10-letter words containing h, i, r, u
- rush light — a candle made from a dried, partly peeled rush that has been dipped in grease.
- russophile — a person who is friendly to, admires, or prefers Russia or Russian customs, institutions, etc.
- ruthenious — containing bivalent ruthenium.
- sea urchin — any echinoderm of the class Echinoidea, having a somewhat globular or discoid form, and a shell composed of many calcareous plates covered with projecting spines.
- semichorus — half of a chorus; part of a chorus to be sung by a portion but not all of the singers
- shin guard — a protective covering, usually of leather or plastic and often padded, for the shins and sometimes the knees, worn chiefly by catchers in baseball and goalkeepers in ice hockey.
- shuddering — trembling or quivering with fear, dread, cold, etc.
- shuttering — a solid or louvered movable cover for a window.
- spherulite — a rounded aggregate of radiating crystals found in obsidian and other glassy igneous rocks.
- spike-rush — any perennial plant of the temperate cyperaceous genus Eleocharis, occurring esp by ponds, and having underground stems, narrow leaves, and small flowers
- sprightful — sprightly.
- squarishly — in a squarish manner
- squirarchy — squirearchy.
- squirearch — a member of the squirearchy.
- stoutherie — theft
- stouthrief — theft using force or violence
- struthious — resembling or related to the ostriches or other ratite birds.
- subphrenic — underneath the diaphragm
- suckerfish — remora.
- sulphurise — to combine, treat, or impregnate with sulfur.
- sulphurize — to combine or treat with sulphur or a sulphur compound
- super-rich — having wealth or great possessions; abundantly supplied with resources, means, or funds; wealthy: a rich man; a rich nation.
- superbitch — an exceptionally spiteful woman, a very bitchy person
- superhelix — a coil formed by intertwined helical DNA or by protein chains.
- superlight — extremely light
- superthick — extremely thick
- supertight — extremely tight
- sure thing — something that is or is supposed to be a certain success, as a bet or a business venture: He thinks that real estate is a sure thing.
- suretyship — the relationship between the surety, the principal debtor, and the creditor.
- theocritus — flourished c270 b.c, Greek poet.
- thiouracil — a white, slightly water-soluble, bitter, crystalline powder C 4 H 4 N 2 OS, used chiefly in treating hyperthyroidism by reducing the activity of the thyroid gland.
- thrustings — the white whey that is hand-pressed out of the curd and from which butter is often made
- thumbprint — a mark or impression of the ventral surface of the last joint of the thumb.
- thunbergia — any of various plants, vines, or shrubs belonging to the genus Thunbergia, of the acanthus family, native to Africa and southern Asia, having variously colored flowers and often cultivated as ornamentals in warm regions.
- thundering — of, relating to, or accompanied by thunder.
- thuringian — a state in central Germany. 5985 sq. mi. (15,550 sq. km) Capital: Erfurt.
- trachelium — (in classical architecture) any member between the hypotrachelium and the capital of a column.
- trekschuit — a horse-drawn boat, literally a tugboat, specific to the Netherlands
- trichinous — pertaining to or of the nature of trichinosis.
- tripehound — an objectionable person
- triumphant — having achieved victory or success; victorious; successful.
- triumphery — a triumvir
- trumscheit — trumpet marine.
- truthiness — the quality of seeming to be true according to one's intuition, opinion, or perception without regard to logic, factual evidence, or the like: the growing trend of truthiness as opposed to truth.
- turcophile — a person who favors or admires Turkey, Turkish customs, or Turks.
- turkophile — a person who favors or admires Turkey, Turkish customs, or Turks.
- uintathere — any hoofed North American mammal of the extinct genus Dinoceras, of the Eocene Epoch, having a massive body and three pairs of horns.
- ultra-chic — attractive and fashionable; stylish: a chic hat.
- ultrafiche — a form of microfiche with the images greatly reduced in size, generally by a factor of 100 or more.
- ultralight — extremely lightweight in comparison with others of its kind: a car with an ultralight engine.