10-letter words containing h, e, r, s, i, o
- prophesied — to foretell or predict.
- prosthesis — a device, either external or implanted, that substitutes for or supplements a missing or defective part of the body.
- prosthetic — of or relating to an artificial body part or prosthesis: He was fitted for a prosthetic arm.
- rhapsodize — to talk with extravagant enthusiasm.
- 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.
- rhinestone — an artificial gem of paste, often cut to resemble a diamond.
- rhinoceros — any of several large, thick-skinned, perissodactyl mammals of the family Rhinocerotidae, of Africa and India, having one or two upright horns on the snout: all rhinoceroses are endangered.
- rhinoscope — a special instrument used to examine the nasal passages
- rhomboides — a rhomboid
- rifle shot — sound of shotgun fire
- rose aphid — a dark green aphid, Macrosiphum rosae, that feeds on roses and related plants.
- russophile — a person who is friendly to, admires, or prefers Russia or Russian customs, institutions, etc.
- ruthenious — containing bivalent ruthenium.
- sarcophile — a flesh-eating animal, especially the Tasmanian devil.
- seborrheic — an excessive and abnormal discharge from the sebaceous glands.
- semaphoric — an apparatus for conveying information by means of visual signals, as a light whose position may be changed.
- semichorus — half of a chorus; part of a chorus to be sung by a portion but not all of the singers
- shoestring — a shoelace.
- shopfitter — a worker who makes and installs fittings for commercial premises
- shoplifter — a person who steals goods from the shelves or displays of a retail store while posing as a customer.
- shore bird — a bird that frequents seashores, estuaries, etc., as the snipe, sandpiper, plover, and turnstone; a limicoline bird.
- short line — a bus or rail route covering only a limited distance.
- short time — a period or schedule during which the number of working hours is reduced: The recession has put most of the manufacturing plants on short time.
- short-life — not designed to last
- shortening — butter, lard, or other fat, used to make pastry, bread, etc., short.
- shropshire — a former county in W England, now part of Salop.
- shrovetide — the three days before Ash Wednesday, once a time of confession and absolution.
- side horse — pommel horse.
- silverhorn — any of various usually darkish caddis flies of the family Leptoceridae, characterized by very long pale antennae. The larvae are a favourite food of trout
- sisterhood — the state of being a sister.
- smothering — to stifle or suffocate, as by smoke or other means of preventing free breathing.
- spheroidal — pertaining to a spheroid or spheroids.
- spirochete — any of various spiral-shaped motile bacteria of the family Spirochaetaceae, certain species, as Treponema, Leptospira, and Borrelia, being pathogenic to humans and other animals, and other species being free-living, saprophytic, or parasitic.
- spirophore — a device for producing artificial respiration
- stoutherie — theft
- stouthrief — theft using force or violence
- strophiole — a small growth on some plants' seeds
- switcheroo — an unexpected or sudden change or reversal in attitude, character, position, action, etc.
- switchover — the act or process of changing from one power source, system, etc., to another.
- the minors — the minor leagues, esp. in baseball
- theocritus — flourished c270 b.c, Greek poet.
- theoretics — the theoretical or speculative part of a science or subject.
- thermistor — a resistor whose action depends upon changes of its resistance material with changes in temperature.
- thermotics — the scientific study of heat
- thesprotia — an ancient coastal district in SW Epirus.
- thimerosal — a cream-colored, crystalline, water-soluble powder, C 9 H 9 HgNaO 2 S, used chiefly as an antiseptic.
- trichinose — to infest with parasitic worms (trichinae)
- trophesial — involving or relating to trophesy
- urosthenic — having a tail which drives movement of the body
- whisperous — whispery.