10-letter words containing a, s, h, i, e, r
- parathesis — the placing of grammatically parallel words or phrases together; apposition
- parischane — a parish
- pasticheur — a person who makes, composes, or concocts a pastiche.
- periphrase — the use of an unnecessarily long or roundabout form of expression; circumlocution.
- perishable — subject to decay, ruin, or destruction: perishable fruits and vegetables.
- phragmites — any of several tall grasses of the genus Phragmites, having plumed heads, growing in marshy areas, especially the common reed P. australis (or P. communis).
- phrenesiac — hypochondriacal
- phrensical — frenzical; frenzied
- preachings — the act or practice of a person who preaches.
- raise hell — the place or state of punishment of the wicked after death; the abode of evil and condemned spirits; Gehenna or Tartarus.
- rangership — the office or position of a ranger
- ravishment — rapture or ecstasy.
- readership — the people who read or are thought to read a particular book, newspaper, magazine, etc.: The periodical has a dwindling readership.
- rear sight — the sight nearest the breech of a firearm.
- redispatch — to send off or away with speed, as a messenger, telegram, body of troops, etc.
- reichsbank — the former German national bank.
- reichsmark — the monetary unit of Germany from November, 1924, until 1948. Compare Deutsche mark, mark2 (def 1), ostmark.
- relishable — liking or enjoyment of the taste of something.
- rephrasing — to phrase again or differently: He rephrased the statement to give it less formality.
- revanchism — an advocate or supporter of a political policy of revanche, especially in order to seek vengeance for a previous military defeat.
- revanchist — an advocate or supporter of a political policy of revanche, especially in order to seek vengeance for a previous military defeat.
- rh disease — erythroblastosis (def 2).
- rhapsodize — to talk with extravagant enthusiasm.
- rheostatic — an adjustable resistor so constructed that its resistance may be changed without opening the circuit in which it is connected, thereby controlling the current in the circuit.
- rheumatics — pertaining to or of the nature of rheumatism.
- rheumatism — any disorder of the extremities or back, characterized by pain and stiffness.
- ride-share — of or relating to the sharing of rides or transportation, especially among commuters: The agency was set up to devise a ridesharing program.
- rose aphid — a dark green aphid, Macrosiphum rosae, that feeds on roses and related plants.
- saccharide — an organic compound containing a sugar or sugars.
- saccharine — of the nature of or resembling that of sugar: a powdery substance with a saccharine taste.
- saccharize — to convert into sugar; saccharify.
- saehrimnir — a boar that is roasted and served up every night in Valhalla and grows whole by morning.
- sapphirine — consisting of sapphire; like sapphire, especially in color.
- sarcophile — a flesh-eating animal, especially the Tasmanian devil.
- 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.
- semaphoric — an apparatus for conveying information by means of visual signals, as a light whose position may be changed.
- serigraphy — a print made by the silkscreen process.
- shanghaier — a person who shanghais
- sharenting — the habitual use of social media to share news, images, etc of one’s children
- sharpening — the act of making the edge of something very thin or of making its end pointed
- shattering — to break (something) into pieces, as by a blow.
- sherardize — to coat (steel) with a thin cladding of zinc by heating in a mixture of sand and powdered zinc.
- ship-bread — hardtack.
- shipmaster — a person who commands a ship; master; captain.
- shirtmaker — a person who makes shirts.
- shrievalty — the office, term, or jurisdiction of a sheriff.
- side chair — a straight-backed chair without arms.
- sight-read — Someone who can sight-read can play or sing music from a printed sheet the first time they see it, without practising it beforehand.
- sixth year — (in Scotland) the most senior class in a secondary school to which pupils, usually above the legal leaving age, may proceed to take sixth-year studies, retake or take additional Highers, etc
- slathering — to spread or apply thickly: to slather butter on toast.