9-letter words containing s, h, r, o, u
- pirithoüs — a prince of the Lapiths, who accomplished many great deeds with his friend Theseus
- poorhouse — (formerly) an institution in which paupers were maintained at public expense.
- porthouse — a company that produces port
- proseucha — a place of prayer, esp for Jewish worship
- push over — shove to the ground
- renourish — to sustain with food or nutriment; supply with what is necessary for life, health, and growth.
- righteous — characterized by uprightness or morality: a righteous observance of the law.
- roadhouse — an inn, dance hall, tavern, nightclub, etc., located on a highway, usually beyond city limits.
- rogueship — the state or quality of being a rogue or rogueish
- roguishly — pertaining to, characteristic of, or acting like a rogue; knavish or rascally.
- roughcast — Also called spatter dash. an exterior wall finish composed of mortar and fine pebbles mixed together and dashed against the wall. Compare pebble dash.
- roughness — having a coarse or uneven surface, as from projections, irregularities, or breaks; not smooth: rough, red hands; a rough road.
- roughshod — shod with horseshoes having projecting nails or points.
- row house — one of a row of houses having uniform, or nearly uniform, plans and fenestration and usually having a uniform architectural treatment, as in certain housing developments.
- row-house — one of a row of houses having uniform, or nearly uniform, plans and fenestration and usually having a uniform architectural treatment, as in certain housing developments.
- run short — having little length; not long.
- rush hour — a time of day in which large numbers of people are in transit, as going to or returning from work, and that is characterized by particularly heavy traffic.
- rush-work — the handicraft of making objects woven of rushes.
- schomburg — Arthur Alfonso, 1874–1938, U.S. scholar and collector of books on black literature and history, born in Puerto Rico.
- scirrhous — of a hard, fibrous consistency.
- scouthery — scorching
- serpukhov — a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, S of Moscow.
- share out — distribute fairly
- shoebrush — a brush used in polishing shoes.
- 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.
- short cut — to cause to be shortened by the use of a shortcut.
- short run — happening or presented for a short period of time: a short-run motion picture.
- short-cut — to cause to be shortened by the use of a shortcut.
- short-run — happening or presented for a short period of time: a short-run motion picture.
- shottsuru — a fish sauce used in Japanese cookery.
- showerful — abundant
- shrug off — to raise and contract (the shoulders), expressing indifference, disdain, etc.
- snowbrush — a brush for clearing snow (from a car, path, etc)
- solothurn — a city in NW Switzerland, on the Aar River: capital of canton of Solothurn.
- sour mash — a blended grain mash used in the distilling of some whiskeys, consisting of new mash and a portion of mash from a preceding run and yielding a high rate of lactic acid.
- sourdough — leaven, especially fermented dough retained from one baking and used, rather than fresh yeast, to start the next.
- sourishly — in a sourish manner
- southbury — a town in S Connecticut.
- southerly — a wind that blows from the south.
- southport — a seaport in Merseyside, in W England: resort.
- southward — moving, bearing, facing, or situated toward the south.
- southwark — a borough of Greater London, England, S of the Thames.
- stourhead — a Palladian mansion near Mere in Wiltshire: built (1722) for Henry Hoare; famous for its landscaped gardens laid out (1741) by Flitcroft
- stroupach — a cup of tea
- studhorse — a stallion kept for breeding.
- sun porch — a windowed porch or porchlike room having more window than wall area, intended to receive large amounts of sunlight.
- superhero — a hero, especially in children's comic books and television cartoons, possessing extraordinary, often magical powers.
- supershow — an exceptional show
- swarthout — Gladys, 1904–69, U.S. soprano.
- thornbush — any of various shrubs or bushes having spines or thorns.