9-letter words containing h, e, a, r
- senhorita — a Portuguese term of address equivalent to miss, used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a girl or unmarried woman. Abbreviation: Srta.
- seraphine — an old reed-based keyboard instrument; a reed organ
- serigraph — a print made by the silkscreen process.
- shadberry — the fruit of a shadbush.
- shakerism — the beliefs and practices of the Shakers.
- shakspere — William ("the Bard"; "the Bard of Avon") 1564–1616, English poet and dramatist.
- shallower — of little depth; not deep: shallow water.
- shamateur — a sportsperson who is officially an amateur but accepts payment
- shapewear — undergarments designed to mold or hold a body to a certain shape, as girdles.
- share out — distribute fairly
- sharecrop — to cultivate (farmland) as a sharecropper
- sharesave — (in Britain) a system by which employees can invest, risk-free, in their company's shares
- sharesman — a person who works for a share of something
- shareware — software distributed without initial charge but for which the user is encouraged to pay a nominal fee to cover support for continued use.
- shark net — a net for catching sharks
- sharklike — any of a group of elongate elasmobranch, mostly marine fishes, certain species of which are large, voracious, and sometimes dangerous to humans.
- sharp-set — eager to satisfy the appetite, especially for food.
- sharpener — A sharpener is a tool or machine used for sharpening pencils or knives.
- sharpness — having a thin cutting edge or a fine point; well-adapted for cutting or piercing: a sharp knife.
- shattered — to break (something) into pieces, as by a blow.
- shea tree — an African tree, Butyrospermum parkii, of the sapodilla family, bearing a round, smooth-skinned fruit that contains one or more seeds yielding shea butter.
- shear off — remove by cutting, slice away
- shear pin — an easily replaceable pin inserted in a machine at a critical point and designed to shear and stop the machine if the load becomes too great
- shearlegs — shear (def 16).
- shearling — Chiefly British. a yearling sheep that has been shorn once.
- sheldrake — any of several Old World ducks of the genus Tadorna, certain species of which have highly variegated plumage.
- shelfware — Computers. software or hardware that remains unsold, unused, or underused: shelfware as part of a bundled license deal.
- shellbark — the shagbark tree.
- sherifian — pertaining to a descendant of Muhammad through his daughter Fatima
- shewbread — the 12 loaves of bread placed every Sabbath on a table in the sanctuary of the Biblical tabernacle and the Temple in Jerusalem as an offering by the priests to God. Ex. 25:30; Lev. 24:5–9.
- shillaber — a shill or someone who poses as a satisfied customer in order to encourage other buyers or participants
- shirralee — a load, pack, or bundle
- shoe rack — shelving unit for storing footwear
- shoemaker — William Lee ("Willie") 1931–2003, U.S. jockey.
- shoreward — Also, shorewards. toward the shore or land.
- shortcake — a cake made with a relatively large amount of butter or other shortening.
- shorthead — a brachycephalic person.
- shortwave — Electricity. a radio wave, shorter than that used in AM broadcasting, corresponding to frequencies of over 1600 kilohertz: used for long-distance reception or transmission.
- shotmaker — a sports player delivering good shots
- showbread — the 12 loaves of bread placed every Sabbath on a table in the sanctuary of the Biblical tabernacle and the Temple in Jerusalem as an offering by the priests to God. Ex. 25:30; Lev. 24:5–9.
- shreading — furring attached to the undersides of rafters.
- shrinkage — the act or fact of shrinking.
- shroffage — the commission charged by a money dealer
- shvartzer — Yiddish: Usually Disparaging and Offensive. schvartze.
- skew arch — an arch, as at the entrance to a tunnel, having sides, or jambs, that are not at right angles with the face.
- slaughter — Frank, 1908–2001, U.S. novelist and physician.
- smasheroo — a popular success
- spearfish — fish: type of marlin
- spearhead — the sharp-pointed head that forms the piercing end of a spear.
- sphaerite — an aluminium phosphate