10-letter words containing d, r, e, s, h
- 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
- shepherded — a person who herds, tends, and guards sheep.
- sherardize — to coat (steel) with a thin cladding of zinc by heating in a mixture of sand and powdered zinc.
- shetlander — a native or inhabitant of Shetland
- ship-bread — hardtack.
- shirtdress — shirtwaist (def 2).
- shore bird — a bird that frequents seashores, estuaries, etc., as the snipe, sandpiper, plover, and turnstone; a limicoline bird.
- 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.
- showerhead — a brief fall of rain or, sometimes, of hail or snow.
- shreadhead — jerkinhead.
- shrewdness — astute or sharp in practical matters: a shrewd politician.
- shrivelled — shrunken and withered
- shrovetide — the three days before Ash Wednesday, once a time of confession and absolution.
- shuddering — trembling or quivering with fear, dread, cold, etc.
- side chair — a straight-backed chair without arms.
- side horse — pommel horse.
- 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.
- spheroidal — pertaining to a spheroid or spheroids.
- springhead — a spring or fountainhead from which a stream flows.
- squarehead — a stupid person.
- 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.
- 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 grades — elementary school
- the strand — a street in W central London, parallel to the Thames: famous for its hotels and theatres
- third base — the third in counterclockwise order of the bases from home plate.
- 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.
- thrombosed — affected with a thrombus or blood clot
- thunderous — producing thunder or a loud noise like thunder: thunderous applause.
- trade show — show (def 22).
- turn heads — to be so beautiful, unusual, or impressive as to attract a lot of attention
- underbrush — shrubs, saplings, low vines, etc., growing under the large trees in a wood or forest.
- undershirt — a collarless, usually pullover undergarment for the torso, usually of cotton and either sleeveless and low-cut or with sleeves, worn chiefly by men and children.
- undershoot — to shoot or launch a projectile that strikes under or short of (a target).
- undershrub — a low shrub.
- undersight — the power or faculty of seeing; perception of objects by use of the eyes; vision.
- unharassed — to disturb persistently; torment, as with troubles or cares; bother continually; pester; persecute.
- unperished — not perished
- unravished — to rape (a woman).
- unrelished — not relished or enjoyed
- unscorched — to affect the color, taste, etc., of by burning slightly: The collar of the shirt was yellow where the iron had scorched it.
- unsearched — not sought after