9-letter words containing rs
- gearshift — shift lever.
- gearstick — The lever used to change gear in a vehicle.
- geometers — Plural form of geometer.
- gospelers — Plural form of gospeler.
- gossamers — Plural form of gossamer.
- gossipers — Plural form of gossiper.
- governers — Plural form of governer.
- governors — Plural form of governor.
- grandeurs — the quality or state of being impressive or awesome: the grandeur of the Rocky Mountains.
- grapplers — Plural form of grappler.
- grounders — Plural form of grounder.
- gunmakers — Plural form of gunmaker.
- gunperson — (rare) A gunman or gunwoman.
- gütersloh — a town in NW Germany, in North Rhine-Westphalia. Pop: 95 928 (2003 est)
- hairslide — A clip that is used to keep a woman's hair in position.
- hairspray — a liquid in an aerosol or other spray container, for holding the hair in place.
- hairstyle — a style of cutting, arranging, or combing the hair; hairdo; coiffure.
- handovers — Plural form of handover.
- hangerson — a person who remains in a place or attaches himself or herself to a group, another person, etc., although not wanted, especially in the hope or expectation of personal gain.
- hangovers — Plural form of hangover.
- hankerers — Plural form of hankerer.
- harassers — Plural form of harasser.
- harborers — a part of a body of water along the shore deep enough for anchoring a ship and so situated with respect to coastal features, whether natural or artificial, as to provide protection from winds, waves, and currents.
- hardeners — Plural form of hardener.
- harshened — Simple past tense and past participle of harshen.
- harshness — ungentle and unpleasant in action or effect: harsh treatment; harsh manners.
- haversack — a single-strapped bag worn over one shoulder and used for carrying supplies.
- haversian — designating or of the canals through which blood vessels and connective tissue pass in bone
- haversine — one half the versed sine of a given angle or arc.
- havildars — Plural form of havildar.
- haymakers — Plural form of haymaker.
- headfirst — with the head in front or bent forward; headforemost: He dived headfirst into the sea.
- heliodors — Plural form of heliodor.
- henderson — Arthur, 1863–1935, British statesman and labor leader: Nobel Peace Prize 1934.
- hijackers — Plural form of hijacker.
- hilversum — a city in central Netherlands.
- hirsuties — Hirsutism.
- hirsutism — excessive hairiness, especially in women.
- hoarsened — Simple past tense and past participle of hoarsen.
- hoarstone — A stone designating the bounds of an estate; a landmark.
- holdovers — Plural form of holdover.
- holy wars — [Usenet, but may predate it] flame wars over religious issues. The paper by Danny Cohen that popularised the terms big-endian and little-endian was entitled "On Holy Wars and a Plea for Peace". Other perennial Holy Wars have included Emacs vs. vi, my personal computer vs. everyone else's personal computer, ITS vs. Unix, Unix vs. VMS, BSD Unix vs. USG Unix, C vs. Pascal, C vs. Fortran, etc., ad nauseam. The characteristic that distinguishes holy wars from normal technical disputes is that in a holy wars most of the participants spend their time trying to pass off personal value choices and cultural attachments as objective technical evaluations. See also theology.
- hoopsters — Plural form of hoopster.
- horse fly — any bloodsucking, usually large fly of the family Tabanidae, especially of the genus Tabanus, a serious pest of horses, cattle, etc.
- horseback — the back of a horse.
- horsecars — Plural form of horsecar.
- horsecart — A cart drawn by a horse.
- horsefish — moonfish (def 1).
- horsefoot — (botany) The coltsfoot.
- horsehair — a hair or the hair of a horse, especially from the mane or tail.