10-letter words containing a, r, s, p, h
- rephrasing — to phrase again or differently: He rephrased the statement to give it less formality.
- repurchase — to buy again; regain by purchase.
- rhapsodist — a person who rhapsodizes.
- rhapsodize — to talk with extravagant enthusiasm.
- rhodoplast — a plastid found in red algae, containing red pigment as well as chlorophyll
- rose aphid — a dark green aphid, Macrosiphum rosae, that feeds on roses and related plants.
- saharanpur — a city in NW Uttar Pradesh, in N India.
- sand perch — squirrelfish.
- sapphirine — consisting of sapphire; like sapphire, especially in color.
- 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
- sarcophagi — a stone coffin, especially one bearing sculpture, inscriptions, etc., often displayed as a monument.
- sarcophile — a flesh-eating animal, especially the Tasmanian devil.
- schizocarp — a dry, dehiscent fruit that at maturity splits into two or more one-seeded carpels.
- scrap heap — a pile of old, discarded material, as metal.
- scrap-heap — a pile of old, discarded material, as metal.
- scratchpad — pad of paper for rough notes
- semaphoric — an apparatus for conveying information by means of visual signals, as a light whose position may be changed.
- sepulchral — of, relating to, or serving as a tomb.
- serigraphy — a print made by the silkscreen process.
- share shop — A share shop is a shop or Internet website where members of the public can buy shares in companies.
- sharp-eyed — having keen sight or perception.
- sharpen up — hone, refine
- sharpening — the act of making the edge of something very thin or of making its end pointed
- sharpsburg — a town in NW Maryland: nearby is the site of the Civil War battle of Antietam 1862.
- sheep farm — place where sheep are raised
- sheep race — a single-file walkway for sheep at the entrance to a sheep-dip
- sheeptrack — a small natural terrace on a hillside
- ship-bread — hardtack.
- shipmaster — a person who commands a ship; master; captain.
- shopwalker — a floorwalker.
- shower cap — a plastic cap worn in the shower to keep the hair dry
- shrinkpack — flexible plastic used for shrink-wrapping goods
- smartphone — a device that combines a cell phone with a handheld computer, typically offering Internet access, data storage, email capability, etc.
- solar ship — (in ancient Egypt) a boat placed in or near the tomb of a king to transport him to the sun.
- sonography — the medical diagnostic imaging technique used to see internal organs, muscles, etc
- sparkishly — in a sparkish manner
- 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.
- sphenogram — a cuneiform character.
- spheroidal — pertaining to a spheroid or spheroids.
- spirograph — an instrument for recording respiratory movements.
- spreaghery — the activity or crime of raiding cattle
- springhaas — a leaping and burrowing rodent, Pedetes capensis, native to southern Africa, having kangaroolike legs and long, pointed ears.
- springhalt — stringhalt.
- springhare — a leaping and burrowing rodent, Pedetes capensis, native to southern Africa, having kangaroolike legs and long, pointed ears.
- springhead — a spring or fountainhead from which a stream flows.
- spycatcher — a person who works in counterintelligence to detect enemy espionage activities
- 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.
- strathspey — a slow Scottish dance in quadruple meter.