10-letter words containing h, e, s, i, a
- singhalese — Sinhalese
- sinhailien — Xinhailian.
- sivash sea — a salt lagoon in S Ukraine, on the N of the Crimea peninsula. About 990 sq. mi. (2560 sq. km).
- sixth year — (in Scotland) the most senior class in a secondary school to which pupils, usually above the legal leaving age, may proceed to take sixth-year studies, retake or take additional Highers, etc
- skaithless — without injury or damage
- slash pine — a pine, Pinus elliotii, found in slashes and swamps in the southeastern U.S., yielding a hard, durable wood.
- slathering — to spread or apply thickly: to slather butter on toast.
- slave ship — a ship for transporting slaves from their native homes to places of bondage.
- slavophile — a person who greatly admires the Slavs and Slavic ways.
- sneakishly — in a stealthy or underhanded manner
- 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.
- sphenoidal — relating to the sphenoid bone
- spheroidal — pertaining to a spheroid or spheroids.
- springhare — a leaping and burrowing rodent, Pedetes capensis, native to southern Africa, having kangaroolike legs and long, pointed ears.
- springhead — a spring or fountainhead from which a stream flows.
- squirearch — a member of the squirearchy.
- stablished — establish.
- staphyline — having a form resembling a bunch of grapes
- starfished — lying with arms and legs outstretched; spread-eagled
- stealthier — done, characterized, or acting by stealth; furtive: stealthy footsteps.
- stealthily — done, characterized, or acting by stealth; furtive: stealthy footsteps.
- steamtight — impervious to steam.
- stephanite — a mineral, silver antimony sulfide, Ag 5 SbS 4 : an ore of silver.
- straighten — make straight
- straighter — without a bend, angle, or curve; not curved; direct: a straight path.
- subheading — a subordinate division of a title or heading.
- subhepatic — of or relating to the liver.
- sulphatise — to convert into a sulfate, as by the roasting of ores.
- 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.
- switchable — a slender, flexible shoot, rod, etc., used especially in whipping or disciplining.
- switchgear — switching equipment used in an electric power station.
- sympathies — harmony of or agreement in feeling, as between persons or on the part of one person with respect to another.
- sympathise — to be in sympathy or agreement of feeling; share in a feeling (often followed by with).
- sympathize — to be in sympathy or agreement of feeling; share in a feeling (often followed by with).
- teichopsia — a temporary visual impairment associated with migraine
- tenantship — the state of being a tenant
- tetrastich — a strophe, stanza, or poem consisting of four lines.
- thaumasite — a colourless or white silicate mineral, Ca3Si(CO3)(SO4)(OH)6·12(H2O)
- 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 rabbis — the early Jewish scholars whose teachings are recorded in the Talmud
- the salish — the peoples collectively who speak these languages, divided in Canada into the Coast Salish and the Interior Salish
- the-rivals — a comedy of manners (1775) by Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
- theodosian — of or relating to Theodosius I, who made Christianity the official state religion of the Roman Empire.
- thesprotia — an ancient coastal district in SW Epirus.
- thessalian — a region in E Greece: a former division of ancient Greece. 5208 sq. mi. (14,490 sq. km).
- thiaminase — an enzyme that destroys thiamine and is often found in raw fish
- thimerosal — a cream-colored, crystalline, water-soluble powder, C 9 H 9 HgNaO 2 S, used chiefly as an antiseptic.
- thingstead — the meeting place of a Scandinavian assembly.
- thinsulate — a type of thermal insulation made of synthetic fibers, used esp. as a lining in clothing
- third base — the third in counterclockwise order of the bases from home plate.