10-letter words containing a, s, r, h
- saccharase — sucrase
- saccharate — a salt of saccharic acid.
- saccharide — an organic compound containing a sugar or sugars.
- saccharify — to convert (starch) into sugar.
- saccharine — of the nature of or resembling that of sugar: a powdery substance with a saccharine taste.
- saccharize — to convert into sugar; saccharify.
- saccharoid — having a granular texture like that of loaf sugar.
- saccharose — sucrose.
- saehrimnir — a boar that is roasted and served up every night in Valhalla and grows whole by morning.
- safari hat — brimmed hat worn on wildlife tours
- sag harbor — a resort town on E Long Island in SE New York.
- sagamihara — a city on E central Honshu, in Japan, SW of Tokyo.
- saharanpur — a city in NW Uttar Pradesh, in N India.
- sailor hat — a hat with a flat round crown and fairly broad brim that is rolled upwards
- salt horse — salted beef; salt junk.
- salt marsh — a marshy tract that is wet with salt water or flooded by the sea.
- saltshaker — table-salt dispenser
- samothrace — a Greek island in the NE Aegean.
- sand chair — a low folding beach chair with a frame, usually of tubular metal, that slants outward below the seat, forming a base designed to be rested in the sand.
- sand perch — squirrelfish.
- sand shark — sand tiger.
- 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.
- satyagraha — the policy of nonviolent resistance adopted by Mahatma Gandhi from about 1919 to oppose British rule in India
- satyagrahi — an exponent of nonviolent resistance, esp as a form of political protest
- 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.
- schaerbeek — a city in central Belgium, near Brussels.
- scharwenka — (Ludwig) Philipp [loot-vikh fee-lip] /ˈlut vɪx ˈfi lɪp/ (Show IPA), 1847–1917, German composer.
- schaumburg — a city in NE Illinois.
- schefflera — any of various tropical trees or shrubs belonging to the genus Schefflera, of the ginseng family, having glossy, palmately compound leaves and often cultivated as a houseplant.
- scherzando — (a musical direction) playful; sportive.
- schizocarp — a dry, dehiscent fruit that at maturity splits into two or more one-seeded carpels.
- schongauer — Martin [mahr-tn;; German mahr-teen] /ˈmɑr tn;; German ˈmɑr tin/ (Show IPA), c1430–91, German engraver and painter.
- schoolmarm — a female schoolteacher, especially of the old-time country school type, popularly held to be strict and priggish.
- schoolward — towards or in the direction of school
- schoolyard — a playground or sports field near a school.
- schumacher — Ernst Friedrich (ɛrnst ˈfriːdrɪç). 1911–77, British economist, born in Germany. He is best known for his book Small is Beautiful (1973)
- schwarzlot — a type of black decoration on German glassware and ceramics that was popular in the 17th and 18th centuries
- scrap heap — a pile of old, discarded material, as metal.
- scrap-heap — a pile of old, discarded material, as metal.
- scratching — to break, mar, or mark the surface of by rubbing, scraping, or tearing with something sharp or rough: to scratch one's hand on a nail.
- scratchpad — pad of paper for rough notes
- scrimshank — to avoid one's obligations or share of work; shirk.
- scrollhead — billethead.
- scrum half — a player who puts in the ball at scrums and tries to get it away to his three-quarter backs
- sea anchor — any of various devices, as a drogue, that have great resistance to being pulled through the water and are dropped forward of a vessel at the end of a cable to hold the bow into the wind or sea during a storm.