9-letter words containing a, s, h, r
- degarnish — to remove ornamentation from (something)
- dharmsala — an Indian hostel or rest-house, often built with religious purpose
- diagraphs — Plural form of diagraph.
- diarrheas — Plural form of diarrhea.
- dihedrals — Plural form of dihedral.
- disanchor — to raise the anchor of (a ship)
- disbranch — to break or cut (a branch) off a tree or shrub.
- discharge — to relieve of a charge or load; unload: to discharge a ship.
- dish rack — frame for drying dishes
- dishwater — water in which dishes are, or have been, washed.
- drag shoe — a type of braking device on a vehicle
- drag show — a performance by drag artists
- dragonish — Having the characteristics of a dragon.
- draw shot — a stroke that imparts a backward spin to the cue ball, causing it to roll back after striking the object ball. Compare follow shot (def 2).
- drawshave — drawknife.
- drawsheet — a narrow sheet, often used on hospital beds, placed under a patient's buttocks and often over a rubber sheet, that can easily be removed if soiled.
- drayhorse — a draft horse used for pulling a dray.
- drumheads — Plural form of drumhead.
- dysphoria — a state of dissatisfaction, anxiety, restlessness, or fidgeting.
- ear shell — abalone.
- earphones — (countable) Plural form of earphone.
- earthfast — relating to a method of building or to buildings that have no foundations but are supported by posts knocked into the ground
- earthrise — the rising of the earth above the horizon of the moon or other celestial body, viewed from that body's surface or from a spacecraft orbiting it.
- earthstar — a fungus of the genus Geaster, having an outer covering that splits into the form of a star.
- ekphrasis — (rhetoric) A clear, intense, self-contained argument or pictorial description of an object, especially of an artwork.
- enhancers — Plural form of enhancer.
- enthralls — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of enthrall.
- eparchies — Plural form of eparchy.
- epigraphs — Plural form of epigraph.
- escheator — a person appointed to deal with escheats
- esophoria — (ophthalmology) Inward deviation of the eye usually due to extra-ocular muscle imbalance.
- esterházy — a noble Hungarian family that produced many soldiers, diplomats, and patrons of the arts. Prince Miklós József Esterházy (1714–90) rebuilt the family castle of Esterháza and employed Haydn as his musical director (1766–90)
- ethnarchs — Plural form of ethnarch.
- eucharist — The Eucharist is the Christian religious ceremony in which Christ's last meal with his disciples is celebrated by eating bread and drinking wine.
- euphrasia — eyebright
- euphrates — a river in SW Asia, rising in E Turkey and flowing south across Syria and Iraq to join the Tigris, forming the Shatt-al-Arab, which flows to the head of the Persian Gulf: important in ancient times for the extensive irrigation of its valley (in Mesopotamia). Length: 3598 km (2235 miles)
- eurotrash — fashionable Europeans, traveling or living abroad, of a type regarded variously as pretentious, shallow, irresponsible, parasitic, etc.
- exarchist — a supporter of an exarch, esp the Exarch of Bulgaria
- exhauster — (obsolete) exhaust, exhaust pipe.
- fairishly — in a fairish manner
- farm shop — a shop that sells farm produce
- farmhands — Plural form of farmhand.
- farmhouse — a house on a farm, especially the one used by the farmer and farmer's family.
- farthings — Plural form of farthing.
- fashioner — a person who fashions, forms, or gives shape to anything.
- firsthand — from the first or original source: We heard the news of the accident firsthand from a witness.
- fish farm — a facility in which fish are bred for commercial purposes.
- fisherman — a person who fishes, whether for profit or pleasure.
- fishguard — a port and resort in SW Wales, in Pembrokeshire: ferry connections to Cork and Rosslare. Pop: 3193 (2001)
- flash rom — Flash Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory