10-letter words containing a, s, h, o, t
- orthoclase — a common white or pink mineral of the feldspar group, KAlSi 3 O 8 , having two good cleavages at right angles, and found in silica-rich igneous rocks: used in the manufacture of porcelain.
- osteopathy — a therapeutic system originally based upon the premise that manipulation of the muscles and bones to promote structural integrity could restore or preserve health: current osteopathic physicians use the diagnostic and therapeutic techniques of conventional medicine as well as manipulative measures.
- othergates — different or other
- outlandish — freakishly or grotesquely strange or odd, as appearance, dress, objects, ideas, or practices; bizarre: outlandish clothes; outlandish questions.
- outmatches — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outmatch.
- outreaches — Plural form of outreach.
- pansophist — someone with universal knowledge
- parrotfish — any of various chiefly tropical marine fishes, especially of the family Scaridae: so called because of their brilliant coloring and the shape of their jaws.
- pastorship — the position, authority, or office of a pastor.
- patronship — a person who is a customer, client, or paying guest, especially a regular one, of a store, hotel, or the like.
- peashooter — a tube through which dried peas, beans, or small pellets are blown, used as a toy.
- phantomish — resembling or reminiscent of a phantom
- phenoplast — phenolic resin.
- phosphatic — of, relating to, or containing phosphates: phosphatic slag.
- photoflash — flashbulb.
- photonasty — a nastic movement in response to a change in light intensity
- photophase — a phase of light in a cycle of light and dark
- phototaxis — movement of an organism toward or away from a source of light.
- physiocrat — one of a school of political economists who followed Quesnay in holding that an inherent natural order properly governed society, regarding land as the basis of wealth and taxation, and advocating a laissez-faire economy.
- phytoplasm — protoplasm of a plant or plants.
- plate shop — a shop for cold-forming metal plates.
- pocahontas — (Rebecca Rolfe) 1595?–1617, American Indian woman who is said to have prevented the execution of Captain John Smith.
- polyanthus — a hybrid primrose, Primula polyantha.
- post-haste — with the greatest possible speed or promptness: to come to a friend's aid posthaste.
- postlaunch — relating to or occurring in the period after a launch
- prothallus — prothallium.
- psychopath — a person with a psychopathic personality, which manifests as amoral and antisocial behavior, lack of ability to love or establish meaningful personal relationships, extreme egocentricity, failure to learn from experience, etc.
- push about — to bully; keep telling (a person) what to do in a bossy manner
- pythagoras — c582–c500 b.c, Greek philosopher, mathematician, and religious reformer.
- rawsthorne — Alan. 1905–71, English composer, whose works include three symphonies, several concertos, and a set of Symphonic Studies (1939)
- restharrow — a low, pink-flowered European shrub, Ononis spinosa, of the legume family, having tough roots that hinder the plow or harrow.
- rhapsodist — a person who rhapsodizes.
- 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.
- rhodoplast — a plastid found in red algae, containing red pigment as well as chlorophyll
- sailor hat — a hat with a flat round crown and fairly broad brim that is rolled upwards
- saint john — Andrew, 1862–1928, Australian statesman, born in Scotland: prime minister 1908–09, 1910–13, 1914–15.
- salt horse — salted beef; salt junk.
- samothrace — a Greek island in the NE Aegean.
- 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
- scholastic — of or relating to schools, scholars, or education: scholastic attainments.
- schoolmate — a companion or associate at school.
- schwarzlot — a type of black decoration on German glassware and ceramics that was popular in the 17th and 18th centuries
- search out — hunt for, seek
- shackleton — Sir Ernest Henry, 1874–1922, English explorer of the Antarctic.
- shadowcast — to enhance (a microscope image) by exposing it to a stream of a vapour of a heavy metal in order to create a shadow
- shallowest — of little depth; not deep: shallow water.
- shantytown — a section, as of a city or town, characterized by shanties and crudely built houses.
- shape note — a musical note in which the degree of the scale is indicated by the shape of the note's head.