10-letter words containing h, e, a, r, t, s
- rheumatics — pertaining to or of the nature of rheumatism.
- rheumatism — any disorder of the extremities or back, characterized by pain and stiffness.
- sabretache — a leather case suspended from a cavalryman's saddle
- saccharate — a salt of saccharic acid.
- salt horse — salted beef; salt junk.
- saltshaker — table-salt dispenser
- 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
- shade tree — a tree planted or valued for its shade.
- shade-tree — a tree planted or valued for its shade.
- sharenting — the habitual use of social media to share news, images, etc of one’s children
- shattering — to break (something) into pieces, as by a blow.
- shear stud — a stud that transfers shear stress between metal and concrete in composite structural members in which the stud is welded to the metal component
- shearwater — any of several long-winged petrels of the genus Puffinus that appear to shear the water with their wing tips when flying low.
- sheeptrack — a small natural terrace on a hillside
- shell star — a type of star showing bright emission lines superimposed on its normal absorption spectrum, presumably caused by a gaseous shell around the star.
- shetlander — a native or inhabitant of Shetland
- shipmaster — a person who commands a ship; master; captain.
- shirtmaker — a person who makes shirts.
- 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.
- shower tea — kitchen tea.
- shrievalty — the office, term, or jurisdiction of a sheriff.
- sight-read — Someone who can sight-read can play or sing music from a printed sheet the first time they see it, without practising it beforehand.
- sixth year — (in Scotland) the most senior class in a secondary school to which pupils, usually above the legal leaving age, may proceed to take sixth-year studies, retake or take additional Highers, etc
- slathering — to spread or apply thickly: to slather butter on toast.
- slaughtery — a slaughterhouse
- sloth bear — a coarse-haired, long-snouted bear, Ursus ursinus, of India and Indochina: now rare.
- smart home — a dwelling equipped with systems and appliances that can be operated remotely using a computer or mobile phone
- smartphone — a device that combines a cell phone with a handheld computer, typically offering Internet access, data storage, email capability, etc.
- solar-heat — to heat (a building) by means of solar energy.
- soothsayer — a person who professes to foretell events.
- 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
- stadholder — the chief magistrate of the former republic of the United Provinces of the Netherlands.
- 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
- stealthier — done, characterized, or acting by stealth; furtive: stealthy footsteps.
- 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.