10-letter words containing h, a, t, e, r, s
- hospitaler — a member of the religious and military order (Knights Hospitalers or Knights of St. John of Jerusalem) originating about the time of the first Crusade (1096–99) and taking its name from a hospital at Jerusalem.
- housetrain — To teach a house pet to urinate and defecate outside or in a designated location in the home.
- huntmaster — (chiefly, fantasy) The leader of a hunt.
- hydrastine — an alkaloid, C 21 H 21 NO 6 , that is extracted from the roots of goldenseal and forms prismatic crystals: used as an astringent and to inhibit uterine bleeding.
- hysterical — of, relating to, or characterized by hysteria.
- increaseth — Archaic third-person singular form of increase.
- inhabiters — Plural form of inhabiter.
- interphase — the period of the cell cycle during which the nucleus is not undergoing division, typically occurring between mitotic or meiotic divisions. Also called interkinesis. Compare G1 phase, S phase, G2 phase.
- intraphase — (chemistry, physics) Within a phase.
- isothermal — occurring at constant temperature.
- late hours — rising and going to bed later than is usual
- leathersex — The sexual practices associated with leathermen.
- lethargies — Plural form of lethargy.
- lightsaber — a type of sword, as depicted in the fictional Star Wars universe, with a blade made of laser energy that can both cut and burn: The Jedi knight drew his lightsaber and prepared to defend himself.
- lightsabre — Alternative spelling of lightsaber.
- lose heart — to become despondent or disillusioned (over something)
- maestricht — Maastricht.
- manchester — a city in NW England: connected with the Mersey estuary by a ship canal (35½ mi. [57 km] long).
- mastership — the office, function, or authority of a master.
- megatheres — Plural form of megathere.
- megathrust — (geology) A sudden slip along a fault between a subducting and an overriding plate; results in a major earthquake.
- mesothorax — the middle segment of the three divisions of the thorax of an insect, bearing the second pair of legs and the first pair of wings.
- metaphrase — a literal translation.
- metaphrast — a person who translates or changes a literary work from one form to another, as prose into verse.
- mischanter — mishanter.
- ml threads — SML/NJ with mutual exclusion primitives similar to those in Modula-2+ and Mesa. Written by Greg Morrisett <[email protected]>. Implementations for Motorola 68020, SPARC and MIPS and VAX- and MIPS-based multiprocessors.
- mythmakers — Plural form of mythmaker.
- nightmares — Plural form of nightmare.
- north-east — The north-east is the direction which is halfway between north and east.
- oireachtas — the parliament of the Republic of Ireland, consisting of the president, the Dail Eireann, and the Seanad Eireann.
- orchestral — of, relating to, or resembling an orchestra.
- orchestras — Plural form of orchestra.
- orthoclase — a common white or pink mineral of the feldspar group, KAlSi 3 O 8 , having two good cleavages at right angles, and found in silica-rich igneous rocks: used in the manufacture of porcelain.
- othergates — different or other
- outreaches — Plural form of outreach.
- pantheress — a female panther
- parathesis — the placing of grammatically parallel words or phrases together; apposition
- pasticheur — a person who makes, composes, or concocts a pastiche.
- peashooter — a tube through which dried peas, beans, or small pellets are blown, used as a toy.
- pheasantry — a place where pheasants are bred or are kept together
- phragmites — any of several tall grasses of the genus Phragmites, having plumed heads, growing in marshy areas, especially the common reed P. australis (or P. communis).
- preharvest — Also, harvesting. the gathering of crops.
- rat cheese — inexpensive cheese, especially domestic cheddar.
- ravishment — rapture or ecstasy.
- rawsthorne — Alan. 1905–71, English composer, whose works include three symphonies, several concertos, and a set of Symphonic Studies (1939)
- rear sight — the sight nearest the breech of a firearm.
- redispatch — to send off or away with speed, as a messenger, telegram, body of troops, etc.
- restharrow — a low, pink-flowered European shrub, Ononis spinosa, of the legume family, having tough roots that hinder the plow or harrow.
- revanchist — an advocate or supporter of a political policy of revanche, especially in order to seek vengeance for a previous military defeat.
- 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.