10-letter words containing h, a, t, e, p
- 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
- staphyline — having a form resembling a bunch of grapes
- 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.
- strathspey — a slow Scottish dance in quadruple meter.
- subchapter — a subdivision especially of a body of laws.
- subhepatic — of or relating to the liver.
- 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
- sweat-shop — a shop employing workers at low wages, for long hours, and under poor conditions.
- sympathies — harmony of or agreement in feeling, as between persons or on the part of one person with respect to another.
- sympathise — to be in sympathy or agreement of feeling; share in a feeling (often followed by with).
- sympathize — to be in sympathy or agreement of feeling; share in a feeling (often followed by with).
- tachypneic — excessively rapid respiration.
- tachypnoea — excessively rapid respiration.
- take shape — the quality of a distinct object or body in having an external surface or outline of specific form or figure.
- tappit-hen — a hen with a crest or topknot.
- teichopsia — a temporary visual impairment associated with migraine
- telegraphy — the art or practice of constructing or operating telegraphs.
- telepathic — communication between minds by some means other than sensory perception.
- telpherage — a transportation system in which cars or other carriers are suspended from or run on wire cables or the like, especially one operated by electricity.
- telpherman — someone who operates or works on a telpher
- tenantship — the state of being a tenant
- 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)
- the pampas — vast plain of S South America, extending from the Atlantic across central Argentina to the Andes
- the papers — newspapers
- the parcae — the Roman goddesses of fate
- the-plague — French La Peste. a novel (1947) by Albert Camus.
- theme park — an amusement park in which landscaping, buildings, and attractions are based on one or more specific themes, as jungle wildlife, fairy tales, or the Old West.
- theophanic — a manifestation or appearance of God or a god to a person.
- theophobia — morbid fear or hatred of God
- thesprotia — an ancient coastal district in SW Epirus.
- three-peat — to win a third consecutive victory.
- toothpaste — a dentifrice in the form of paste.
- top-hamper — the light upper sails and their gear and spars, sometimes used to refer to all spars and gear above the deck.
- top-hatted — wearing a top hat
- tophaceous — a calcareous concretion formed in the soft tissue about a joint, in the pinna of the ear, etc., especially in gout; a gouty deposit.
- touchpaper — paper saturated with potassium nitrate to make it burn slowly, used for igniting explosives and fireworks.
- transshape — to change shape
- trap house — a shelter from which the clay pigeons are released in trapshooting.
- trash heap — a heap of rubbish or garbage
- triphammer — Machinery. a heavy hammer raised and then let fall by means of some tripping device, as a cam.