10-letter words containing h, a, s, t, e
- south seas — the seas south of the equator
- south-east — The south-east is the direction which is halfway between south and east.
- space shot — the launch of a spacecraft and its subsequent flight in space
- spathulate — spatulate.
- speech act — any of the acts that may be performed by a speaker in making an utterance, as stating, asking, requesting, advising, warning, or persuading, considered in terms of the content of the message, the intention of the speaker, and the effect on the listener.
- sphacelate — affected with gangrene
- 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.
- spycatcher — a person who works in counterintelligence to detect enemy espionage activities
- st. helena — Saint, c247–c330, mother of Constantine I.
- stablished — establish.
- stadholder — the chief magistrate of the former republic of the United Provinces of the Netherlands.
- stagecoach — a horse-drawn coach that formerly traveled regularly over a fixed route with passengers, parcels, etc.
- stanchless — not to be stanched.
- stanchness — the state or quality of being staunch
- staphyline — having a form resembling a bunch of grapes
- star shell — a shell that bursts in the air and produces a bright light to illuminate enemy positions.
- starchedly — in a starched manner
- starfished — lying with arms and legs outstretched; spread-eagled
- statehouse — the building in which the legislature of a state sits; the capitol of a state.
- staunchest — firm or steadfast in principle, adherence, loyalty, etc., as a person: a staunch Republican; a staunch friend.
- steakhouse — a restaurant specializing in beefsteak.
- stealthful — secret, clandestine, or surreptitious procedure.
- stealthier — done, characterized, or acting by stealth; furtive: stealthy footsteps.
- stealthily — done, characterized, or acting by stealth; furtive: stealthy footsteps.
- steam bath — a bath of steam, usually in a specially equipped room or enclosure, for cleansing or refreshing oneself.
- steam heat — heat obtained by the circulation of steam in pipes, radiators, etc.
- steamtight — impervious to steam.
- stenograph — any of various keyboard instruments, somewhat resembling a typewriter, used for writing in shorthand, as by means of phonetic or arbitrary symbols.
- stepfather — the husband of one's mother by a later marriage.
- stephanite — a mineral, silver antimony sulfide, Ag 5 SbS 4 : an ore of silver.
- stonebrash — a type of subsoil consisting of small or broken stones or rock
- straighten — make straight
- straighter — without a bend, angle, or curve; not curved; direct: a straight path.
- strathspey — a slow Scottish dance in quadruple meter.
- subchapter — a subdivision especially of a body of laws.
- subcharter — to rent a chartered vehicle
- subchelate — having a claw with one pincer longer than the other
- subhepatic — of or relating to the liver.
- subtrahend — a number that is subtracted from another.
- sulphatase — an enzyme of the esterase group that catalyses the hydrolysis of sulphate esters
- sulphatise — to convert into a sulfate, as by the roasting of ores.
- sulphonate — a salt or ester of any sulphonic acid containing the ion RSO2O– or the group RSO2O–, R being an organic group
- sulphurate — to combine or treat with sulphur or a sulphur compound
- sutherland — Earl Wilbur, Jr. 1915–74, U.S. biochemist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1971.
- sweat-shop — a shop employing workers at low wages, for long hours, and under poor conditions.
- sweathouse — (especially among North American Indians) a special building used for cleansing and purifying one's body by sweating, in which heated water is poured over heated stones to produce steam.
- sweatshirt — a loose, long-sleeved, collarless pullover of soft, absorbent fabric, as cotton jersey, with close-fitting or elastic cuffs and sometimes a drawstring at the waist, commonly worn during athletic activity for warmth or to induce sweating.
- sweetheart — either of a pair of lovers in relation to the other.
- switchable — a slender, flexible shoot, rod, etc., used especially in whipping or disciplining.
- switchgear — switching equipment used in an electric power station.