10-letter words containing h, o, a, r
- rhodoplast — a plastid found in red algae, containing red pigment as well as chlorophyll
- rhomboidal — shaped almost like a diamond or rhomboid
- rhotacized — to change (a sound) to an (r); subject to rhotacism.
- richardson — Henry Handel (Henrietta Richardson Robertson) 1870–1946, Australian novelist.
- rightabout — the position assumed by turning about to the right so as to face in the opposite direction.
- roach back — an arched back, as of a dog.
- roach clip — a small tweezerlike clip for holding the butt of a marijuana cigarette.
- roadheader — a piece of tunnelling equipment with a conveyor and a cutter
- roadworthy — in suitable operating condition or meeting accepted standards for safe driving on the road: a roadworthy automobile.
- rochambeau — Jean Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur [zhahn ba-teest daw-na-syan duh vee-mœr] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist dɔ naˈsyɛ̃ də viˈmœr/ (Show IPA), Count de, 1725–1807, French general: marshal of France 1791–1807; commander of the French army in the American Revolution.
- roche alum — an alumlike substance derived from alunite.
- rock hyrax — an African and Middle Eastern hyrax of the genus Procavia that lives in rocky places.
- rockingham — Second Marquis of, Charles Watson-Wentworth.
- rom. cath. — Roman Catholic
- roman arch — a semicircular arch.
- roman bath — public spa
- rose aphid — a dark green aphid, Macrosiphum rosae, that feeds on roses and related plants.
- rotary hoe — a cultivating implement consisting of a row of wheels each with many fingerlike prongs, pulled over the ground to break up the soil and destroy weeds.
- rough-sawn — (of wood) used as originally cut, without smoothing or sanding: shingles of rough-sawn cedar.
- round arch — an arch formed in a continuous curve, especially in a semicircle.
- round hand — a style of handwriting in which the letters are round, full, and clearly separated.
- routemarch — march in which a unit retains its column formation but individuals are allowed to break step.
- rubythroat — a ruby-throated hummingbird
- saccharoid — having a granular texture like that of loaf sugar.
- saccharose — sucrose.
- sag harbor — a resort town on E Long Island in SE New York.
- sailor hat — a hat with a flat round crown and fairly broad brim that is rolled upwards
- salt horse — salted beef; salt junk.
- samothrace — a Greek island in the NE Aegean.
- saprophyte — any organism that lives on dead organic matter, as certain fungi and bacteria.
- saprotroph — any organism, esp a fungus or bacterium, that lives and feeds on dead organic matter
- sarcophagi — a stone coffin, especially one bearing sculpture, inscriptions, etc., often displayed as a monument.
- sarcophile — a flesh-eating animal, especially the Tasmanian devil.
- scaramouch — a stock character in commedia dell'arte and farce who is a cowardly braggart, easily beaten and frightened.
- scherzando — (a musical direction) playful; sportive.
- schizocarp — a dry, dehiscent fruit that at maturity splits into two or more one-seeded carpels.
- schongauer — Martin [mahr-tn;; German mahr-teen] /ˈmɑr tn;; German ˈmɑr tin/ (Show IPA), c1430–91, German engraver and painter.
- schoolmarm — a female schoolteacher, especially of the old-time country school type, popularly held to be strict and priggish.
- schoolward — towards or in the direction of school
- schoolyard — a playground or sports field near a school.
- schwarzlot — a type of black decoration on German glassware and ceramics that was popular in the 17th and 18th centuries
- scrollhead — billethead.
- sea anchor — any of various devices, as a drogue, that have great resistance to being pulled through the water and are dropped forward of a vessel at the end of a cable to hold the bow into the wind or sea during a storm.
- search dog — a dog trained to assist rescue workers in finding people buried under rubble by detection by smell
- search out — hunt for, seek
- seborrhoea — an excessive and abnormal discharge from the sebaceous glands.
- semaphoric — an apparatus for conveying information by means of visual signals, as a light whose position may be changed.
- share shop — A share shop is a shop or Internet website where members of the public can buy shares in companies.
- shear zone — Geology. a zone of closely spaced, approximately parallel faults or dispersed displacements.
- shoe cream — cream for polishing shoes