9-letter words containing s, h, o, r
- fresh out — newly short of sth
- frobisher — Sir Martin, 1535?–94, English navigator and explorer.
- frontlash — an action or opinion that is in reaction to a backlash.
- frostfish — either of two North American fishes, the tomcod of the Atlantic Ocean or the round whitefish, that appear when frost sets in.
- frothless — without froth
- furloughs — Plural form of furlough.
- garnishor — (legal) A person who garnishes; one who obtains a garnishment against another.
- gasholder — gasometer (def 2).
- geosphere — the solid portion of the earth (distinguished from atmosphere, hydrosphere).
- ghost car — an unmarked police car
- ghostlier — Comparative form of ghostly.
- go shares — to share (something) with another or others
- goatherds — Plural form of goatherd.
- gold rush — a large-scale and hasty movement of people to a region where gold has been discovered, as to California in 1849.
- gooseherd — a person who tends geese.
- grapeshot — a cluster of small cast-iron balls formerly used as a charge for a cannon.
- greenshoe — (finance) An option that allows underwriters to short-sell shares in a registered securities offering at the offering price.
- grieshoch — a bed of embers, especially of a peat or moss fire.
- grog-shop — a saloon or barroom, especially a cheap one.
- growthist — an advocate of the importance of economic growth
- guarulhos — a city in SE Brazil, NE of São Paulo.
- gütersloh — a town in NW Germany, in North Rhine-Westphalia. Pop: 95 928 (2003 est)
- hadrosaur — a bipedal dinosaur of the genus Hadrosaurus, belonging to the ornithopod family Hadrosauridae of the late Cretaceous Period, having broad, flat jaws for scooping up water plants.
- hailstorm — a storm with hail.
- hair loss — the loss of human hair from the head; balding
- hairworms — Plural form of hairworm.
- haloforms — Plural form of haloform.
- handovers — Plural form of handover.
- handsomer — having an attractive, well-proportioned, and imposing appearance suggestive of health and strength; good-looking: a handsome man; a handsome woman.
- hangerson — a person who remains in a place or attaches himself or herself to a group, another person, etc., although not wanted, especially in the hope or expectation of personal gain.
- hangovers — Plural form of hangover.
- harborers — a part of a body of water along the shore deep enough for anchoring a ship and so situated with respect to coastal features, whether natural or artificial, as to provide protection from winds, waves, and currents.
- harborous — welcoming and offering hospitality
- hard-nose — a person who is tough, practical, and unsentimental, especially in business: We need a hard-nose to run the department.
- hardgoods — durable goods, such as automobiles, furniture, etc.
- hardnosed — Describing a person who is tough and relentlessly practical and thus not given to sentiment.
- hardstone — (arts) precious stone or semi-precious stone used to make intaglio, mosaics etc.
- hardwoods — Plural form of hardwood.
- harmonics — Music. overtone (def 1).
- harmonies — Plural form of harmony.
- harmonise — to bring into harmony, accord, or agreement: to harmonize one's views with the new situation.
- harmonist — a member of a celibate religious sect that emigrated from Germany to Pennsylvania in 1803.
- hartshorn — the antler of a hart, formerly used as a source of ammonia.
- hash over — a dish of diced or chopped meat and often vegetables, as of leftover corned beef or veal and potatoes, sautéed in a frying pan or of meat, potatoes, and carrots cooked together in gravy.
- hashbrown — Alternative spelling of hash brown.
- haushofer — Karl, 1860–1946, German geographer and general: political adviser to Hitler.
- haustoria — a projection from the hypha of a fungus into the organic matter from which it absorbs nutrients.
- hawksmoor — Nicholas, 1661–1736, English architect.
- hawthorns — Plural form of hawthorn.
- hazardous — full of risk; perilous; risky: a hazardous journey.