9-letter words containing h, e, d, r
- ridership — the passengers who use a given public transportation system, as buses or trains, or the number of such passengers.
- riverhead — the source or spring of a river.
- 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
- 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.
- scheduler — scheduling
- schneider — to prevent (an opponent) from scoring a point in a game or match.
- schroeder — ˈGerhard (ˈgɛʀhɑʀt) ; gerˈhärt) 1944- ; Ger. politican: chancellor of Germany (1998-2005)
- screeched — to utter or make a harsh, shrill cry or sound: The child screeched hysterically. The brakes screeched.
- screwhead — the head or top of a screw having a slot for the end of a screwdriver.
- scrooched — to crouch, squeeze, or huddle (usually followed by down, in, or up).
- scrunched — to crunch, crush, or crumple.
- semihardy — partially hardy; able to survive moderately low temperatures: semihardy plants.
- shadberry — the fruit of a shadbush.
- shattered — to break (something) into pieces, as by a blow.
- shed roof — a roof having a single slope.
- shed room — a storage room.
- sheldrake — any of several Old World ducks of the genus Tadorna, certain species of which have highly variegated plumage.
- sheltered — protected or shielded from storms, missiles, etc., by a wall, roof, barrier, or the like.
- 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.
- shickered — intoxicated; drunk.
- shimmered — to shine with or reflect a subdued, tremulous light; gleam faintly.
- 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.
- shreading — furring attached to the undersides of rafters.
- shredding — a piece cut or torn off, especially in a narrow strip.
- shredless — without a shred
- shrewdest — astute or sharp in practical matters: a shrewd politician.
- shuddered — to tremble with a sudden convulsive movement, as from horror, fear, or cold.
- shuttered — a solid or louvered movable cover for a window.
- slithered — to slide down or along a surface, especially unsteadily, from side to side, or with some friction or noise: The box slithered down the chute.
- spearhead — the sharp-pointed head that forms the piercing end of a spear.
- spiderish — relating to or resembling a spider
- spreathed — sore; chapped
- stairhead — the top of a staircase; top landing.
- steerhide — the hide of a steer.
- stourhead — a Palladian mansion near Mere in Wiltshire: built (1722) for Henry Hoare; famous for its landscaped gardens laid out (1741) by Flitcroft