10-letter words containing a, r, h, u, s
- humoralism — a theory of the composition and workings of the human body, based on the idea that it was filled with four basic substances, or humours, adopted by Greek and Roman physicians and philosophers.
- humoralist — a person who believes in humoralism
- huntmaster — (chiefly, fantasy) The leader of a hunt.
- hurricanes — Plural form of hurricane.
- hursinghar — night jasmine (def 1).
- hydraulics — the science that deals with the laws governing water or other liquids in motion and their applications in engineering; practical or applied hydrodynamics.
- jamshedpur — a city in SE Jharkhand, in NE India.
- languisher — One who languishes.
- late hours — rising and going to bed later than is usual
- malnourish — Lb transitive To feed insufficiently, to cause malnutrition.
- masherbrum — a mountain in N India, in the Himalayas. 25,660 feet (7821 meters).
- meerschaum — a mineral, hydrous magnesium silicate, H 4 Mg 2 Si 3 O 1 0 , occurring in white, claylike masses, used for ornamental carvings, for pipe bowls, etc.; sepiolite.
- megathrust — (geology) A sudden slip along a fault between a subducting and an overriding plate; results in a major earthquake.
- mouthparts — Plural form of mouthpart.
- nail brush — small brush for cleaning finger- and toe-nails
- nordhausen — a city in central Germany: site of a former Nazi concentration camp.
- oberhausen — a city in W Germany, in the lower Ruhr valley.
- outreaches — Plural form of outreach.
- overslaugh — to pass over or disregard (a person) by giving a promotion, position, etc., to another instead.
- paintbrush — a brush for applying paint, as one used in painting houses or one used in painting pictures.
- pasticheur — a person who makes, composes, or concocts a pastiche.
- peak hours — prime time, busiest period
- phase rule — a law that the number of degrees of freedom in a system in equilibrium is equal to two plus the number of components less the number of phases. Thus, a system of ice, melted ice, and water vapor, being one component and three phases, has no degrees of freedom. Compare variance (def 4).
- prothallus — prothallium.
- purchasing — buying
- push-start — to start (a motor vehicle) by pushing it while it is in gear, thus turning the engine
- quebrachos — Plural form of quebracho.
- repurchase — to buy again; regain by purchase.
- rheumatics — pertaining to or of the nature of rheumatism.
- rheumatism — any disorder of the extremities or back, characterized by pain and stiffness.
- rough-sawn — (of wood) used as originally cut, without smoothing or sanding: shingles of rough-sawn cedar.
- ruffianish — like a ruffian
- saharanpur — a city in NW Uttar Pradesh, in N India.
- saurashtra — a former state in W India, comprising most of Kathiawar peninsula: now part of Gujarat state. 21,062 sq. mi. (54,550 sq. km).
- scaramouch — a stock character in commedia dell'arte and farce who is a cowardly braggart, easily beaten and frightened.
- schaumburg — a city in NE Illinois.
- schongauer — Martin [mahr-tn;; German mahr-teen] /ˈmɑr tn;; German ˈmɑr tin/ (Show IPA), c1430–91, German engraver and painter.
- schumacher — Ernst Friedrich (ɛrnst ˈfriːdrɪç). 1911–77, British economist, born in Germany. He is best known for his book Small is Beautiful (1973)
- scrum half — a player who puts in the ball at scrums and tries to get it away to his three-quarter backs
- sea urchin — any echinoderm of the class Echinoidea, having a somewhat globular or discoid form, and a shell composed of many calcareous plates covered with projecting spines.
- search out — hunt for, seek
- sepulchral — of, relating to, or serving as a tomb.
- sharpen up — hone, refine
- sharpsburg — a town in NW Maryland: nearby is the site of the Civil War battle of Antietam 1862.
- shear stud — a stud that transfers shear stress between metal and concrete in composite structural members in which the stud is welded to the metal component
- shin guard — a protective covering, usually of leather or plastic and often padded, for the shins and sometimes the knees, worn chiefly by catchers in baseball and goalkeepers in ice hockey.
- short-haul — of, relating to, or engaged in transportation over short distances: a short-haul trucking firm.
- slaughtery — a slaughterhouse
- smartmouth — a witty or sarcastic person
- southwards — moving, bearing, facing, or situated toward the south.