10-letter words containing h, e, r, t, s
- 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.
- rat cheese — inexpensive cheese, especially domestic cheddar.
- ravishment — rapture or ecstasy.
- rawsthorne — Alan. 1905–71, English composer, whose works include three symphonies, several concertos, and a set of Symphonic Studies (1939)
- rear sight — the sight nearest the breech of a firearm.
- rechristen — to christen or baptize (someone) again
- redispatch — to send off or away with speed, as a messenger, telegram, body of troops, etc.
- redshifted — (of radiation) having undergone a redshift.
- reichstein — Tadeus [tah-dey-oo s] /tɑˈdeɪ ʊs/ (Show IPA), 1897–1996, Swiss chemist, born in Poland: Nobel Prize in medicine 1950.
- reshipment — the act of reshipping
- resighting — the power or faculty of seeing; perception of objects by use of the eyes; vision.
- restharrow — a low, pink-flowered European shrub, Ononis spinosa, of the legume family, having tough roots that hinder the plow or harrow.
- revanchist — an advocate or supporter of a political policy of revanche, especially in order to seek vengeance for a previous military defeat.
- 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.
- rheumatics — pertaining to or of the nature of rheumatism.
- rheumatism — any disorder of the extremities or back, characterized by pain and stiffness.
- rhinestone — an artificial gem of paste, often cut to resemble a diamond.
- rhythmless — movement or procedure with uniform or patterned recurrence of a beat, accent, or the like.
- rifle shot — sound of shotgun fire
- ruthenious — containing bivalent ruthenium.
- ruthlessly — without pity or compassion; cruel; merciless: a ruthless tyrant.
- sabretache — a leather case suspended from a cavalryman's saddle
- saccharate — a salt of saccharic acid.
- salt horse — salted beef; salt junk.
- saltshaker — table-salt dispenser
- samothrace — a Greek island in the NE Aegean.
- saprophyte — any organism that lives on dead organic matter, as certain fungi and bacteria.
- schnitzler — Arthur [ahr-ther;; German ahr-too r] /ˈɑr θər;; German ˈɑr tʊər/ (Show IPA), 1862–1931, Austrian dramatist and novelist.
- schumpeter — Joseph Alois [uh-lois] /əˈlɔɪs/ (Show IPA), 1883–1950, U.S. economist, born in Austria.
- schweitzer — Albert, 1875–1965, Alsatian writer, missionary, doctor, and musician in Africa: Nobel Peace Prize 1952.
- schwitters — Kurt [koo rt] /kʊərt/ (Show IPA), 1887–1948, German artist.
- scoresheet — a sheet of paper on which scores are recorded
- screenshot — Also called screen capture. a copy or image of what is seen on a computer screen at a given time: Save the screenshot as a graphics file.
- scunthorpe — a town in E England, in North Lincolnshire unitary authority, Lincolnshire: developed rapidly after the discovery of local iron ore in the late 19th century; iron and steel industries have declined. Pop: 72 660 (2001)
- search out — hunt for, seek
- self-worth — the sense of one's own value or worth as a person; self-esteem; self-respect.
- sell short — having little length; not long.
- send forth — to be a source of; cause to appear; give out or forth; produce, emit, utter, etc.
- set theory — the branch of mathematics that deals with relations between sets.
- shade tree — a tree planted or valued for its shade.
- shade-tree — a tree planted or valued for its shade.
- sharenting — the habitual use of social media to share news, images, etc of one’s children
- shattering — to break (something) into pieces, as by a blow.
- shear stud — a stud that transfers shear stress between metal and concrete in composite structural members in which the stud is welded to the metal component
- shearwater — any of several long-winged petrels of the genus Puffinus that appear to shear the water with their wing tips when flying low.
- sheeptrack — a small natural terrace on a hillside
- shell star — a type of star showing bright emission lines superimposed on its normal absorption spectrum, presumably caused by a gaseous shell around the star.
- shetlander — a native or inhabitant of Shetland
- shipfitter — a person who forms plates, shapes, etc., of ship according to plans, patterns, or molds.