9-letter words containing s, h, a, v
- schiavone — the Italian name for a 17th century basket-hilted sword with a double edge
- schvartze — a term used by some Jewish people to refer to a black person.
- sharesave — (in Britain) a system by which employees can invest, risk-free, in their company's shares
- shaveling — Older Use: Disparaging. a clergyman with a shaven or tonsured head.
- shavetail — U.S. Army. a second lieutenant.
- shockwave — (tool) A program from Macromedia for viewing files created with Macromedia Director. Shockwave is freely available as a plug-in for the Netscape Navigator web browser. "Shocked" pages that incorporate documents created in Director can usually only be enjoyed by users with an ISDN or faster connection.
- 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.
- shvartzer — Yiddish: Usually Disparaging and Offensive. schvartze.
- slavishly — of or befitting a slave: slavish subjection.
- stakhanov — a city in E Ukraine, W of Lugnask.
- the waves — the sea
- thorshavn — a city in and the capital of the Faeroe Islands, in the N Atlantic.
- tovarisch — comrade (used as a term of address in the Soviet Union).
- vaishnava — a Bhakti sect devoted to Vishnu.
- vampirish — a preternatural being, commonly believed to be a reanimated corpse, that is said to suck the blood of sleeping persons at night.
- vampishly — in a vampish manner
- 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.
- vouchsafe — to grant or give, as by favor, graciousness, or condescension: to vouchsafe a reply to a question.
- wash over — water: cover
- wet shave — a shave in which lather and a razor are used, as opposed to an electric shaver