9-letter words containing h, e, d, r, o
- rhodanize — to plate with rhodium
- rhodesian — (as Southern Rhodesia, ) a former British colony in S Africa: declared independence 1965; name changed to Zimbabwe, 1979.
- rhodesoid — relating to or resembling Rhodesian man
- rhodolite — a rose or reddish-violet garnet, similar to pyrope, used as a gem.
- rhodonite — a mineral, manganese metasilicate, MnSiO 3 , occurring usually in rose-red masses, sometimes used as an ornamental stone; manganese spar.
- rhoeadine — a chemical compound found in the red poppy which has similar effects to those of opium
- rhytidome — the outer bark of a tree or plant
- roadhouse — an inn, dance hall, tavern, nightclub, etc., located on a highway, usually beyond city limits.
- rodchenko — Aleksandr (Mikhailovich) [al-ig-zan-der,, -zahn-,, mi-key-luh-vich;; Russian uh-lyi-ksahn-dr myi-khahy-luh-vyich] /ˌæl ɪgˈzæn dər,, -ˈzɑn-,, mɪˈkeɪ lə vɪtʃ;; Russian ʌ lyɪˈksɑn dr myɪˈxaɪ lə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1891–1956, Soviet painter, photographer, and designer.
- rodfisher — an angler or a person who fishes with a fishing rod
- roughened — made rough
- 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).
- roundheel — an eagerly immoral woman
- schroeder — ˈGerhard (ˈgɛʀhɑʀt) ; gerˈhärt) 1944- ; Ger. politican: chancellor of Germany (1998-2005)
- scrooched — to crouch, squeeze, or huddle (usually followed by down, in, or up).
- shed roof — a roof having a single slope.
- shed room — a storage room.
- shorebird — a bird that frequents seashores, estuaries, etc., as the snipe, sandpiper, plover, and turnstone; a limicoline bird.
- shoreside — land along a shore.
- shoreward — Also, shorewards. toward the shore or land.
- shoreweed — a tufty aquatic perennial, Littorella uniflora, of the plantain family, that forms underwater mats but usually flowers only on muddy margins
- shorewood — a city in SE Wisconsin, near Milwaukee.
- shorthead — a brachycephalic person.
- 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.
- stourhead — a Palladian mansion near Mere in Wiltshire: built (1722) for Henry Hoare; famous for its landscaped gardens laid out (1741) by Flitcroft
- studhorse — a stallion kept for breeding.
- the crowd — the common people; the masses
- the lords — the House of Lords in the British Parliament
- the order — the dress, equipment, or formation directed for a particular purpose or undertaking
- the sword — violence, warfare
- theodoric — a.d. 454?–526, king of the Ostrogoths and founder of the Ostrogothic monarchy in Italy: ruler of Italy 493–526.
- theorised — to form a theory or theories.
- thermidor — Also called Fervidor. (in the French Revolutionary calendar) the 11th month of the year, extending from July 19 to August 17.
- thorndike — Ashley Horace, 1871–1933, U.S. literary historian and teacher.
- threefold — comprising three parts, members, or aspects; triple: a threefold program.
- threnodic — a poem, speech, or song of lamentation, especially for the dead; dirge; funeral song.
- threshold — the sill of a doorway.
- throttled — Also called throttle lever. a lever, pedal, handle, etc., for controlling or manipulating a throttle valve.
- trihedron — the figure determined by three planes meeting in a point.
- trondheim — a seaport in central Norway, on Trondheim Fiord.
- undershot — having the front teeth of the lower jaw projecting in front of the upper teeth, as a bulldog.
- unhonored — honesty, fairness, or integrity in one's beliefs and actions: a man of honor.
- vouchered — a person or thing that vouches.
- windhover — the kestrel, Falco tinnunculus.
- withe rod — either of two North American viburnums, Viburnum cassinoides or V. nudum, having tough, osierlike shoots.
- woodhewer — woodcreeper.
- woodhorse — a frame for holding wood for sawing; a sawhorse
- worshiped — reverent honor and homage paid to God or a sacred personage, or to any object regarded as sacred.