9-letter words containing r, h, e, o
- push over — shove to the ground
- pyorrhoea — Pathology. a discharge of pus.
- pyrophone — an instrument resembling a small pipe organ, designed to produce musical sounds using gas flames burning close together in glass tubes, and producing a sound when the flames are separated by the pressing of a key. Designed by G.F.E. Kastner in 1869
- quebracho — any of several tropical American trees of the genus Schinopsis, having very hard wood, especially S. lorentzii, the wood and bark of which are important in tanning and dyeing.
- racehorse — a horse bred or kept for racing, especially in flat races or steeplechases.
- raise hob — to cause mischief or disturbance
- rasophore — a monk authorized to wear the rason.
- rave hook — a hooklike tool for reaming old oakum out of seams in planking.
- re-choose — to select from a number of possibilities; pick by preference: She chose Sunday for her departure.
- re-homing — the act of re-homing an animal
- reach rod — a rod for operating a remote piece of machinery, as a valve.
- rearhorse — a mantis
- reblochon — a soft French cheese
- red ocher — any of the red natural earths, mixtures of hematite, that are used as pigments.
- red ochre — any of various natural red earths containing ferric oxide: used as pigments
- red-short — brittle when at red heat, as iron or steel containing too much sulfur.
- refashion — a prevailing custom or style of dress, etiquette, socializing, etc.: the latest fashion in dresses.
- renourish — to sustain with food or nutriment; supply with what is necessary for life, health, and growth.
- rest home — a residential establishment that provides special care for convalescents and aged or infirm persons.
- rest-home — a residential establishment that provides special care for convalescents and aged or infirm persons.
- rethondes — a village in N France near Compiègne: armistice ending World War I signed here 1918.
- rethought — the act of reconsidering.
- rheingold — See The Ring of the Nibelung.
- rheobasic — of or relating to rheobase
- rheochord — a wire inserted into an electrical circuit to vary or regulate the current
- rheometer — an instrument for measuring the flow of fluids, especially blood.
- rheometry — an instrument for measuring the flow of fluids, especially blood.
- rheophile — an organism that likes to live in flowing water
- rheotaxis — oriented movement of an organism in response to a current of fluid, especially water.
- rheotrope — a device that reverses an electric current
- rhetorize — to make use of rhetoric
- rhigolene — a petroleum distillate intermediate between cymogene and gasoline, formerly used to produce local anesthesia by freezing.
- rhodamine — a red dye obtained by heating an alkyl aminophenol with phthalic anhydride.
- rhodanate — a salt of thiocyanic acid
- rhodanize — to plate with rhodium
- rhodesian — (as Southern Rhodesia, ) a former British colony in S Africa: declared independence 1965; name changed to Zimbabwe, 1979.
- rhodesoid — relating to or resembling Rhodesian man
- rhodolite — a rose or reddish-violet garnet, similar to pyrope, used as a gem.
- 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
- rhotacize — to change (a sound) to an (r); subject to rhotacism.
- rhytidome — the outer bark of a tree or plant
- righteous — characterized by uprightness or morality: a righteous observance of the law.
- roadhouse — an inn, dance hall, tavern, nightclub, etc., located on a highway, usually beyond city limits.
- rochester — John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of, 1647–80, English poet and courtier.
- 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
- rogueship — the state or quality of being a rogue or rogueish
- romp home — to win a race easily
- rosefinch — any of various finches with pink patches