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10-letter words containing h, e, a, r, t, o

  • ore hearth — a small blast furnace for smelting lead.
  • orthocaine — a methyl ester used for local anaesthesia
  • 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.
  • orthograde — walking in an upright manner
  • orthopnoea — difficult or painful breathing except in an erect sitting or standing position.
  • orthoptera — Any of very many four-winged insects, of the order Orthoptera, such as grasshoppers, crickets and locusts.
  • orthorexia — (psychology) A fixation with healthy or righteous eating.
  • other half — the people of an economic class clearly different from one's own or from that to which reference is being made: a glimpse of how the other half lives.
  • other than — additional or further: he and one other person.
  • othergates — different or other
  • our father — Lord's Prayer.
  • outbreathe — to breathe out
  • outmarched — Simple past tense and past participle of outmarch.
  • outreached — Simple past tense and past participle of outreach.
  • outreaches — Plural form of outreach.
  • overheated — Someone who is overheated is very angry about something.
  • overtaught — taught to excess
  • overthwart — to lie across
  • pantothere — any animal of the extinct order Pantotheria that lived during the late Mesozoic Era, believed to be the ancestor of the marsupial and placental mammals.
  • parenthood — the state, position, or relation of a parent.
  • parthenope — a siren, who drowned herself when Odysseus evaded the lure of the sirens' singing. Her body was said to have been cast ashore at what became Naples
  • peashooter — a tube through which dried peas, beans, or small pellets are blown, used as a toy.
  • pentachord — a series of five consecutive notes of a scale
  • petrograph — petroglyph.
  • petrolhead — a person who is excessively interested in or is devoted to travelling by car
  • promethean — of or suggestive of Prometheus.
  • rawsthorne — Alan. 1905–71, English composer, whose works include three symphonies, several concertos, and a set of Symphonic Studies (1939)
  • regal moth — a large moth, Citheronia regalis, having yellow spots on gray to olive forewings and on orange-red hind wings.
  • restharrow — a low, pink-flowered European shrub, Ononis spinosa, of the legume family, having tough roots that hinder the plow or harrow.
  • 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.
  • rhetorical — used for, belonging to, or concerned with mere style or effect.
  • rheumatoid — resembling rheumatism.
  • rhinotheca — the covering of the upper part of the beak in birds
  • rhotacized — to change (a sound) to an (r); subject to rhotacism.
  • rotary hoe — a cultivating implement consisting of a row of wheels each with many fingerlike prongs, pulled over the ground to break up the soil and destroy weeds.
  • routemarch — march in which a unit retains its column formation but individuals are allowed to break step.
  • salt horse — salted beef; salt junk.
  • samothrace — a Greek island in the NE Aegean.
  • saprophyte — any organism that lives on dead organic matter, as certain fungi and bacteria.
  • search out — hunt for, seek
  • short game — the aspect of golf considered in relation to the ability of a player to hit medium or short shots, as chip shots, pitch shots, and putts, with accuracy. Compare long game (def 1).
  • short head — a distance shorter than the length of a horse's head
  • short rate — a charge, proportionately higher than the annual rate, made for insurance issued or continued in force by the insured for less than one year.
  • short ream — 480 sheets of paper
  • short sale — an act or instance of selling short.
  • short wave — Electricity. a radio wave, shorter than that used in AM broadcasting, corresponding to frequencies of over 1600 kilohertz: used for long-distance reception or transmission.
  • short-arse — a small man
  • short-wave — Electricity. a radio wave, shorter than that used in AM broadcasting, corresponding to frequencies of over 1600 kilohertz: used for long-distance reception or transmission.
  • shortbread — a butter cookie commonly made in thick, pie-shaped wheels or rolled and cut in fancy shapes.
  • showboater — a boat, especially a paddle-wheel steamer, used as a traveling theater.
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