0%

10-letter words containing a, s, h, o, t

  • 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.
  • splash out — If you splash out on something, especially on a luxury, you buy it even though it costs a lot of money.
  • st. thomas — Saint Thomas ("the Angelic Doctor") 1225?–74, Italian scholastic philosopher: a major theologian of the Roman Catholic Church.
  • stadholder — the chief magistrate of the former republic of the United Provinces of the Netherlands.
  • stagecoach — a horse-drawn coach that formerly traveled regularly over a fixed route with passengers, parcels, etc.
  • stanchions — an upright bar, beam, post, or support, as in a window, stall, ship, etc.
  • staphyloma — a condition in which the sclera or cornea of the eye projects outwards due to inflammation
  • statehouse — the building in which the legislature of a state sits; the capitol of a state.
  • steakhouse — a restaurant specializing in beefsteak.
  • stenograph — any of various keyboard instruments, somewhat resembling a typewriter, used for writing in shorthand, as by means of phonetic or arbitrary symbols.
  • sticharion — a white tunic of silk or linen, corresponding to the alb, worn by deacons, priests, and bishops.
  • stochastic — of or relating to a process involving a randomly determined sequence of observations each of which is considered as a sample of one element from a probability distribution.
  • stomachful — the amount one's stomach can hold
  • stomachous — resentful, sullen, obstinate
  • stonebrash — a type of subsoil consisting of small or broken stones or rock
  • stracchino — a soft cheese from North Italy
  • stylograph — a fountain pen in which the writing point is a fine, hollow tube instead of a nib.
  • sulphonate — a salt or ester of any sulphonic acid containing the ion RSO2O– or the group RSO2O–, R being an organic group
  • swatchbook — a booklet containing samples (of paper, cloth, etc)
  • sweat-shop — a shop employing workers at low wages, for long hours, and under poor conditions.
  • sweathouse — (especially among North American Indians) a special building used for cleansing and purifying one's body by sweating, in which heated water is poured over heated stones to produce steam.
  • synanthous — relating to plants whose leaves and flowers expand simultaneously
  • teichopsia — a temporary visual impairment associated with migraine
  • tereshkova — Valentina Vladimirovna [vuh-lyin-tyee-nuh vluh-dyi-myee-ruh v-nuh] /və lyɪnˈtyi nə vlə dyɪˈmyi rəv nə/ (Show IPA), born 1937, Soviet cosmonaut: first woman in space 1963.
  • thanatosis — (of an animal) the ability to fake death in order to evade a predator or any other unwelcome intrusion
  • the azores — three groups of volcanic islands in the N Atlantic, since 1976 an autonomous region of Portugal. Capital: Ponta Delgada (on São Miguel). Pop: 241 762 (2001). Area: 2335 sq km (901 sq miles)
  • the boards — the acting profession; the stage
  • the majors — the major leagues
  • theodosian — of or relating to Theodosius I, who made Christianity the official state religion of the Roman Empire.
  • thermostat — a device, including a relay actuated by thermal conduction or convection, that functions to establish and maintain a desired temperature automatically or signals a change in temperature for manual adjustment.
  • thesprotia — an ancient coastal district in SW Epirus.
  • thimerosal — a cream-colored, crystalline, water-soluble powder, C 9 H 9 HgNaO 2 S, used chiefly as an antiseptic.
  • thousandth — last in order of a series of a thousand.
  • thrash out — to beat soundly in punishment; flog.
  • throatlash — the strap that holds a bridle in place, fastening under the horse's jaw
  • timocharis — a crater in the second quadrant of the face of the moon: about 25 miles (40 km) in diameter.
  • tooth rash — strophulus.
  • toothpaste — a dentifrice in the form of paste.
  • tophaceous — a calcareous concretion formed in the soft tissue about a joint, in the pinna of the ear, etc., especially in gout; a gouty deposit.
  • touch base — make contact
  • tovarishch — comrade (used as a term of address in the Soviet Union).
  • track shoe — a light, heelless, usually leather shoe having either steel spikes for use outdoors on a cinder or dirt track, or a rubber sole for use indoors on a board floor.
  • track shot — a camera shot in which the cameraman follows a specific person or event in the action
  • trade show — show (def 22).
  • trap house — a shelter from which the clay pigeons are released in trapshooting.
  • trophesial — involving or relating to trophesy
  • turboshaft — a gas turbine used to deliver shaft power, as to a helicopter rotor.
  • two shakes — to move or sway with short, quick, irregular vibratory movements.
  • typhaceous — belonging to the family of flowering plants Typhaceae
Was this page helpful?
Yes No
Thank you for your feedback! Tell your friends about this page
Tell us why?