9-letter words containing s, o, r, d
- freeloads — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of freeload.
- frondesce — To unfold leaves, as plants.
- frontside — Denoting a maneuver in surfing and other board sports that is done counterclockwise for a regular rider and clockwise for a goofy rider.
- frostweed — a plant, Helianthemum canadense, of the rockrose family, native to eastern North America, having narrow leaves and a solitary yellow flower.
- gasholder — gasometer (def 2).
- gastropod — any mollusk of the class Gastropoda, comprising the snails, whelks, slugs, etc.
- girondist — French History. a member of a political party (1791–93) of moderate republicans whose leaders were deputies from the department of Gironde.
- goalwards — toward or in the direction of the opposing team's goal
- goatherds — Plural form of goatherd.
- godesberg — a city in W Germany, SE of Bonn.
- godsister — The daughter of one's godparent.
- gold rush — a large-scale and hasty movement of people to a region where gold has been discovered, as to California in 1849.
- gold star — a gold-colored star displayed, as on a service flag, to indicate that a member of one's family, organization, or the like, was killed in war as a member of the armed forces.
- goldcrest — a Eurasian kinglet, Regulus regulus, having a bright yellow patch on the top of the head.
- goldsboro — a city in E North Carolina.
- good sort — a person of a kindly and likable disposition
- goosander — a common merganser, Mergus merganser, of Eurasia and North America.
- gooseherd — a person who tends geese.
- gourmands — Plural form of gourmand.
- grandiose — affectedly grand or important; pompous: grandiose words.
- grandioso — grand and imposing.
- grandsons — Plural form of grandson.
- greedsome — greedy
- gridirons — Plural form of gridiron.
- grounders — Plural form of grounder.
- groundsel — groundsill.
- guardpost — Alternative spelling of guard post.
- hadrosaur — a bipedal dinosaur of the genus Hadrosaurus, belonging to the ornithopod family Hadrosauridae of the late Cretaceous Period, having broad, flat jaws for scooping up water plants.
- handovers — Plural form of handover.
- handsomer — having an attractive, well-proportioned, and imposing appearance suggestive of health and strength; good-looking: a handsome man; a handsome woman.
- hard-nose — a person who is tough, practical, and unsentimental, especially in business: We need a hard-nose to run the department.
- hardgoods — durable goods, such as automobiles, furniture, etc.
- hardnosed — Describing a person who is tough and relentlessly practical and thus not given to sentiment.
- hardstone — (arts) precious stone or semi-precious stone used to make intaglio, mosaics etc.
- hardwoods — Plural form of hardwood.
- hazardous — full of risk; perilous; risky: a hazardous journey.
- headwords — Plural form of headword.
- hedgerows — Plural form of hedgerow.
- heliodors — Plural form of heliodor.
- henderson — Arthur, 1863–1935, British statesman and labor leader: Nobel Peace Prize 1934.
- herdbooks — Plural form of herdbook.
- herodians — of or relating to Herod the Great, his family, or its partisans.
- herodotus — 484?–425? b.c, Greek historian.
- historied — abounding in notable history; having an illustrious past; storied: Italy is a richly historied land.
- hoardings — Plural form of hoarding.
- hoarsened — Simple past tense and past participle of hoarsen.
- holdovers — Plural form of holdover.
- holstered — a sheathlike carrying case for a firearm, attached to a belt, shoulder sling, or saddle.
- homewards — Of or pertaining to leading toward home.
- hormisdas — Saint, died a.d. 523, pope 514–523.