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9-letter words containing h, e, a, r

  • reinhardt — Jean Baptiste [French zhahn ba-teest] /French ʒɑ̃ baˈtist/ (Show IPA), ("Django") 1910–53, Belgian gypsy jazz guitarist.
  • repechage — (in cycling and rowing) a last-chance qualifying heat in which the runners-up in earlier heats race each other, with the winner advancing to the finals.
  • reshaping — the act of shaping again or differently
  • resharpen — to sharpen again
  • revarnish — 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.
  • rheinland — Rhineland.
  • rheobasic — of or relating to rheobase
  • rheotaxis — oriented movement of an organism in response to a current of fluid, especially water.
  • rheumatic — pertaining to or of the nature of rheumatism.
  • rhineland — that part of Germany W of the Rhine.
  • rhipidate — shaped like a fan
  • rhodamine — a red dye obtained by heating an alkyl aminophenol with phthalic anhydride.
  • rhodanate — a salt of thiocyanic acid
  • rhodanize — to plate with rhodium
  • rhodesian — (as Southern Rhodesia, ) a former British colony in S Africa: declared independence 1965; name changed to Zimbabwe, 1979.
  • rhoeadine — a chemical compound found in the red poppy which has similar effects to those of opium
  • rhotacize — to change (a sound) to an (r); subject to rhotacism.
  • rightable — in accordance with what is good, proper, or just: right conduct.
  • riverhead — the source or spring of a river.
  • roadhouse — an inn, dance hall, tavern, nightclub, etc., located on a highway, usually beyond city limits.
  • rosenthal — Jean, 1912–69, U.S. theatrical lighting designer.
  • rotachute — a device serving the same purpose as a parachute, in which the canopy is replaced by freely revolving rotor blades, used for the delivery of stores or recovery of missiles
  • rotherham — a city in South Yorkshire, in N England.
  • roundhead — a member or adherent of the Parliamentarians or Puritan party during the civil wars of the 17th century (so called in derision by the Cavaliers because they wore their hair cut short).
  • ruthenian — Also, Ruthene [roo-theen] /ruˈθin/ (Show IPA). of or relating to the inhabitants of Ruthenia, Galicia, and neighboring regions.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • sapphired — blue-coloured
  • scarehead — a headline in exceptionally large type. Compare screamer (def 4).
  • schedular — a plan of procedure, usually written, for a proposed objective, especially with reference to the sequence of and time allotted for each item or operation necessary to its completion: The schedule allows three weeks for this stage.
  • schnapper — a food fish, Pagrosomus auratus, occurring in large numbers off the shores of Australia and New Zealand.
  • schnauzer — one of a German breed of sturdy medium-sized dogs having a tight, wiry, pepper-and-salt or pure black coat, bristly eyebrows and beardlike whiskers, and a docked tail, used originally as a ratter and a guard dog and later used in police work.
  • schvartze — a term used by some Jewish people to refer to a black person.
  • scrapheap — a pile of old, discarded material, as metal.
  • scratcher — to break, mar, or mark the surface of by rubbing, scraping, or tearing with something sharp or rough: to scratch one's hand on a nail.
  • scratches — Old Scratch; Satan.
  • scratchie — a scratchcard
  • screwhead — the head or top of a screw having a slot for the end of a screwdriver.
  • sea horse — any fish of the genus Hippocampus, of the pipefish family, having a prehensile tail, an elongated snout, and a head bent at right angles to the body.
  • sea perch — surfperch.
  • sea reach — a straight course at the mouth of a river, connecting with the sea.
  • sea-horse — any fish of the genus Hippocampus, of the pipefish family, having a prehensile tail, an elongated snout, and a head bent at right angles to the body.
  • search me — to go or look through (a place, area, etc.) carefully in order to find something missing or lost: They searched the woods for the missing child. I searched the desk for the letter.
  • searching — examining carefully or thoroughly: a searching inspection.
  • seaworthy — constructed, outfitted, manned, and in all respects fitted for a voyage at sea.
  • seborrhea — an excessive and abnormal discharge from the sebaceous glands.
  • self-harm — injury inflicted deliberately on yourself
  • semaphore — an apparatus for conveying information by means of visual signals, as a light whose position may be changed.
  • semihardy — partially hardy; able to survive moderately low temperatures: semihardy plants.
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