9-letter words containing r, h, n, e, a
- 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.
- rhoeadine — a chemical compound found in the red poppy which has similar effects to those of opium
- rosenthal — Jean, 1912–69, U.S. theatrical lighting designer.
- 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).
- ruthenian — Also, Ruthene [roo-theen] /ruˈθin/ (Show IPA). of or relating to the inhabitants of Ruthenia, Galicia, and neighboring regions.
- sanhedrim — Also called Great Sanhedrin. the highest council of the ancient Jews, consisting of 71 members, and exercising authority from about the 2nd century b.c.
- sanhedrin — Also called Great Sanhedrin. the highest council of the ancient Jews, consisting of 71 members, and exercising authority from about the 2nd century b.c.
- schnapper — a food fish, Pagrosomus auratus, occurring in large numbers off the shores of Australia and New Zealand.
- schnauzer — one of a German breed of sturdy medium-sized dogs having a tight, wiry, pepper-and-salt or pure black coat, bristly eyebrows and beardlike whiskers, and a docked tail, used originally as a ratter and a guard dog and later used in police work.
- searching — examining carefully or thoroughly: a searching inspection.
- 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.
- seraphine — an old reed-based keyboard instrument; a reed organ
- sharesman — a person who works for a share of something
- shark net — a net for catching sharks
- sharpener — A sharpener is a tool or machine used for sharpening pencils or knives.
- sharpness — having a thin cutting edge or a fine point; well-adapted for cutting or piercing: a sharp knife.
- shear pin — an easily replaceable pin inserted in a machine at a critical point and designed to shear and stop the machine if the load becomes too great
- shearling — Chiefly British. a yearling sheep that has been shorn once.
- sherifian — pertaining to a descendant of Muhammad through his daughter Fatima
- shreading — furring attached to the undersides of rafters.
- shrinkage — the act or fact of shrinking.
- starshine — starlight
- stathenry — the electrostatic unit of inductance, equivalent to 8.9876 × 10 11 henries and equal to the inductance of a circuit in which an electromotive force of one statvolt is produced by a current in the circuit which varies at the rate of one statampere per second.
- stauncher — firm or steadfast in principle, adherence, loyalty, etc., as a person: a staunch Republican; a staunch friend.
- tarnished — metal: discolored
- the rains — the season of heavy rainfall, esp in the tropics
- the raven — a lyric poem (1845) by Edgar Allan Poe.
- theandric — relating to the state of being both divine and human, esp pertaining to Christ
- therezina — former name of Teresina.
- thorazine — chlorpromazine
- threadfin — any spiny-rayed fishes of the family Polynemidae, having the lower part of the pectoral fin composed of numerous, separate, filamentous rays.
- threading — twisted filaments or fibers of any kind used for sewing.
- threating — a declaration of an intention or determination to inflict punishment, injury, etc., in retaliation for, or conditionally upon, some action or course; menace: He confessed under the threat of imprisonment.
- trainshed — (in a railroad station) a shelter completely covering railroad tracks and their adjoining platforms.
- transhume — to move cattle to suitable grazing grounds according to the season
- trenchant — incisive or keen, as language or a person; caustic; cutting: trenchant wit.
- trenchard — Hugh Montague, 1st Viscount, 1873–1956, British Royal Air Force marshal.
- turnhalle — a building in which gymnastics is taught and practised
- uncharged — not charged, especially with electricity; electrically neutral: an uncharged battery; an uncharged particle.
- uncharmed — marked by good fortune or privilege: a charmed life.
- uncharnel — to remove from a charnel; exhume
- uncharred — not charred; free from charring
- uncharted — not shown or located on a map; unexplored; unknown, as a place or region: the uncharted depths of space.
- underhair — a growth of short hair lying beneath a longer growth; undercoat.
- underhand — not open and aboveboard; secret and crafty or dishonorable: an underhand deal with the chief of police.
- underheat — to heat insufficiently
- unearthed — to dig or get out of the earth; dig up.
- unearthly — seeming not to belong to this earth or world: unearthly beauty.