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9-letter words containing r, h, o, d

  • dordrecht — a city in SW Netherlands, on the Waal River.
  • doughtier — Comparative form of doughty.
  • doukhobor — a member of an independent religious sect originating in Russia in the 18th century, believing in the supreme authority of the inner voice and in the transmigration of souls, rejecting the divinity of Christ and the establishing of churches, and expressing opposition to civil authority by refusing to pay taxes, do military service, etc.
  • dowitcher — any of several long-billed, snipelike shore birds of North America and Asia, especially Limnodromus griseus.
  • downright — thorough; absolute; out-and-out: a downright falsehood.
  • downthrow — a throwing down or being thrown down; overthrow.
  • drag shoe — a type of braking device on a vehicle
  • drag show — a performance by drag artists
  • draghound — a hound for use in following a hunting drag, specifically bred for speed and stamina rather than subtlety of sense of smell.
  • dragonish — Having the characteristics of a dragon.
  • draw shot — a stroke that imparts a backward spin to the cue ball, causing it to roll back after striking the object ball. Compare follow shot (def 2).
  • drayhorse — a draft horse used for pulling a dray.
  • dreamhole — a light-admitting hole in a tower
  • drillhole — a hole drilled in the ground, usually for exploratory purposes
  • dronishly — in a droning manner
  • drop arch — a pointed arch having radii of length less than the span.
  • drop shot — (in tennis, badminton, etc.) a ball or shuttlecock so softly hit that it falls to the playing surface just after clearing the net.
  • drop-ship — to ship (goods) as a drop shipment: The books will be drop-shipped by the publisher to your home.
  • dropcloth — A large piece of plastic or canvas put over something to protect it from construction debris or paint.
  • droplight — an electric or gas lamp suspended from the ceiling or wall by a flexible cord or tube.
  • droshkies — Plural form of droshky.
  • dryomorph — any member of the extinct genus Dryopithecus.
  • dukhobors — a pacifistic, nonritualistic, mystical religious sect that separated (1785) from the Eastern Orthodox Church: in the 1890s, many members emigrated to W Canada
  • dynorphin — (biochemistry) Any of a class of opioid peptides that arise from the precursor protein prodynorphin.
  • dysphoria — a state of dissatisfaction, anxiety, restlessness, or fidgeting.
  • dysphoric — a state of dissatisfaction, anxiety, restlessness, or fidgeting.
  • dystrophy — Medicine/Medical. faulty or inadequate nutrition or development.
  • earth-god — a god of fertility and vegetation.
  • echiuroid — any wormlike invertebrate of the phylum Echiuroidea, found in sand and mud of tropical and subtropical seas, having at the mouth a ciliated, often elongated prostomium.
  • echo word — a word that is echoic (sense 2), or onomatopoeic
  • ecohazard — any substance or activity that poses a threat to a habitat or an environment: Off-the-road motorcycling is an ecohazard to fragile desert habitats.
  • edgeworth — Maria, 1767–1849, English novelist.
  • eidograph — a type of pantograph that was invented by the Scottish mathematician William Wallace in 1821 and which was more accurate than other pantographs
  • endomorph — A person with a soft round body build and a high proportion of fat tissue.
  • endorheic — (of a lake or basin) Internally drained; having no outlet.
  • endorphin — Any of a group of hormones secreted within the brain and nervous system and having a number of physiological functions. They are peptides that activate the body’s opiate receptors, causing an analgesic effect.
  • endotherm — An animal that is dependent on or capable of the internal generation of heat; a warm-blooded animal.
  • enshrouds — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of enshroud.
  • enthroned — Formally placed in a position.
  • eriophyid — a type of microscopic mite that causes plant damage
  • erythroid — Of or relating to erythrocytes.
  • euthyroid — having a thyroid gland that functions normally
  • fairyhood — a fairy nature or state: the fairyhood of Puck.
  • ferhoodle — to confuse or mix up: Don't ferhoodle the things in that drawer.
  • floorhead — the upper side of a floor timber on a boat or ship
  • foolhardy — recklessly or thoughtlessly bold; foolishly rash or venturesome.
  • forehands — Plural form of forehand.
  • foreheads — Plural form of forehead.
  • fort hood — a military reservation in central Texas, N of Austin.
  • freeholds — Plural form of freehold.
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