10-letter words containing d, e, t, h, r
- redispatch — to send off or away with speed, as a messenger, telegram, body of troops, etc.
- redruthite — an important dark-grey or black copper ore mineral which is a sulphide
- redshifted — (of radiation) having undergone a redshift.
- rheumatoid — resembling rheumatism.
- rhotacized — to change (a sound) to an (r); subject to rhotacism.
- ricocheted — the motion of an object or a projectile in rebounding or deflecting one or more times from the surface over which it is passing or against which it hits a glancing blow.
- rutherford — Daniel, 1749–1819, Scottish physician and chemist: discoverer of nitrogen.
- send forth — to be a source of; cause to appear; give out or forth; produce, emit, utter, etc.
- shade tree — a tree planted or valued for its shade.
- shade-tree — a tree planted or valued for its shade.
- shear stud — a stud that transfers shear stress between metal and concrete in composite structural members in which the stud is welded to the metal component
- shetlander — a native or inhabitant of Shetland
- shirtdress — shirtwaist (def 2).
- short code — (language) (SHORTCODE) A pseudocode interpreter for mathematics problems, designed by John Mauchly in 1949 to execute on Eckert and Mauchly's BINAC and later on UNIVAC I and II. Short Code was possibly the first attempt at a high level language.
- short head — a distance shorter than the length of a horse's head
- shortbread — a butter cookie commonly made in thick, pie-shaped wheels or rolled and cut in fancy shapes.
- shrovetide — the three days before Ash Wednesday, once a time of confession and absolution.
- 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.
- sisterhood — the state of being a sister.
- stadholder — the chief magistrate of the former republic of the United Provinces of the Netherlands.
- starchedly — in a starched manner
- starfished — lying with arms and legs outstretched; spread-eagled
- subtrahend — a number that is subtracted from another.
- sutherland — Earl Wilbur, Jr. 1915–74, U.S. biochemist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1971.
- teethridge — alveolar ridge.
- tetrachord — a diatonic series of four tones, the first and last separated by a perfect fourth.
- tetrahedra — Geometry. a solid contained by four plane faces; a triangular pyramid.
- thailander — Also called Thailander [tahy-lan-der, -luh n-] /ˈtaɪˌlæn dər, -lən-/ (Show IPA). a native or descendant of a native of Thailand.
- the absurd — the conception of the world, esp in Existentialist thought, as neither designed nor predictable but irrational and meaningless
- the boards — the acting profession; the stage
- the dergue — the socialist ruling body of Ethiopia, established in 1974
- the dragon — the constellation Draco
- the grades — elementary school
- the lizard — a promontory in SW England, in SW Cornwall: the southernmost point in Great Britain
- the strand — a street in W central London, parallel to the Thames: famous for its hotels and theatres
- thenardite — a mineral, sodium sulfate, Na 2 SO 4 , occurring in white crystals and masses, especially in salt lakes and arid regions.
- theodore i — died a.d. 649, pope 642–649.
- theravadin — Hinayanist.
- thereunder — under or beneath that.
- third base — the third in counterclockwise order of the bases from home plate.
- third mate — the officer of a merchant vessel next in command beneath the second mate.
- third-rate — of the third rate, quality, or class.
- thornhedge — any hedge containing trees, bushes or shrubs that bear thorns
- threadbare — having the nap worn off so as to lay bare the threads of the warp and woof, as a fabric, garment, etc.
- threadfish — any of several jacks of the genus Alectis, especially A. ciliaris, having the front rays of the dorsal and anal fins greatly elongated.
- threadless — a fine cord of flax, cotton, or other fibrous material spun out to considerable length, especially when composed of two or more filaments twisted together.
- threadlike — a fine cord of flax, cotton, or other fibrous material spun out to considerable length, especially when composed of two or more filaments twisted together.
- threadworm — any of various nematode worms, especially a pinworm.
- threatened — to utter a threat against; menace: He threatened the boy with a beating.
- three-door — a car with three doors: one to the driver's seat, one to the passenger's seat, and one to the boot or trunk; hatchback