10-letter words containing l, e, s, t, h, a
- sloth bear — a coarse-haired, long-snouted bear, Ursus ursinus, of India and Indochina: now rare.
- solar-heat — to heat (a building) by means of solar energy.
- spathulate — spatulate.
- sphacelate — affected with gangrene
- 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.
- st. helena — Saint, c247–c330, mother of Constantine I.
- stablished — establish.
- stadholder — the chief magistrate of the former republic of the United Provinces of the Netherlands.
- stanchless — not to be stanched.
- staphyline — having a form resembling a bunch of grapes
- star shell — a shell that bursts in the air and produces a bright light to illuminate enemy positions.
- starchedly — in a starched manner
- stealthful — secret, clandestine, or surreptitious procedure.
- stealthier — done, characterized, or acting by stealth; furtive: stealthy footsteps.
- stealthily — done, characterized, or acting by stealth; furtive: stealthy footsteps.
- subchelate — having a claw with one pincer longer than the other
- sulphatase — an enzyme of the esterase group that catalyses the hydrolysis of sulphate esters
- sulphatise — to convert into a sulfate, as by the roasting of ores.
- sulphonate — a salt or ester of any sulphonic acid containing the ion RSO2O– or the group RSO2O–, R being an organic group
- sulphurate — to combine or treat with sulphur or a sulphur compound
- sutherland — Earl Wilbur, Jr. 1915–74, U.S. biochemist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1971.
- switchable — a slender, flexible shoot, rod, etc., used especially in whipping or disciplining.
- tear shell — tear bomb.
- telemachus — the son of Odysseus and Penelope who helped Odysseus to kill the suitors of Penelope.
- the latest — most recent; current: latest fashions.
- the salish — the peoples collectively who speak these languages, divided in Canada into the Coast Salish and the Interior Salish
- the scales — the constellation Libra, the seventh sign of the zodiac
- the tables — laws, as the Ten Commandments or ancient Roman codes, inscribed on flat stone slabs
- the-castle — German Das Schloss. a novel (1926) by Franz Kafka.
- the-dalles — The, a city in N Oregon.
- the-rivals — a comedy of manners (1775) by Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
- thecal sac — the loose membrane covering the spinal cord and containing cerebrospinal fluid; the spinal theca.
- thessalian — a region in E Greece: a former division of ancient Greece. 5208 sq. mi. (14,490 sq. km).
- thimerosal — a cream-colored, crystalline, water-soluble powder, C 9 H 9 HgNaO 2 S, used chiefly as an antiseptic.
- thinsulate — a type of thermal insulation made of synthetic fibers, used esp. as a lining in clothing
- threadless — a fine cord of flax, cotton, or other fibrous material spun out to considerable length, especially when composed of two or more filaments twisted together.
- trophesial — involving or relating to trophesy
- unchastely — in an unchaste manner
- unstealthy — done, characterized, or acting by stealth; furtive: stealthy footsteps.
- wealthiest — Superlative form of wealthy.
- westphalia — a former province in NW Germany, now a part of North Rhine-Westphalia: treaty ending the Thirty Years' War 1648.
- whaleboats — Plural form of whaleboat.
- white lias — a type of rock composed of pale-coloured limestones and marls
- white sale — a sale of sheets, pillowcases, and other white goods.
- whitewalls — Plural form of whitewall.
- wiesenthal — Simon, 1908–2005, Austrian Holocaust survivor and hunter of Nazi war criminals.