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10-letter words containing h, i, p, s, t, e

  • phragmites — any of several tall grasses of the genus Phragmites, having plumed heads, growing in marshy areas, especially the common reed P. australis (or P. communis).
  • physiotype — the set of physical features that make a person or organism different from others.
  • pilothouse — an enclosed structure on the deck of a ship from which it can be navigated.
  • pitchstone — a glassy volcanic rock having a resinous luster and resembling hardened pitch.
  • polishment — the state of being polished or the action of polishing
  • polytheism — the doctrine of or belief in more than one god or in many gods.
  • polytheist — the doctrine of or belief in more than one god or in many gods.
  • prehistory — human history in the period before recorded events, known mainly through archaeological discoveries, study, research, etc.; history of prehistoric humans.
  • priestfish — blue rockfish.
  • priesthood — the condition or office of a priest.
  • 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.
  • psilophyte — any plant that is adapted to grow well in the dry savannah
  • punishment — the act of punishing.
  • redispatch — to send off or away with speed, as a messenger, telegram, body of troops, etc.
  • reshipment — the act of reshipping
  • sextonship — the office of a sexton
  • sheep tick — a wingless, bloodsucking, dipterous insect, Melophagus ovinus, that is parasitic on sheep.
  • sheet pile — one of a number of piles, usually flat, driven side by side to retain earth, etc., or to prevent seepage into an excavation.
  • shipentine — a four-masted bark.
  • shipfitter — a person who forms plates, shapes, etc., of ship according to plans, patterns, or molds.
  • shipmaster — a person who commands a ship; master; captain.
  • shopfitter — a worker who makes and installs fittings for commercial premises
  • shoplifter — a person who steals goods from the shelves or displays of a retail store while posing as a customer.
  • shrimp net — a net for catching shrimps
  • sleep with — to take the rest afforded by a suspension of voluntary bodily functions and the natural suspension, complete or partial, of consciousness; cease being awake.
  • sleepshirt — a shirtlike garment, usually knee-length or shorter, worn for sleeping.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • spit-shine — a shoeshine in which a fluid, such as water, saliva, or lighter fluid, is used to impart a high gloss.
  • staphyline — having a form resembling a bunch of grapes
  • stephanite — a mineral, silver antimony sulfide, Ag 5 SbS 4 : an ore of silver.
  • stephen ii — died a.d. 757, pope 752–757.
  • stephen iv — died a.d. 817, pope 816–817.
  • stephen ix — died 1058, pope 1057–58.
  • stephen vi — died a.d. 897, pope 896–897.
  • strophiole — a small growth on some plants' seeds
  • subhepatic — of or relating to the liver.
  • sulphatise — to convert into a sulfate, as by the roasting of ores.
  • superbitch — an exceptionally spiteful woman, a very bitchy person
  • superlight — extremely light
  • superthick — extremely thick
  • supertight — extremely tight
  • suretyship — the relationship between the surety, the principal debtor, and the creditor.
  • 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
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