9-letter words containing r, i, d, e, s, h
- red shift — 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.
- remscheid — a city in W Germany, in the Ruhr region.
- reshipped — to ship again.
- resighted — the power or faculty of seeing; perception of objects by use of the eyes; vision.
- 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
- ridership — the passengers who use a given public transportation system, as buses or trains, or the number of such passengers.
- rodfisher — an angler or a person who fishes with a fishing rod
- 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.
- sapphired — blue-coloured
- schneider — to prevent (an opponent) from scoring a point in a game or match.
- semihardy — partially hardy; able to survive moderately low temperatures: semihardy plants.
- shickered — intoxicated; drunk.
- shimmered — to shine with or reflect a subdued, tremulous light; gleam faintly.
- shorebird — a bird that frequents seashores, estuaries, etc., as the snipe, sandpiper, plover, and turnstone; a limicoline bird.
- shoreside — land along a shore.
- shreading — furring attached to the undersides of rafters.
- shredding — a piece cut or torn off, especially in a narrow strip.
- slithered — to slide down or along a surface, especially unsteadily, from side to side, or with some friction or noise: The box slithered down the chute.
- spiderish — relating to or resembling a spider
- stairhead — the top of a staircase; top landing.
- steerhide — the hide of a steer.
- swineherd — a person who tends swine.
- tarnished — metal: discolored
- tehsildar — person who administrates a tehsil
- the-birds — a comedy (414 b.c.) by Aristophanes.
- theorised — to form a theory or theories.
- therapsid — any of various groups of mammallike reptiles of the extinct order Therapsida, inhabiting all continents from mid-Permian to late Triassic times, some of which were probably warm-blooded and directly ancestral to mammals.
- trainshed — (in a railroad station) a shelter completely covering railroad tracks and their adjoining platforms.
- underfish — to catch fewer fish than the maximum amount permitted
- unshirted — not wearing a shirt
- varnished — a preparation consisting of resinous matter, as copal or lac, dissolved in an oil (oil varnish) or in alcohol (spirit varnish) or other volatile liquid. When applied to the surface of wood, metal, etc., it dries and leaves a hard, more or less glossy, usually transparent coating.
- whiskered — having, wearing, or covered with whiskers.
- whispered — rumored; reported: He is whispered to be planning to run for governor.
- worshiped — reverent honor and homage paid to God or a sacred personage, or to any object regarded as sacred.
- yiddisher — in or relating to Yiddish