9-letter words containing s, h, u, n
- outshines — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outshine.
- pankhurst — Christabel Harriette, 1880–1958, English suffragist leader (daughter of Emmeline Pankhurst).
- penpusher — pencil pusher.
- penthouse — an apartment or dwelling on the roof of a building, usually set back from the outer walls.
- preshrunk — of or relating to a fabric or garment that has been subjected to a shrinking process in order to reduce contraction when the apparel is washed or laundered.
- punchless — having no punch
- punishing — causing or characterized by harsh or injurious treatment; severe; brutal: The storm was accompanied by punishing winds.
- push-down — a sudden, downward shift by an aircraft in the direction of the flight path.
- pushiness — obnoxiously forward or self-assertive.
- queenfish — a silvery and bluish drum, Seriphus politus, inhabiting shallow waters along the coast of California.
- queenship — the state, office, or dignity of a queen.
- quenchers — Plural form of quencher.
- refurnish — to supply (a house, room, etc.) with necessary furniture, carpets, appliances, etc.
- rehnquist — William H(ubbs) [huhbz] /hʌbz/ (Show IPA), 1924–2005, U.S. jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1972–86; chief justice 1986–2005.
- renourish — to sustain with food or nutriment; supply with what is necessary for life, health, and growth.
- roughness — having a coarse or uneven surface, as from projections, irregularities, or breaks; not smooth: rough, red hands; a rough road.
- run short — having little length; not long.
- runesmith — a student, writer, transcriber, or decipherer of runes.
- runtishly — in a runtish manner
- rushingly — to move, act, or progress with speed, impetuosity, or violence.
- sandhurst — a village in S England, near Reading, W of London: military college.
- saphenous — of, relating to, or situated near the saphenous vein.
- schaudinn — Fritz [frits] /frɪts/ (Show IPA), 1871–1906, German zoologist.
- 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.
- scrunched — to crunch, crush, or crumple.
- scrunchie — an elastic band covered with gathered fabric, used to fasten the hair, as in a ponytail.
- scuncheon — sconcheon.
- scutcheon — escutcheon.
- sgian-dhu — a dirk carried in the stocking by Highlanders
- sheep-run — a large property for raising sheep
- shelburne — William Petty Fitzmaurice, 2nd Earl of, 1st Marquess of Lansdowne, William Petty Fizmaurice Lansdowne.
- shinguard — sport: protective pad for lower leg
- shippound — a Baltic measure of weight roughly equivalent to 300-400 pounds
- shogunate — the office or rule of a shogun.
- short run — happening or presented for a short period of time: a short-run motion picture.
- short-run — happening or presented for a short period of time: a short-run motion picture.
- shouldn't — Shouldn't is the usual spoken form of 'should not'.
- shoutline — a line of text in an advertisement made prominent to catch attention
- shrubland — land covered by shrubs
- shubunkin — a multicoloured goldfish, Carassius auratus, with black spots and red patches
- shuffling — moving in a dragging or clumsy manner.
- shunpiker — a driver who takes a side road to avoid paying a turnpike toll
- shut down — to put (a door, cover, etc.) in position to close or obstruct.
- shuttling — a device in a loom for passing or shooting the weft thread through the shed from one side of the web to the other, usually consisting of a boat-shaped piece of wood containing a bobbin on which the weft thread is wound.
- siphuncle — (in a nautilus) the connecting tube that passes from the end of the body through all of the septa to the innermost chamber.
- skean dhu — a small knife tucked into or worn against the top of a stocking in the full dress of Highland Scottish males.
- skean-dhu — a small knife tucked into or worn against the top of a stocking in the full dress of Highland Scottish males.
- skene dhu — skean dhu.
- sleuthing — a detective. Synonyms: investigator, private investigator; private eye, gumshoe, shamus.
- sloughing — the outer layer of the skin of a snake, which is cast off periodically.