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

  • reshaping — the act of shaping again or differently
  • resharpen — to sharpen again
  • reshipped — to ship again.
  • reshipper — a person who reships cargo etc; a forwarding agent
  • rhapsodic — extravagantly enthusiastic; ecstatic.
  • rhizopods — any of numerous protozoa of the widespread subphylum (or superclass) Rhizopoda, characterized by a pseudopod and comprising most members of the phylum Sarcodina, including the amebas and foraminifers.
  • rhodopsin — a bright-red photosensitive pigment found in the rod-shaped cells of the retina of certain fishes and most higher vertebrates: it is broken down by the action of dim light into retinal and opsin.
  • rhopalism — the art, skill, or incidence of writing rhopalic verse
  • ridership — the passengers who use a given public transportation system, as buses or trains, or the number of such passengers.
  • rivalship — rivalry
  • rogueship — the state or quality of being a rogue or rogueish
  • rompishly — in a rompish manner
  • rulership — the act or fact of ruling or the state of being ruled: Foreign rulership of the country began in the 18th century.
  • sapphired — blue-coloured
  • schippersThomas, 1930–77, U.S. orchestra conductor.
  • schlepper — to carry; lug: to schlep an umbrella on a sunny day.
  • schnapper — a food fish, Pagrosomus auratus, occurring in large numbers off the shores of Australia and New Zealand.
  • scrapheap — a pile of old, discarded material, as metal.
  • sea perch — surfperch.
  • semaphore — an apparatus for conveying information by means of visual signals, as a light whose position may be changed.
  • 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.
  • shakspereWilliam ("the Bard"; "the Bard of Avon") 1564–1616, English poet and dramatist.
  • shapewear — undergarments designed to mold or hold a body to a certain shape, as girdles.
  • sharecrop — to cultivate (farmland) as a sharecropper
  • sharp apl — (language)   (Or "Dictionary APL")
  • sharp-cut — cut so as to have a sharp edge: a tool with a sharp-cut blade.
  • sharp-set — eager to satisfy the appetite, especially for food.
  • sharpbill — a passerine bird, Oxyruncus cristatus, of New World tropical forests, having greenish plumage and a pointed bill, related to the tyrant flycatchers.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • sheep-run — a large property for raising sheep
  • ship over — to enlist or reenlist in the U.S. Navy
  • shipboard — Archaic. the deck or side of a ship. the situation of being on a ship.
  • 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.
  • shop-worn — worn or marred, as goods exposed and handled in a store.
  • shopboard — a shop counter or work bench
  • shopcraft — any of various skilled trades involving maintenance or repair work, as metalworking or boilermaking, especially in the railroad industry.
  • shopfront — the area of a shop that faces street
  • shortstop — Baseball. the position of the player covering the area of the infield between second and third base. a fielder who covers this position.
  • shotproof — able to withstand shot
  • shunpiker — a driver who takes a side road to avoid paying a turnpike toll
  • skiagraph — a radiograph.
  • sonograph — an instrument that produces a graphic representation of sound.
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