10-letter words containing h, e, r, t, s
- southerner — a native or inhabitant of the south.
- southernly — southerly.
- 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.
- sphericity — a spherical state or form.
- spherocyte — an abnormal blood cell
- spherulite — a rounded aggregate of radiating crystals found in obsidian and other glassy igneous rocks.
- 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.
- sporophyte — the form of a plant in the alternation of generations that produces asexual spores.
- spycatcher — a person who works in counterintelligence to detect enemy espionage activities
- st. helier — a British island in the English Channel: the largest of the Channel Islands. 44 sq. mi. (116 sq. km). Capital: St. Helier.
- 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.
- stenotherm — an organism that is only able to live within a narrow parameter of temperatures
- stepfather — the husband of one's mother by a later marriage.
- stepmother — the wife of one's father by a later marriage.
- sternsheet — the part of an open boat near the stern
- sternwheel — a paddle wheel at the stern of a vessel.
- stockhorse — a horse or pony used in herding cattle.
- stonebrash — a type of subsoil consisting of small or broken stones or rock
- stonehorse — a stallion or uncastrated male horse
- storehouse — a building in which things are stored.
- stoutherie — theft
- stouthrief — theft using force or violence
- straighten — make straight
- straighter — without a bend, angle, or curve; not curved; direct: a straight path.
- strathspey — a slow Scottish dance in quadruple meter.
- strengthen — to make stronger; give strength to.
- stretching — the activity of straightening the arms and legs and tightening the muscles
- stretchout — a deliberate extension of time for meeting a production quota.
- strophiole — a small growth on some plants' seeds
- strychnine — Pharmacology. a colorless, crystalline poison, C 2 1 H 2 2 N 2 O 2 , obtained chiefly by extraction from the seeds of nux vomica, formerly used as a central nervous system stimulant.
- subchapter — a subdivision especially of a body of laws.
- subcharter — to rent a chartered vehicle
- subtrahend — a number that is subtracted from another.
- sulphurate — to combine or treat with sulphur or a sulphur compound
- superbitch — an exceptionally spiteful woman, a very bitchy person
- superlight — extremely light
- superthick — extremely thick
- supertight — extremely tight
- sure thing — something that is or is supposed to be a certain success, as a bet or a business venture: He thinks that real estate is a sure thing.
- suretyship — the relationship between the surety, the principal debtor, and the creditor.
- sutherland — Earl Wilbur, Jr. 1915–74, U.S. biochemist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1971.
- sweatshirt — a loose, long-sleeved, collarless pullover of soft, absorbent fabric, as cotton jersey, with close-fitting or elastic cuffs and sometimes a drawstring at the waist, commonly worn during athletic activity for warmth or to induce sweating.
- sweetheart — either of a pair of lovers in relation to the other.
- switcheroo — an unexpected or sudden change or reversal in attitude, character, position, action, etc.
- switchgear — switching equipment used in an electric power station.