats of violence.
- shielding — a broad piece of armor, varying widely in form and size, carried apart from the body, usually on the left arm, as a defense against swords, lances, arrows, etc.
- shreading — furring attached to the undersides of rafters.
- shredding — a piece cut or torn off, especially in a narrow strip.
- skean dhu — a small knife tucked into or worn against the top of a stocking in the full dress of Highland Scottish males.
- skean-dhu — a small knife tucked into or worn against the top of a stocking in the full dress of Highland Scottish males.
- skene dhu — skean dhu.
- snakehead — checkered lily.
- sphendone — an ancient Greek headband
- sphenodon — tuatara.
- squinched — to contort (the features) or squint.
- stagehand — a person who moves properties, regulates lighting, etc., in a theatrical production.
- stonehand — a person who arranges type and imposes pages on an imposing stone
- sunshades — something used as a protection from the rays of the sun, as an awning or a parasol.
- swineherd — a person who tends swine.
- swinehood — the quality or condition of a swine
- tarnished — metal: discolored
- the sound — a strait between SW Sweden and Zealand (Denmark), linking the Kattegat with the Baltic: busy shipping lane; spanned by a bridge in 2000. Length of the strait: 113 km (70 miles). Narrowest point: 5 km (3 miles)
- the sudan — a region stretching across Africa south of the Sahara and north of the tropical zone: inhabited chiefly by Negroid tribes rather than Arabs
- the-bends — to force (an object, especially a long or thin one) from a straight form into a curved or angular one, or from a curved or angular form into some different form: to bend an iron rod into a hoop.
- the-downs — a range of low ridges in S and SW England.
- townshend — Charles, 1725–67, English politician, chancellor of the exchequer for whom the Townshend Acts are named.
- trainshed — (in a railroad station) a shelter completely covering railroad tracks and their adjoining platforms.
- unabashed — not ashamed, disconcerted, or apologetic; boldly certain of one's position.