9-letter words containing s, h, a, r, e, o
- mosbacher — Emil, Jr ("Bus") 1922–1997, U.S. yacht racer and government official.
- nearshore — extending from or occurring along a shore.
- north sea — an arm of the Atlantic between Great Britain and the European mainland. About 201,000 sq. mi. (520,600 sq. km); greatest depth, 1998 feet (610 meters).
- northeast — a point on the compass midway between north and east. Abbreviation: NE.
- on shares — with each person concerned taking a share of the profit or loss
- orchestra — a group of performers on various musical instruments, including especially stringed instruments of the viol class, clarinets and flutes, cornets and trombones, drums, and cymbals, for playing music, as symphonies, operas, popular music, or other compositions.
- outsearch — to go or look through (a place, area, etc.) carefully in order to find something missing or lost: They searched the woods for the missing child. I searched the desk for the letter.
- overhaste — excessive haste
- overhasty — excessively hasty; rash: overhasty judgment.
- overheads — over one's head; aloft; up in the air or sky, especially near the zenith: There was a cloud overhead.
- overshade — to cast shade over.
- overshare — an instance of this: Get ready for an overshare about his health problems.
- oversharp — too sharp
- packhorse — a horse used for carrying goods, freight, supplies, etc.
- parthenos — an epithet of Athena, meaning “virgin.”.
- plowshare — the cutting part of the moldboard of a plow; share.
- proseucha — a place of prayer, esp for Jewish worship
- 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.
- rearhorse — a mantis
- refashion — a prevailing custom or style of dress, etiquette, socializing, etc.: the latest fashion in dresses.
- rheobasic — of or relating to rheobase
- rheotaxis — oriented movement of an organism in response to a current of fluid, especially water.
- rhodesian — (as Southern Rhodesia, ) a former British colony in S Africa: declared independence 1965; name changed to Zimbabwe, 1979.
- roadhouse — an inn, dance hall, tavern, nightclub, etc., located on a highway, usually beyond city limits.
- rosenthal — Jean, 1912–69, U.S. theatrical lighting designer.
- 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.
- 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
- shoe rack — shelving unit for storing footwear
- shoemaker — William Lee ("Willie") 1931–2003, U.S. jockey.
- shoreward — Also, shorewards. toward the shore or land.
- shortcake — a cake made with a relatively large amount of butter or other shortening.
- shorthead — a brachycephalic person.
- shortwave — Electricity. a radio wave, shorter than that used in AM broadcasting, corresponding to frequencies of over 1600 kilohertz: used for long-distance reception or transmission.
- shotmaker — a sports player delivering good shots
- showbread — the 12 loaves of bread placed every Sabbath on a table in the sanctuary of the Biblical tabernacle and the Temple in Jerusalem as an offering by the priests to God. Ex. 25:30; Lev. 24:5–9.
- shroffage — the commission charged by a money dealer
- smasheroo — a popular success
- stomacher — a richly ornamented garment covering the stomach and chest, worn by both sexes in the 15th and 16th centuries, and later worn under a bodice by women.
- stourhead — a Palladian mansion near Mere in Wiltshire: built (1722) for Henry Hoare; famous for its landscaped gardens laid out (1741) by Flitcroft
- theocrasy — a mixture of religious forms and deities by worshipers.