10-letter words containing e, s, t, h, i, o
- oysterfish — the oyster toadfish. See under toadfish (def 1).
- phosgenite — a mineral, lead chlorocarbonate, Pb 2 Cl 2 CO 3 , occurring in crystals.
- physiotype — the set of physical features that make a person or organism different from others.
- pilothouse — an enclosed structure on the deck of a ship from which it can be navigated.
- pitchstone — a glassy volcanic rock having a resinous luster and resembling hardened pitch.
- polishment — the state of being polished or the action of polishing
- polytheism — the doctrine of or belief in more than one god or in many gods.
- polytheist — the doctrine of or belief in more than one god or in many gods.
- prehistory — human history in the period before recorded events, known mainly through archaeological discoveries, study, research, etc.; history of prehistoric humans.
- priesthood — the condition or office of a priest.
- prosthesis — a device, either external or implanted, that substitutes for or supplements a missing or defective part of the body.
- prosthetic — of or relating to an artificial body part or prosthesis: He was fitted for a prosthetic arm.
- psilophyte — any plant that is adapted to grow well in the dry savannah
- rheostatic — an adjustable resistor so constructed that its resistance may be changed without opening the circuit in which it is connected, thereby controlling the current in the circuit.
- rhinestone — an artificial gem of paste, often cut to resemble a diamond.
- rifle shot — sound of shotgun fire
- ruthenious — containing bivalent ruthenium.
- school tie — old school tie.
- schooltide — schooldays
- schooltime — the period during which schools are open
- sextonship — the office of a sexton
- shibboleth — a peculiarity of pronunciation, behavior, mode of dress, etc., that distinguishes a particular class or set of persons.
- shoestring — a shoelace.
- shopfitter — a worker who makes and installs fittings for commercial premises
- shoplifter — a person who steals goods from the shelves or displays of a retail store while posing as a customer.
- short line — a bus or rail route covering only a limited distance.
- short time — a period or schedule during which the number of working hours is reduced: The recession has put most of the manufacturing plants on short time.
- short-life — not designed to last
- shortening — butter, lard, or other fat, used to make pastry, bread, etc., short.
- shot noise — random fluctuations in the emission of electrons from a hot cathode, causing a hissing or sputtering sound (shot noise) in an audio amplifier and causing snow on a television screen.
- shrovetide — the three days before Ash Wednesday, once a time of confession and absolution.
- silhouette — a two-dimensional representation of the outline of an object, as a cutout or configurational drawing, uniformly filled in with black, especially a black-paper, miniature cutout of the outlines of a person's face in profile.
- sisterhood — the state of being a sister.
- smoketight — (of a door, etc) not allowing smoke to pass through
- smothering — to stifle or suffocate, as by smoke or other means of preventing free breathing.
- snow-white — white as snow.
- somethings — Informal. a person or thing of some value or consequence: He is really something! This writer has something to say and she says it well.
- southfield — a city in SE Michigan, W of Detroit.
- spirochete — any of various spiral-shaped motile bacteria of the family Spirochaetaceae, certain species, as Treponema, Leptospira, and Borrelia, being pathogenic to humans and other animals, and other species being free-living, saprophytic, or parasitic.
- stillhouse — a distillery or place where the distilling process takes place
- stishovite — a rare polymorph of quartz, SiO 2 , formed under very high pressure, as by meteorite impact.
- stoutherie — theft
- stouthrief — theft using force or violence
- strophiole — a small growth on some plants' seeds
- switcheroo — an unexpected or sudden change or reversal in attitude, character, position, action, etc.
- switchover — the act or process of changing from one power source, system, etc., to another.
- teichopsia — a temporary visual impairment associated with migraine
- the comics — the comic strips in newspapers, etc
- the minors — the minor leagues, esp. in baseball
- the movies — the cinema