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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
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