9-letter words containing r, a, d, s
- hard-nose — a person who is tough, practical, and unsentimental, especially in business: We need a hard-nose to run the department.
- hard-sell — characterized by or promoted through a hard sell: hard-sell tactics.
- hard-spun — (of yarn) compactly twisted in spinning.
- hardbacks — Plural form of hardback.
- hardeners — Plural form of hardener.
- hardgoods — durable goods, such as automobiles, furniture, etc.
- hardgrass — any of several types of coarse grass
- hardhacks — Plural form of hardhack.
- hardheads — any composite plant of the genus Centaurea, especially the weedy C. nigra, having rose-purple flowers set on a dark-colored, knoblike bract.
- hardiness — the capacity for enduring or sustaining hardship, privation, etc.; capability of surviving under unfavorable conditions.
- hardlines — (business) Plural form of hardline.
- hardnosed — Describing a person who is tough and relentlessly practical and thus not given to sentiment.
- hardparts — the skeleton
- hardscape — the manmade part of the grounds surrounding a building, as paved areas or statues.
- hardships — Plural form of hardship.
- hardstand — a hard-surfaced area on which heavy vehicles or airplanes can be parked.
- hardstone — (arts) precious stone or semi-precious stone used to make intaglio, mosaics etc.
- hardwires — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hardwire.
- hardwoods — Plural form of hardwood.
- harigalds — the intestines of an animal
- harnessed — the combination of straps, bands, and other parts forming the working gear of a draft animal. Compare yoke1 (def 1).
- harrassed — Simple past tense and past participle of harrass.
- harridans — Plural form of harridan.
- harshened — Simple past tense and past participle of harshen.
- harvested — Also, harvesting. the gathering of crops.
- hasdrubal — died 207 b.c, Carthaginian general (brother of Hannibal).
- havildars — Plural form of havildar.
- hazardous — full of risk; perilous; risky: a hazardous journey.
- headdress — a covering or decoration for the head: a tribal headdress of feathers.
- headfirst — with the head in front or bent forward; headforemost: He dived headfirst into the sea.
- headraces — Plural form of headrace.
- headrails — Plural form of headrail.
- headrests — Plural form of headrest.
- headscarf — A square of fabric worn as a covering for the head, often folded into a triangle and knotted under the chin.
- headstart — Alternative spelling of head start.
- headwards — backwards beyond the original source
- headwords — Plural form of headword.
- heartseed — (botany) Any plant of the species of Cardiospermum, climbing plants with round seeds marked with a spot like a heart.
- hellwards — towards hell
- herodians — of or relating to Herod the Great, his family, or its partisans.
- histadrut — a labor federation in Israel, founded in 1920.
- hoardings — Plural form of hoarding.
- hoarsened — Simple past tense and past participle of hoarsen.
- homewards — Of or pertaining to leading toward home.
- hormisdas — Saint, died a.d. 523, pope 514–523.
- horsehead — moonfish (def 1).
- hospodars — Plural form of hospodar.
- husbander — A person who husbands resources.
- husbandry — the cultivation and production of edible crops or of animals for food; agriculture; farming.
- hydracids — Plural form of hydracid.