9-letter words containing h, e, n, r, i
- refurnish — to supply (a house, room, etc.) with necessary furniture, carpets, appliances, etc.
- rehashing — to work up (old material) in a new form.
- rehearing — a second presentation of the evidence and arguments of a case before the court of original presentation.
- reheating — heating again.
- rehnquist — William H(ubbs) [huhbz] /hʌbz/ (Show IPA), 1924–2005, U.S. jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1972–86; chief justice 1986–2005.
- reinhabit — to live or dwell in (a place), as people or animals: Small animals inhabited the woods.
- reinhardt — Jean Baptiste [French zhahn ba-teest] /French ʒɑ̃ baˈtist/ (Show IPA), ("Django") 1910–53, Belgian gypsy jazz guitarist.
- relishing — liking or enjoyment of the taste of something.
- renourish — to sustain with food or nutriment; supply with what is necessary for life, health, and growth.
- replenish — to make full or complete again, as by supplying what is lacking, used up, etc.: to replenish one's stock of food.
- reshaping — the act of shaping again or differently
- reshingle — to put new shingles on; shingle again
- rethinker — a person who rethinks
- retighten — to tighten 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.
- rheingold — See The Ring of the Nibelung.
- rheinland — Rhineland.
- rhigolene — a petroleum distillate intermediate between cymogene and gasoline, formerly used to produce local anesthesia by freezing.
- rhineland — that part of Germany W of the Rhine.
- rhodamine — a red dye obtained by heating an alkyl aminophenol with phthalic anhydride.
- rhodanize — to plate with rhodium
- rhodesian — (as Southern Rhodesia, ) a former British colony in S Africa: declared independence 1965; name changed to Zimbabwe, 1979.
- 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
- rightness — correctness or accuracy.
- rosefinch — any of various finches with pink patches
- runesmith — a student, writer, transcriber, or decipherer of runes.
- ruthenian — Also, Ruthene [roo-theen] /ruˈθin/ (Show IPA). of or relating to the inhabitants of Ruthenia, Galicia, and neighboring regions.
- ruthenium — a steel-gray, rare metallic element, belonging to the platinum group of metals. Symbol: Ru; atomic weight: 101.07; atomic number: 44; specific gravity: 12.2 at 20°C.
- 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.
- schlieren — Petrography. streaks or irregularly shaped masses in an igneous rock that differ in texture or composition from the main mass.
- schneider — to prevent (an opponent) from scoring a point in a game or match.
- schreiner — Olive ("Ralph Iron") c1862–1920, English author and feminist.
- schwinger — Julian Seymour, 1918–94, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1965.
- scrunchie — an elastic band covered with gathered fabric, used to fasten the hair, as in a ponytail.
- searching — examining carefully or thoroughly: a searching inspection.
- 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
- 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
- shearling — Chiefly British. a yearling sheep that has been shorn once.
- sherifian — pertaining to a descendant of Muhammad through his daughter Fatima
- shipborne — carried on a ship.
- shipowner — a person who owns a ship or ships.
- shivering — to shake or tremble with cold, fear, excitement, etc.
- shoreline — the line where shore and water meet.
- shreading — furring attached to the undersides of rafters.
- shredding — a piece cut or torn off, especially in a narrow strip.
- shrieking — a loud, sharp, shrill cry.
- shrinkage — the act or fact of shrinking.