9-letter words containing s, h, o
- draw shot — a stroke that imparts a backward spin to the cue ball, causing it to roll back after striking the object ball. Compare follow shot (def 2).
- drayhorse — a draft horse used for pulling a dray.
- dronishly — in a droning manner
- drop shot — (in tennis, badminton, etc.) a ball or shuttlecock so softly hit that it falls to the playing surface just after clearing the net.
- drop-ship — to ship (goods) as a drop shipment: The books will be drop-shipped by the publisher to your home.
- droshkies — Plural form of droshky.
- duathlons — Plural form of duathlon.
- duckshove — to evade (responsibility or an issue)
- dukhobors — a pacifistic, nonritualistic, mystical religious sect that separated (1785) from the Eastern Orthodox Church: in the 1890s, many members emigrated to W Canada
- dumb show — a part of a dramatic representation given in pantomime, common in early English drama.
- dunk shot — a shot in which a player near the basket jumps with the ball and thrusts it through the basket with one hand or both hands held above the rim. See also slam dunk (def 1).
- duotheism — Belief in and worship in two deities, usually framed as a god and goddess of roughly equal power.
- duotheist — A person who adheres to duotheism.
- dust shot — the smallest size of shot for use in a shotgun.
- dustcloth — a soft, absorbent cloth used for dusting.
- dysphonia — any disturbance of normal vocal function.
- dysphonic — any disturbance of normal vocal function.
- dysphoria — a state of dissatisfaction, anxiety, restlessness, or fidgeting.
- dysphoric — a state of dissatisfaction, anxiety, restlessness, or fidgeting.
- dystrophy — Medicine/Medical. faulty or inadequate nutrition or development.
- earphones — (countable) Plural form of earphone.
- east goth — an Ostrogoth.
- echinoids — Plural form of echinoid.
- echovirus — any of numerous retroviruses of the picornavirus group, some harmless and others associated with various human disorders, as aseptic meningitis.
- ecosphere — Also called physiological atmosphere. the part of the atmosphere in which it is possible to breathe normally without aid: the portion of the troposphere from sea level to an altitude of about 13,000 feet (4000 meters).
- egotheism — The deification of one's own self.
- eightsome — A group of eight persons or things, one more than a sevensome and one less than a ninesome.
- elkhounds — Plural form of elkhound.
- ellsworth — Lincoln1880-1951; U.S. polar explorer
- encheason — a reason
- end house — the last house in a row, terrace, or street, from the viewpoint of the speaker
- enshrouds — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of enshroud.
- escheator — a person appointed to deal with escheats
- escovitch — Alternative form of escoveitch.
- esophagus — The part of the alimentary canal that connects the throat to the stomach; the gullet. In humans and other vertebrates it is a muscular tube lined with mucous membrane.
- esophoria — (ophthalmology) Inward deviation of the eye usually due to extra-ocular muscle imbalance.
- eulachons — Plural form of eulachon.
- euphonies — Plural form of euphony.
- euphonism — the use of pleasant-sounding words or phrases
- euphonous — Alternative form of euphonious.
- eurotrash — fashionable Europeans, traveling or living abroad, of a type regarded variously as pretentious, shallow, irresponsible, parasitic, etc.
- exosphere — The outermost region of a planet's atmosphere.
- exstrophy — (medicine) The eversion or turning out of any organ, or of its inner surface.
- eyeshadow — A colored cosmetic, typically in powder form, applied to the eyelids or to the skin around the eyes to accentuate them.
- falchions — Plural form of falchion.
- falsehood — a false statement; lie. Synonyms: fabrication, prevarication, falsification, canard, invention, fiction, story.
- farm shop — a shop that sells farm produce
- farmhouse — a house on a farm, especially the one used by the farmer and farmer's family.
- fashioned — Simple past tense and past participle of fashion.
- fashioner — a person who fashions, forms, or gives shape to anything.