9-letter words containing r, h, e, o
- rosenthal — Jean, 1912–69, U.S. theatrical lighting designer.
- rotachute — a device serving the same purpose as a parachute, in which the canopy is replaced by freely revolving rotor blades, used for the delivery of stores or recovery of missiles
- rotherham — a city in South Yorkshire, in N England.
- rough-hew — to hew (timber, stone, etc.) roughly or without smoothing or finishing.
- roughened — made rough
- roughhewn — to hew (timber, stone, etc.) roughly or without smoothing or finishing.
- roughneck — a rough, coarse person; a tough.
- roughness — having a coarse or uneven surface, as from projections, irregularities, or breaks; not smooth: rough, red hands; a rough road.
- roundhead — a member or adherent of the Parliamentarians or Puritan party during the civil wars of the 17th century (so called in derision by the Cavaliers because they wore their hair cut short).
- roundheel — an eagerly immoral woman
- row house — one of a row of houses having uniform, or nearly uniform, plans and fenestration and usually having a uniform architectural treatment, as in certain housing developments.
- row-house — one of a row of houses having uniform, or nearly uniform, plans and fenestration and usually having a uniform architectural treatment, as in certain housing developments.
- schlocker — something of poor quality; schlock
- schmoozer — to chat idly; gossip.
- schnorkel — (formerly) snorkel (def 1).
- schnorkle — (formerly) snorkel (def 1).
- schnorrer — a person who habitually borrows or lives at the expense of others with no intention of repaying; sponger; moocher; beggar.
- schonberg — Arnold [ahr-nuh ld;; German ahr-nuh lt] /ˈɑr nəld;; German ˈɑr nəlt/ (Show IPA), 1874–1951, Austrian composer in the U.S.
- schoolery — something that is taught
- schroeder — ˈGerhard (ˈgɛʀhɑʀt) ; gerˈhärt) 1944- ; Ger. politican: chancellor of Germany (1998-2005)
- scouthery — scorching
- scrooched — to crouch, squeeze, or huddle (usually followed by down, in, or up).
- sea horse — any fish of the genus Hippocampus, of the pipefish family, having a prehensile tail, an elongated snout, and a head bent at right angles to the body.
- sea-horse — any fish of the genus Hippocampus, of the pipefish family, having a prehensile tail, an elongated snout, and a head bent at right angles to the body.
- seaworthy — constructed, outfitted, manned, and in all respects fitted for a voyage at sea.
- seborrhea — an excessive and abnormal discharge from the sebaceous glands.
- semaphore — an apparatus for conveying information by means of visual signals, as a light whose position may be changed.
- 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.
- serpukhov — a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, S of Moscow.
- set forth — to put (something or someone) in a particular place: to set a vase on a table.
- shallower — of little depth; not deep: shallow water.
- share out — distribute fairly
- sharecrop — to cultivate (farmland) as a sharecropper
- shear off — remove by cutting, slice away
- shed roof — a roof having a single slope.
- shed room — a storage room.
- sheetrock — a trademark name for plasterboard or drywall, composed of gypsum enclosed by heavy sheets of paper and used for constructing interior walls and ceilings
- shelfroom — the space on a shelf
- shellwork — decorative work composed of seashells: an elaborate picture frame decorated with shellwork.
- sherborne — a town in S England in Dorset: noted for its medieval abbey, ruined medieval castle, and Sherborne Castle, a mansion built by Sir Walter Raleigh in 1594. Pop: 9350 (2001)
- ship over — to enlist or reenlist in the U.S. Navy
- shipborne — carried on a ship.
- shipowner — a person who owns a ship or ships.
- shoe rack — shelving unit for storing footwear
- shoe tree — shaped insert for footwear
- shoebrush — a brush used in polishing shoes.
- shoemaker — William Lee ("Willie") 1931–2003, U.S. jockey.
- shore bug — any of various small, predaceous hemipterous insects of the family Saldidae, some of which are burrowers, commonly occurring along grassy shores of ponds, streams, brackish lakes, and seacoasts.
- shore fly — any of numerous small black flies of the family Ephydridae, found in damp or marshy locations.
- shorebird — a bird that frequents seashores, estuaries, etc., as the snipe, sandpiper, plover, and turnstone; a limicoline bird.