9-letter words containing r, a, d, s
- gourmands — Plural form of gourmand.
- gradeless — Without a grade.
- gradients — Plural form of gradient.
- graduands — Plural form of graduand.
- graduates — Plural form of graduate.
- granddads — Plural form of granddad.
- grandeurs — the quality or state of being impressive or awesome: the grandeur of the Rocky Mountains.
- grandiose — affectedly grand or important; pompous: grandiose words.
- grandioso — grand and imposing.
- grandkids — grandchild.
- grandness — impressive in size, appearance, or general effect: grand mountain scenery.
- grandsire — a grandfather.
- grandsons — Plural form of grandson.
- grapeseed — The seed of the grape.
- grassbird — a type of warbler found in long grass and reed beds
- grassland — an area, as a prairie, in which the natural vegetation consists largely of perennial grasses, characteristic of subhumid and semiarid climates.
- gravesend — a seaport in NW Kent, in SE England, on the Thames River: incorporated into Gravesham 1974.
- graveside — the area beside a grave.
- greensand — a sandstone containing much glauconite, which gives it a greenish hue.
- grid bias — the potential difference applied between a grid and the cathode of a vacuum tube.
- guardians — Plural form of guardian.
- guardless — Defenceless.
- guardpost — Alternative spelling of guard post.
- guardship — a warship responsible for the safety of other ships in its company
- guardsman — a person who acts as a guard.
- guardsmen — Plural form of guardsman.
- gurdwaras — Plural form of gurdwara.
- haberdash — To deal in small wares.
- hadrosaur — a bipedal dinosaur of the genus Hadrosaurus, belonging to the ornithopod family Hadrosauridae of the late Cretaceous Period, having broad, flat jaws for scooping up water plants.
- hairbands — Plural form of hairband.
- hairslide — A clip that is used to keep a woman's hair in position.
- halliards — Plural form of halliard.
- hamadryas — A large baboon, Papio hamadryas, from northern Africa and Arabia, that was sacred in ancient Egypt.
- handcarts — Plural form of handcart.
- handgrips — Plural form of handgrip.
- handovers — Plural form of handover.
- handpress — a printing press that is manipulated by hand
- handrails — Plural form of handrail.
- handsfree — not requiring the use of the hands: handsfree telephone dialing by voice commands.
- handsomer — having an attractive, well-proportioned, and imposing appearance suggestive of health and strength; good-looking: a handsome man; a handsome woman.
- handsturn — an amount of work or the period of time spent doing a piece of work
- hard case — a tough person not swayed by sentiment
- hard cash — actual money as distinguished from checks or credit.
- hard disk — magnetic disk (def 1).
- hard lens — a contact lens of rigid plastic or silicon, exerting light pressure on the cornea of the eye, used for correcting various vision problems including astigmatism.
- hard mass — Jewelry. a hard glass used for imitating gemstones.
- hard news — serious news of widespread import, concerning politics, foreign affairs, or the like, as distinguished from routine news items, feature stories, or human-interest stories.
- hard sell — aggressive sales
- hard sign — the Cyrillic letter Ъ, ъ as used in Russian to indicate that the preceding consonant is not palatalized: not in official use since 1918.
- hard-case — rough and hard-bitten: hard-case juvenile delinquents.