10-letter words containing h, o, u, r, e
- theocritus — flourished c270 b.c, Greek poet.
- thereabout — about or near that place or time: last June or thereabout.
- three-four — designating or of a musical rhythm with three quarter notes to a measure
- thresh out — to beat soundly in punishment; flog.
- thunderbox — a portable boxlike lavatory seat that can be placed over a hole in the ground
- thunderous — producing thunder or a loud noise like thunder: thunderous applause.
- toolpusher — a foreman who supervises drilling operations on an oil rig
- touchpaper — paper saturated with potassium nitrate to make it burn slowly, used for igniting explosives and fireworks.
- trap house — a shelter from which the clay pigeons are released in trapshooting.
- tree house — a small house, especially one for children to play in, built or placed up in the branches of a tree.
- tripehound — an objectionable person
- troutperch — a North American freshwater fish, Percopsis omiscomaycas, exhibiting characteristics of both trouts and perches.
- true north — the direction of the north pole from a given point.
- trunk hose — full, baglike breeches covering the body from the waist to the middle of the thigh or lower, sometimes having the stockings attached in one piece, worn by men in the 16th and 17th centuries.
- turcophile — a person who favors or admires Turkey, Turkish customs, or Turks.
- turcophobe — a person who has a morbid fear of Turks.
- turkophile — a person who favors or admires Turkey, Turkish customs, or Turks.
- turkophobe — a person who has a morbid fear of Turks.
- umber moth — any of various brownish geometrid moths, esp the waved umber (Menophra abruptaria) and small waved umber (Horisme vitalbata), that are cryptically marked to merge with tree bark, and the mottled umber (Erannis defoliaria) whose looper larvae can strip branches and even trees
- unanchored — any of various devices dropped by a chain, cable, or rope to the bottom of a body of water for preventing or restricting the motion of a vessel or other floating object, typically having broad, hooklike arms that bury themselves in the bottom to provide a firm hold.
- unbothered — not experiencing mental or physical discomfort: He was unbothered by the cold. He was unbothered about not being picked for the team.
- unbroached — Machinery. an elongated, tapered, serrated cutting tool for shaping and enlarging holes.
- under oath — having sworn to tell the truth
- underbough — a low-lying tree branch
- undershoot — to shoot or launch a projectile that strikes under or short of (a target).
- underthrow — to throw a ball or other object short of (the intended receiver or target)
- unheard of — that was never heard of; unknown: an unheard-of artist.
- unheard-of — that was never heard of; unknown: an unheard-of artist.
- unhonoured — not honoured
- unitholder — a person who owns a unit of something
- unmotherly — not motherly
- unscorched — to affect the color, taste, etc., of by burning slightly: The collar of the shirt was yellow where the iron had scorched it.
- unshowered — not having been showered
- unshrouded — to divest of a shroud or something that shrouds or hides: to unshroud a corpse; to unshroud a mystery.
- untochered — (of a woman) undowered; not provided with a tocher
- untogether — disorganized; confused; chaotic: Right after the divorce was a very untogether time for me.
- upholstery — the materials used to cushion and cover furniture.
- urosthenic — having a tail which drives movement of the body
- vouchering — a person or thing that vouches.
- warehoused — Simple past tense and past participle of warehouse.
- warehouser — warehouseman.
- warehouses — Plural form of warehouse.
- waterhouse — Alfred. 1830–1905, British architect; a leader of the Gothic Revival. His buildings include Manchester Town Hall (1868) and the Natural History Museum, London (1881)
- whereabout — whereabouts.
- whisperous — whispery.
- whorehound — (US, vulgar, slang) Someone who often has sex with prostitutes.
- whorehouse — a house or apartment in which prostitutes are available for hire; house of prostitution; brothel.
- wire house — a brokerage firm with branch offices connected with their main office by a private system of telephone, telegraph, and teletype wires.
- woodrushes — Plural form of woodrush.
- workhouses — Plural form of workhouse.