8-letter words containing r, e, d, s, h
- hoarders — Plural form of hoarder.
- hounders — one of any of several breeds of dogs trained to pursue game either by sight or by scent, especially one with a long face and large drooping ears.
- huddlers — Plural form of huddler.
- hundreds — a cardinal number, ten times ten.
- hurdlers — Plural form of hurdler.
- hydrates — Plural form of hydrate.
- hydrides — Plural form of hydride.
- jarheads — Plural form of jarhead.
- koshered — Simple past tense and past participle of kosher.
- misheard — to hear incorrectly or imperfectly: to mishear a remark.
- perished — to die or be destroyed through violence, privation, etc.: to perish in an earthquake.
- phaedrus — flourished a.d. c40, Roman writer of fables.
- piershed — a building located on or near a pier (piershed) or wharf (wharf shed) used for short-term storage of cargo in transit.
- potsherd — a broken pottery fragment, especially one of archaeological value.
- pthreads — POSIX Threads
- redhorse — any of several suckers of the genus Moxostoma, found in the fresh waters of North America, often having reddish fins.
- redshank — an Old World sandpiper, Tringa totanus, having red legs and feet.
- redshare — any red algae, esp one belonging to the genus Polysiphonia
- redshift — a shift toward longer wavelengths of the spectral lines emitted by a celestial object that is caused by the object moving away from the earth.
- redshirt — a high-school or college athlete kept out of varsity competition for one year to develop skills and extend eligibility. a child held back from starting kindergarten for one year, the practice of which is believed by some parents to give the child academic, athletic, and social advantages.
- redshort — (of metal, iron, steel, etc) to become brittle at red-hot temperatures
- rehashed — to work up (old material) in a new form.
- relished — liking or enjoyment of the taste of something.
- rhagades — linear cracks or scars found in the skin at the angles of the nose and mouth which are one of the later signs of congenital syphilis
- rhapsode — in ancient Greece, a person who recited rhapsodies, esp. one who recited epic poems as a profession
- rhodesia — (as Southern Rhodesia, ) a former British colony in S Africa: declared independence 1965; name changed to Zimbabwe, 1979.
- schröder — Gerhard (ˈɡerhɑt). born 1944, German Social Democrat politician; chancellor of Germany from 1998–2005
- scorched — slightly burned
- searched — to go or look through (a place, area, etc.) carefully in order to find something missing or lost: They searched the woods for the missing child. I searched the desk for the letter.
- semihard — partly hard; not completely hard
- sephardi — a Jew of Spanish, Portuguese, or North African descent
- shadower — a dark figure or image cast on the ground or some surface by a body intercepting light.
- shepherd — a male given name.
- sheppard — Jack. 1702–24, English criminal, whose daring escapes from prison were celebrated in many contemporary ballads and plays
- sheridan — Philip Henry, 1831–88, Union general in the Civil War.
- sherwood — Robert Emmet [em-it] /ˈɛm ɪt/ (Show IPA), 1896–1955, U.S. dramatist.
- shivered — to shake or tremble with cold, fear, excitement, etc.
- shoulder — the part of each side of the body in humans, at the top of the trunk, extending from each side of the base of the neck to the region where the arm articulates with the trunk.
- shredded — a piece cut or torn off, especially in a narrow strip.
- shredder — a person or thing that shreds.
- shrewder — astute or sharp in practical matters: a shrewd politician.
- shrewdie — a shrewd person
- shrewdly — astute or sharp in practical matters: a shrewd politician.
- shrilled — high-pitched and piercing in sound quality: a shrill cry.
- shrouded — a cloth or sheet in which a corpse is wrapped for burial.
- shrugged — to raise and contract (the shoulders), expressing indifference, disdain, etc.
- shuddery — trembling or quivering with fear, dread, cold, etc.
- sorehead — a disgruntled or vindictive person, especially an unsportsmanlike loser: Don't be such a sorehead, they won fair and square.
- spheroid — a solid geometrical figure similar in shape to a sphere, as an ellipsoid.
- starched — a white, tasteless, solid carbohydrate, (C 6 H 1 0 O 5) n , occurring in the form of minute granules in the seeds, tubers, and other parts of plants, and forming an important constituent of rice, corn, wheat, beans, potatoes, and many other vegetable foods.