9-letter words containing s, h, r, e
- schnapper — a food fish, Pagrosomus auratus, occurring in large numbers off the shores of Australia and New Zealand.
- schnauzer — one of a German breed of sturdy medium-sized dogs having a tight, wiry, pepper-and-salt or pure black coat, bristly eyebrows and beardlike whiskers, and a docked tail, used originally as a ratter and a guard dog and later used in police work.
- schneider — to prevent (an opponent) from scoring a point in a game or match.
- schnorkel — (formerly) snorkel (def 1).
- schnorkle — (formerly) snorkel (def 1).
- schnorrer — a person who habitually borrows or lives at the expense of others with no intention of repaying; sponger; moocher; beggar.
- schonberg — Arnold [ahr-nuh ld;; German ahr-nuh lt] /ˈɑr nəld;; German ˈɑr nəlt/ (Show IPA), 1874–1951, Austrian composer in the U.S.
- schoolery — something that is taught
- schreiner — Olive ("Ralph Iron") c1862–1920, English author and feminist.
- schroeder — ˈGerhard (ˈgɛʀhɑʀt) ; gerˈhärt) 1944- ; Ger. politican: chancellor of Germany (1998-2005)
- schulberg — Budd [buhd] /bʌd/ (Show IPA), 1914–2009, U.S. novelist, short-story writer, and scenarist.
- schvartze — a term used by some Jewish people to refer to a black person.
- schwinger — Julian Seymour, 1918–94, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1965.
- scouthery — scorching
- scrapheap — a pile of old, discarded material, as metal.
- scratcher — to break, mar, or mark the surface of by rubbing, scraping, or tearing with something sharp or rough: to scratch one's hand on a nail.
- scratches — Old Scratch; Satan.
- scratchie — a scratchcard
- screeched — to utter or make a harsh, shrill cry or sound: The child screeched hysterically. The brakes screeched.
- screwhead — the head or top of a screw having a slot for the end of a screwdriver.
- scrooched — to crouch, squeeze, or huddle (usually followed by down, in, or up).
- scrunched — to crunch, crush, or crumple.
- scrunchie — an elastic band covered with gathered fabric, used to fasten the hair, as in a ponytail.
- 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 perch — surfperch.
- sea reach — a straight course at the mouth of a river, connecting with the sea.
- 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.
- search me — 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.
- searching — examining carefully or thoroughly: a searching inspection.
- seaworthy — constructed, outfitted, manned, and in all respects fitted for a voyage at sea.
- seborrhea — an excessive and abnormal discharge from the sebaceous glands.
- self-harm — injury inflicted deliberately on yourself
- semaphore — an apparatus for conveying information by means of visual signals, as a light whose position may be changed.
- semihardy — partially hardy; able to survive moderately low temperatures: semihardy plants.
- 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.
- sepulcher — a tomb, grave, or burial place.
- sepulchre — to place in a sepulcher; bury.
- seraphine — an old reed-based keyboard instrument; a reed organ
- serigraph — a print made by the silkscreen process.
- serpukhov — a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, S of Moscow.
- set forth — to put (something or someone) in a particular place: to set a vase on a table.
- shadberry — the fruit of a shadbush.
- shakerism — the beliefs and practices of the Shakers.
- shakspere — William ("the Bard"; "the Bard of Avon") 1564–1616, English poet and dramatist.
- shallower — of little depth; not deep: shallow water.
- shamateur — a sportsperson who is officially an amateur but accepts payment
- shapewear — undergarments designed to mold or hold a body to a certain shape, as girdles.
- share out — distribute fairly
- sharecrop — to cultivate (farmland) as a sharecropper
- sharesave — (in Britain) a system by which employees can invest, risk-free, in their company's shares