10-letter words containing h, e, l, p, s
- sheepishly — embarrassed or bashful, as by having done something wrong or foolish.
- sheet pile — one of a number of piles, usually flat, driven side by side to retain earth, etc., or to prevent seepage into an excavation.
- shell pink — delicate whitish to yellow pink.
- shellproof — protected against the explosive effect of shells or bombs.
- shiplapped — of, related to, or resembling shiplap
- shoplifter — a person who steals goods from the shelves or displays of a retail store while posing as a customer.
- shopsoiled — worn, faded, tarnished, etc, from being displayed in a shop or store
- shopwalker — a floorwalker.
- show-place — an estate, mansion, or the like, usually open to the public, renowned for its beauty, excellent design and workmanship, historical interest, etc.
- shrimplike — any of several small, long-tailed, chiefly marine crustaceans of the decapod suborder Natania, certain species of which are used as food.
- slash pine — a pine, Pinus elliotii, found in slashes and swamps in the southeastern U.S., yielding a hard, durable wood.
- slave ship — a ship for transporting slaves from their native homes to places of bondage.
- slavophile — a person who greatly admires the Slavs and Slavic ways.
- slavophobe — a person who fears or hates the Slavs, their influence, or things Slavic.
- sleep with — to take the rest afforded by a suspension of voluntary bodily functions and the natural suspension, complete or partial, of consciousness; cease being awake.
- sleepshirt — a shirtlike garment, usually knee-length or shorter, worn for sleeping.
- sleepyhead — a sleepy person.
- slop chest — a supply of clothing, boots, tobacco, and other personal goods for sale to the crew of a ship during a voyage.
- slush pile — a collection of unsolicited manuscripts submitted to a publisher.
- so help me — to give or provide what is necessary to accomplish a task or satisfy a need; contribute strength or means to; render assistance to; cooperate effectively with; aid; assist: He planned to help me with my work. Let me help you with those packages.
- sophoclean — 495?–406? b.c, Greek dramatist.
- south pole — the region of a magnet toward which the lines of magnetic induction converge (south pole) or from which the lines of induction diverge (north pole)
- spathulate — spatulate.
- speechless — temporarily deprived of speech by strong emotion, physical weakness, exhaustion, etc.: speechless with alarm.
- speleothem — a natural structure within a cave
- spellcheck — If you spellcheck something you have written on a computer, you use a special program to check whether you have made any spelling mistakes.
- 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.
- sphenoidal — relating to the sphenoid bone
- sphereless — having no sphere
- spherelike — relating to or resembling spheres
- spheroidal — pertaining to a spheroid or spheroids.
- spherulite — a rounded aggregate of radiating crystals found in obsidian and other glassy igneous rocks.
- sphinxlike — like the Sphinx; enigmatic or inscrutable
- spike heel — a very high heel that tapers to a narrow base, used on women's shoes.
- spur wheel — spur gear.
- staphyline — having a form resembling a bunch of grapes
- strophiole — a small growth on some plants' seeds
- stylophone — a type of battery-powered electronic instrument played with a steel-tipped penlike stylus
- 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
- sulphoxide — any compound containing a sulphinyl group (SO) and a hydrocarbon radical
- sulphurate — to combine or treat with sulphur or a sulphur compound
- sulphurise — to combine, treat, or impregnate with sulfur.
- sulphurize — to combine or treat with sulphur or a sulphur compound
- superhelix — a coil formed by intertwined helical DNA or by protein chains.
- superlight — extremely light
- sylphidine — resembling a sylph
- synaloepha — the blending of two successive vowels into one, especially the coalescence of a vowel at the end of one word with a vowel at the beginning of the next.