10-letter words containing h, e, r, t, s
- switchover — the act or process of changing from one power source, system, etc., to another.
- tannhauser — a German lyric poet of the 13th century: a well-known legend tells of his stay with Venus in the Venusberg and his later repentance.
- tchernosem — chernozem.
- tear sheet — a sheet or page torn from a magazine, journal, or the like, as one containing an advertisement and sent to the advertiser as proof of publication.
- tear shell — tear bomb.
- tereshkova — Valentina Vladimirovna [vuh-lyin-tyee-nuh vluh-dyi-myee-ruh v-nuh] /və lyɪnˈtyi nə vlə dyɪˈmyi rəv nə/ (Show IPA), born 1937, Soviet cosmonaut: first woman in space 1963.
- term sheet — business contract document
- tetrastich — a strophe, stanza, or poem consisting of four lines.
- tetterbush — an evergreen shrub, Lyonia lucida, of the southeastern U.S., having leathery leaves and white to pink flowers.
- the absurd — the conception of the world, esp in Existentialist thought, as neither designed nor predictable but irrational and meaningless
- the azores — three groups of volcanic islands in the N Atlantic, since 1976 an autonomous region of Portugal. Capital: Ponta Delgada (on São Miguel). Pop: 241 762 (2001). Area: 2335 sq km (901 sq miles)
- the boards — the acting profession; the stage
- the breaks — to smash, split, or divide into parts violently; reduce to pieces or fragments: He broke a vase.
- the charts — the lists produced weekly from various sources of the bestselling pop singles and albums or the most popular videos
- the chores — housework
- the creeps — to move slowly with the body close to the ground, as a reptile or an insect, or a person on hands and knees.
- the forces — the armed services of a nation
- the grades — elementary school
- the horses — gambling linked to horse racing
- the majors — the major leagues
- the master — the man of the house
- the minors — the minor leagues, esp. in baseball
- the others — the remaining ones (of a group)
- the pamirs — a mountainous area of central Asia, mainly in Tajikistan and partly in Kyrgyzstan, extending into China and Afghanistan: consists of a complex of high ranges, from which the Tian Shan projects to the north, the Kunlun and Karakoram to the east, and the Hindu Kush to the west; Ismoil Somoni (formerly Communism Peak) is situated in the Tajik Pamirs. Highest peak: Kongur Shan, 7719 m (25 326 ft)
- the papers — newspapers
- the rabbis — the early Jewish scholars whose teachings are recorded in the Talmud
- the screen — the film industry or films collectively
- the shires — the Midland counties of England, esp Northamptonshire and Leicestershire, famous for hunting, etc
- the spirit — Holy Spirit
- the strand — a street in W central London, parallel to the Thames: famous for its hotels and theatres
- the street — Wall Street
- the-rivals — a comedy of manners (1775) by Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
- the-scream — a painting (1937) by Edvard Munch.
- 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.
- thermostat — a device, including a relay actuated by thermal conduction or convection, that functions to establish and maintain a desired temperature automatically or signals a change in temperature for manual adjustment.
- 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.
- third base — the third in counterclockwise order of the bases from home plate.
- thirstless — lacking thirst; not driven by thirst
- threadfish — any of several jacks of the genus Alectis, especially A. ciliaris, having the front rays of the dorsal and anal fins greatly elongated.
- threadless — a fine cord of flax, cotton, or other fibrous material spun out to considerable length, especially when composed of two or more filaments twisted together.
- three-spot — a playing card, an upward face of a die, or a domino half bearing three pips.
- three-star — of or being a lieutenant general, as indicated by three stars on an insignia.
- threescore — being or containing three times twenty; sixty.
- thresh out — to beat soundly in punishment; flog.
- thriftless — without thrift; improvident; wasteful.
- thriveless — not thriving, flourishing or prospering