9-letter words containing s, h, o
- cystolith — a knoblike deposit of calcium carbonate in the epidermal cells of such plants as the stinging nettle
- dalhousie — 9th Earl of, title of George Ramsay. 1770–1838, British general; governor of the British colonies in Canada (1819–28)
- darkhorse — Having the character of a dark horse.
- dashboard — The dashboard in a car is the panel facing the driver's seat where most of the instruments and switches are.
- deadhouse — a mortuary
- debouches — to march out from a narrow or confined place into open country, as a body of troops: The platoon debouched from the defile into the plain.
- deck shoe — Deck shoes are flat casual shoes made of canvas or leather.
- deckhouse — a houselike cabin on the deck of a ship
- demijohns — Plural form of demijohn.
- dethrones — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dethrone.
- dhrystone — (benchmark) A short synthetic benchmark program by Reinhold Weicker <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, intended to be representative of system (integer) programming. It is available in ADA, Pascal and C. The current version is Dhrystone 2.1. The author says, "Relying on MIPS V1.1 (the result of V1.1) numbers can be hazardous to your professional health." Due to its small size, the memory system outside the cache is not tested. Compilers can too easily optimise for Dhrystone. String operations are somewhat over-represented.
- diaphones — Plural form of diaphone.
- dichroism — a property of a uniaxial crystal, such as tourmaline, of showing a perceptible difference in colour when viewed along two different axes in transmitted white light
- dirhinous — having paired nostrils.
- disanchor — to raise the anchor of (a ship)
- dish soap — a detergent added to dishwater in order to clean dishes
- dishallow — to profane; desecrate.
- dishcloth — a cloth for use in washing dishes; dishrag.
- dishclout — a cloth for use in washing dishes; dishrag.
- dishonest — not honest; disposed to lie, cheat, or steal; not worthy of trust or belief: a dishonest person.
- dishonors — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dishonor.
- dishonour — lack or loss of honor; disgraceful or dishonest character or conduct.
- dishtowel — a towel for drying dishes.
- dishumour — to upset or offend
- disposeth — Archaic third-person singular form of dispose.
- disthrone — (obsolete, transitive) To dethrone; to remove from the throne.
- dockhands — Plural form of dockhand.
- dog shift — graveyard shift.
- dogfights — Plural form of dogfight.
- dogfishes — Plural form of dogfish.
- doggishly — In a doggish manner.
- doghouses — Plural form of doghouse.
- dogshores — the pieces of timber used to prop up a boat prior to its launch
- dollhouse — a miniature house the scale of children's dolls.
- dollishly — In a dollish manner.
- dolmetsch — Arnold. 1858–1940, British musician, born in France. He contributed greatly to the revival of interest in early music and instruments
- doltishly — In a doltish manner.
- donnishly — In a donnish manner.
- donorship — a person who gives or donates.
- dopeheads — Plural form of dopehead.
- dopesheet — a bulletin or list including the names of entries in various horse races, and including information on each entry, as the name, jockey, and past performances.
- dosshouse — flophouse.
- doughboys — Informal. an American infantryman, especially in World War I.
- doughnuts — Plural form of doughnut.
- doujinshi — (anime, manga, video games) A fan-produced work, especially a manga, anime, or video game.
- dovehouse — A dovecote.
- downshift — to shift an automotive transmission or vehicle into a lower gear.
- drag shoe — a type of braking device on a vehicle
- drag show — a performance by drag artists
- dragonish — Having the characteristics of a dragon.