10-letter words containing a, p, t, h
- pythagoras — c582–c500 b.c, Greek philosopher, mathematician, and religious reformer.
- radiophoto — an image created by radio waves rather than light
- ratchet up — If something ratchets up or is ratcheted up, it increases by a fixed amount or degree, and seems unlikely to decrease again.
- redispatch — to send off or away with speed, as a messenger, telegram, body of troops, etc.
- rhapsodist — a person who rhapsodizes.
- rhodoplast — a plastid found in red algae, containing red pigment as well as chlorophyll
- saprophyte — any organism that lives on dead organic matter, as certain fungi and bacteria.
- saprotroph — any organism, esp a fungus or bacterium, that lives and feeds on dead organic matter
- scatophagy — the act of eating dung or excrement
- scratchpad — pad of paper for rough notes
- shahaptian — Sahaptian
- shape note — a musical note in which the degree of the scale is indicated by the shape of the note's head.
- shapetools — (tool, programming) A code management system for Unix from The Technical University of Berlin.
- sheeptrack — a small natural terrace on a hillside
- shipmaster — a person who commands a ship; master; captain.
- sitophobia — abnormal aversion to food.
- sketch map — a rough map of the principal features of a locale, as one drawn from memory.
- skin patch — an adhesive patch stuck to the skin to slowly and steadily release medicine into the bloodstream
- smartphone — a device that combines a cell phone with a handheld computer, typically offering Internet access, data storage, email capability, etc.
- smoothpate — a bald person with a smooth head
- sociopathy — a person with a psychopathic personality whose behavior is antisocial, often criminal, and who lacks a sense of moral responsibility or social conscience.
- soul patch — a small patch of facial hair below the centre of the lower lip and above the chin
- south pass — a mountain pass in SW Wyoming, cutting through the Rocky Mountains at the S of the Wind River range: part of the Oregon Trail.
- space shot — the launch of a spacecraft and its subsequent flight in space
- spatchcock — a fowl that has been dressed and split open for grilling.
- spathulate — spatulate.
- speech act — any of the acts that may be performed by a speaker in making an utterance, as stating, asking, requesting, advising, warning, or persuading, considered in terms of the content of the message, the intention of the speaker, and the effect on the listener.
- sphacelate — affected with gangrene
- sphalerite — a very common mineral, zinc sulfide, ZnS, usually containing some iron and a little cadmium, occurring in yellow, brown, or black crystals or cleavable masses with resinous luster: the principal ore of zinc and cadmium; blackjack.
- splash out — If you splash out on something, especially on a luxury, you buy it even though it costs a lot of money.
- springhalt — stringhalt.
- spycatcher — a person who works in counterintelligence to detect enemy espionage activities
- staphyline — having a form resembling a bunch of grapes
- staphyloma — a condition in which the sclera or cornea of the eye projects outwards due to inflammation
- stenograph — any of various keyboard instruments, somewhat resembling a typewriter, used for writing in shorthand, as by means of phonetic or arbitrary symbols.
- stepfather — the husband of one's mother by a later marriage.
- stephanite — a mineral, silver antimony sulfide, Ag 5 SbS 4 : an ore of silver.
- strathspey — a slow Scottish dance in quadruple meter.
- strip-wash — a thorough, all-over wash with a flannel, sponge, etc, and water but without getting into a bath or shower
- stylograph — a fountain pen in which the writing point is a fine, hollow tube instead of a nib.
- subchapter — a subdivision especially of a body of laws.
- subhepatic — of or relating to the liver.
- sulphatase — an enzyme of the esterase group that catalyses the hydrolysis of sulphate esters
- sulphatise — to convert into a sulfate, as by the roasting of ores.
- sulphonate — a salt or ester of any sulphonic acid containing the ion RSO2O– or the group RSO2O–, R being an organic group
- sulphurate — to combine or treat with sulphur or a sulphur compound
- sweat-shop — a shop employing workers at low wages, for long hours, and under poor conditions.
- sympathies — harmony of or agreement in feeling, as between persons or on the part of one person with respect to another.
- sympathise — to be in sympathy or agreement of feeling; share in a feeling (often followed by with).
- sympathize — to be in sympathy or agreement of feeling; share in a feeling (often followed by with).