9-letter words containing v, s, h
- holdovers — Plural form of holdover.
- housewive — (transitive) To manage with skill and economy.
- hovhaness — Alan, 1911–2000, U.S. composer.
- howsoever — to whatsoever extent or degree.
- knaveship — a small proportion of milled grain that was due to the person who did the milling
- knavishly — In a knavish manner.
- kuibyshev — a port in the Russian Federation in Europe, on the Volga.
- lavishing — expended, bestowed, or occurring in profusion: lavish spending.
- menshevik — a member of the Russian Social-Democratic Workers' Party in opposition to the Bolsheviks: advocated gradual development of full socialism through parliamentary government and cooperation with bourgeois parties; absorbed into the Communist party formed in 1918.
- misbehave — to behave badly or improperly: The children misbehaved during our visit.
- must-have — A must-have is something modern that many people want to have.
- nashville — a state in the SE United States. 42,246 sq. mi. (109,415 sq. km). Capital: Nashville. Abbreviation: TN (for use with zip code), Tenn.
- overbrush — To brush excessively.
- overflush — too flush
- overhaste — excessive haste
- overhasty — excessively hasty; rash: overhasty judgment.
- overheads — over one's head; aloft; up in the air or sky, especially near the zenith: There was a cloud overhead.
- overshade — to cast shade over.
- overshare — an instance of this: Get ready for an overshare about his health problems.
- oversharp — too sharp
- overshine — to outshine: One star seemed to overshine all others.
- overshirt — a pullover sport shirt, worn outside the waistband of a skirt or pair of slacks.
- overshoot — to shoot or go over, beyond, or above; miss: The missile overshot its target.
- overshort — having little length; not long.
- oversight — an omission or error due to carelessness: My bank statement is full of oversights.
- push over — shove to the ground
- quiverish — given to quivering, tremulous
- ravishing — extremely beautiful or attractive; enchanting; entrancing.
- reshevsky — Samuel, 1911–92, U.S. chess player, born in Poland.
- revarnish — a preparation consisting of resinous matter, as copal or lac, dissolved in an oil (oil varnish) or in alcohol (spirit varnish) or other volatile liquid. When applied to the surface of wood, metal, etc., it dries and leaves a hard, more or less glossy, usually transparent coating.
- rivalship — rivalry
- schiavone — the Italian name for a 17th century basket-hilted sword with a double edge
- schvartze — a term used by some Jewish people to refer to a black person.
- serpukhov — a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, S of Moscow.
- seventhly — as the seventh point; linking what follows to the previous statements, as in a speech or argument
- sharesave — (in Britain) a system by which employees can invest, risk-free, in their company's shares
- shaveling — Older Use: Disparaging. a clergyman with a shaven or tonsured head.
- shavetail — U.S. Army. a second lieutenant.
- she-devil — a woman who resembles a devil, as in extreme wickedness, cruelty, or bad temper.
- ship over — to enlist or reenlist in the U.S. Navy
- shivering — to shake or tremble with cold, fear, excitement, etc.
- shockwave — (tool) A program from Macromedia for viewing files created with Macromedia Director. Shockwave is freely available as a plug-in for the Netscape Navigator web browser. "Shocked" pages that incorporate documents created in Director can usually only be enjoyed by users with an ISDN or faster connection.
- sholokhov — Mikhail [mee-hahy-eel;; Russian myi-khuh-yeel] /ˌmi haɪˈil;; Russian myɪ xʌˈyil/ (Show IPA), 1905–84, Russian novelist: Nobel prize 1965.
- shoreview — a town in E Minnesota.
- shortwave — Electricity. a radio wave, shorter than that used in AM broadcasting, corresponding to frequencies of over 1600 kilohertz: used for long-distance reception or transmission.
- should've — Should've is the usual spoken form of 'should have', especially when 'have' is an auxiliary verb.
- shove off — to move along by force from behind; push.
- shovelful — the amount held by a shovel.
- shoveling — an implement consisting of a broad blade or scoop attached to a long handle, used for taking up, removing, or throwing loose matter, as earth, snow, or coal.
- shvartzer — Yiddish: Usually Disparaging and Offensive. schvartze.