10-letter words containing h, a, i, r, s, p
- rephrasing — to phrase again or differently: He rephrased the statement to give it less formality.
- rhapsodist — a person who rhapsodizes.
- rhapsodize — to talk with extravagant enthusiasm.
- rose aphid — a dark green aphid, Macrosiphum rosae, that feeds on roses and related plants.
- sapphirine — consisting of sapphire; like sapphire, especially in color.
- sarcophagi — a stone coffin, especially one bearing sculpture, inscriptions, etc., often displayed as a monument.
- sarcophile — a flesh-eating animal, especially the Tasmanian devil.
- schizocarp — a dry, dehiscent fruit that at maturity splits into two or more one-seeded carpels.
- semaphoric — an apparatus for conveying information by means of visual signals, as a light whose position may be changed.
- serigraphy — a print made by the silkscreen process.
- sharpening — the act of making the edge of something very thin or of making its end pointed
- ship-bread — hardtack.
- shipmaster — a person who commands a ship; master; captain.
- shrinkpack — flexible plastic used for shrink-wrapping goods
- solar ship — (in ancient Egypt) a boat placed in or near the tomb of a king to transport him to the sun.
- 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.
- spheroidal — pertaining to a spheroid or spheroids.
- spirograph — an instrument for recording respiratory movements.
- 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.
- strip-wash — a thorough, all-over wash with a flannel, sponge, etc, and water but without getting into a bath or shower
- the pamirs — a mountainous area of central Asia, mainly in Tajikistan and partly in Kyrgyzstan, extending into China and Afghanistan: consists of a complex of high ranges, from which the Tian Shan projects to the north, the Kunlun and Karakoram to the east, and the Hindu Kush to the west; Ismoil Somoni (formerly Communism Peak) is situated in the Tajik Pamirs. Highest peak: Kongur Shan, 7719 m (25 326 ft)
- thesprotia — an ancient coastal district in SW Epirus.
- trophesial — involving or relating to trophesy
- wardenship — The state of being a warden.
- whip-smart — extremely clever
- xiphosuran — any chelicerate arthropod of the subclass Xiphosura, including the horseshoe crabs and many extinct forms