10-letter words containing a, s, r, h
- short rate — a charge, proportionately higher than the annual rate, made for insurance issued or continued in force by the insured for less than one year.
- short ream — 480 sheets of paper
- short sale — an act or instance of selling short.
- short wave — Electricity. a radio wave, shorter than that used in AM broadcasting, corresponding to frequencies of over 1600 kilohertz: used for long-distance reception or transmission.
- short-arse — a small man
- short-hand — a method of rapid handwriting using simple strokes, abbreviations, or symbols that designate letters, words, or phrases (distinguished from longhand).
- short-haul — of, relating to, or engaged in transportation over short distances: a short-haul trucking firm.
- short-laid — hard-laid.
- short-stay — available or valid for a limited time
- short-wave — Electricity. a radio wave, shorter than that used in AM broadcasting, corresponding to frequencies of over 1600 kilohertz: used for long-distance reception or transmission.
- shortboard — a type of surfboard that is shorter than standard
- shortbread — a butter cookie commonly made in thick, pie-shaped wheels or rolled and cut in fancy shapes.
- shortgrass — any of several range grasses of short stature, as buffalo grass, prevalent in semiarid regions of the Great Plains.
- show trial — (especially in a totalitarian state) the public trial of a political offender conducted chiefly for propagandistic purposes, as to suppress further dissent against the government by making an example of the accused.
- showboater — a boat, especially a paddle-wheel steamer, used as a traveling theater.
- shower cap — a plastic cap worn in the shower to keep the hair dry
- shower tea — kitchen tea.
- showerhead — a brief fall of rain or, sometimes, of hail or snow.
- shreadhead — jerkinhead.
- shrievalty — the office, term, or jurisdiction of a sheriff.
- shrinkpack — flexible plastic used for shrink-wrapping goods
- siddhartha — an epithet of Buddha meaning “he who has attained his goal.”.
- 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.
- slaughtery — a slaughterhouse
- sloth bear — a coarse-haired, long-snouted bear, Ursus ursinus, of India and Indochina: now rare.
- slow march — a march in slow time
- smart home — a dwelling equipped with systems and appliances that can be operated remotely using a computer or mobile phone
- smartmouth — a witty or sarcastic person
- smartphone — a device that combines a cell phone with a handheld computer, typically offering Internet access, data storage, email capability, etc.
- smartwatch — a computing device that resembles a wristwatch and is attached to a band worn around the wrist: Get email and text message notifications on your smartwatch.
- smithcraft — the work or craft of a smith
- solar myth — a myth explaining or allegorizing the origin or movement of the sun
- solar ship — (in ancient Egypt) a boat placed in or near the tomb of a king to transport him to the sun.
- solar-heat — to heat (a building) by means of solar energy.
- sonography — the medical diagnostic imaging technique used to see internal organs, muscles, etc
- soothsayer — a person who professes to foretell events.
- southwards — moving, bearing, facing, or situated toward the south.
- 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.