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9-letter words containing s, h, r, e

  • sharesman — a person who works for a share of something
  • shareware — software distributed without initial charge but for which the user is encouraged to pay a nominal fee to cover support for continued use.
  • shark net — a net for catching sharks
  • sharklike — any of a group of elongate elasmobranch, mostly marine fishes, certain species of which are large, voracious, and sometimes dangerous to humans.
  • sharp-set — eager to satisfy the appetite, especially for food.
  • sharpener — A sharpener is a tool or machine used for sharpening pencils or knives.
  • sharpness — having a thin cutting edge or a fine point; well-adapted for cutting or piercing: a sharp knife.
  • shattered — to break (something) into pieces, as by a blow.
  • shea tree — an African tree, Butyrospermum parkii, of the sapodilla family, bearing a round, smooth-skinned fruit that contains one or more seeds yielding shea butter.
  • shear off — remove by cutting, slice away
  • shear pin — an easily replaceable pin inserted in a machine at a critical point and designed to shear and stop the machine if the load becomes too great
  • shearlegs — shear (def 16).
  • shearling — Chiefly British. a yearling sheep that has been shorn once.
  • shebeener — a person who runs or goes to a shebeen
  • shed roof — a roof having a single slope.
  • shed room — a storage room.
  • sheep-run — a large property for raising sheep
  • sheerlegs — shear (def 16).
  • sheerness — a seaport in N Kent, in SE England on the Isle of Sheppey, at the mouth of the Thames: government dockyards.
  • sheetrock — a trademark name for plasterboard or drywall, composed of gypsum enclosed by heavy sheets of paper and used for constructing interior walls and ceilings
  • shelburne — William Petty Fitzmaurice, 2nd Earl of, 1st Marquess of Lansdowne, William Petty Fizmaurice Lansdowne.
  • sheldrake — any of several Old World ducks of the genus Tadorna, certain species of which have highly variegated plumage.
  • shelfroom — the space on a shelf
  • shelfware — Computers. software or hardware that remains unsold, unused, or underused: shelfware as part of a bundled license deal.
  • shellbark — the shagbark tree.
  • shellfire — the firing of explosive shells or projectiles.
  • shellwork — decorative work composed of seashells: an elaborate picture frame decorated with shellwork.
  • sheltered — protected or shielded from storms, missiles, etc., by a wall, roof, barrier, or the like.
  • sherborne — a town in S England in Dorset: noted for its medieval abbey, ruined medieval castle, and Sherborne Castle, a mansion built by Sir Walter Raleigh in 1594. Pop: 9350 (2001)
  • sherifian — pertaining to a descendant of Muhammad through his daughter Fatima
  • shewbread — the 12 loaves of bread placed every Sabbath on a table in the sanctuary of the Biblical tabernacle and the Temple in Jerusalem as an offering by the priests to God. Ex. 25:30; Lev. 24:5–9.
  • shickered — intoxicated; drunk.
  • shillaber — a shill or someone who poses as a satisfied customer in order to encourage other buyers or participants
  • shimmered — to shine with or reflect a subdued, tremulous light; gleam faintly.
  • ship over — to enlist or reenlist in the U.S. Navy
  • shipborne — carried on a ship.
  • shipowner — a person who owns a ship or ships.
  • shipwreck — the destruction or loss of a ship, as by sinking.
  • shirralee — a load, pack, or bundle
  • shirtless — a long- or short-sleeved garment for the upper part of the body, usually lightweight and having a collar and a front opening.
  • shivering — to shake or tremble with cold, fear, excitement, etc.
  • shoe rack — shelving unit for storing footwear
  • shoe tree — shaped insert for footwear
  • shoebrush — a brush used in polishing shoes.
  • shoemaker — William Lee ("Willie") 1931–2003, U.S. jockey.
  • shore bug — any of various small, predaceous hemipterous insects of the family Saldidae, some of which are burrowers, commonly occurring along grassy shores of ponds, streams, brackish lakes, and seacoasts.
  • shore fly — any of numerous small black flies of the family Ephydridae, found in damp or marshy locations.
  • shorebird — a bird that frequents seashores, estuaries, etc., as the snipe, sandpiper, plover, and turnstone; a limicoline bird.
  • shoreless — limitless; boundless.
  • shoreline — the line where shore and water meet.
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