10-letter words containing l, h, s
- sparkishly — in a sparkish manner
- spathulate — spatulate.
- speechless — temporarily deprived of speech by strong emotion, physical weakness, exhaustion, etc.: speechless with alarm.
- speleothem — a natural structure within a cave
- spellcheck — If you spellcheck something you have written on a computer, you use a special program to check whether you have made any spelling mistakes.
- 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.
- sphenoidal — relating to the sphenoid bone
- sphereless — having no sphere
- spherelike — relating to or resembling spheres
- spheroidal — pertaining to a spheroid or spheroids.
- spherulite — a rounded aggregate of radiating crystals found in obsidian and other glassy igneous rocks.
- sphinxlike — like the Sphinx; enigmatic or inscrutable
- spike heel — a very high heel that tapers to a narrow base, used on women's shoes.
- splanchnic — of or relating to the viscera or entrails; visceral.
- splanchno- — the viscera
- splash dam — a flood dam built to contain water that is released for driving logs.
- splash out — If you splash out on something, especially on a luxury, you buy it even though it costs a lot of money.
- splashback — a sheet of glass, plastic, etc, attached to a wall above a basin to protect the wall against splashing
- splashdown — the landing of a space vehicle in a body of water, especially the ocean.
- sporophyll — a modified leaf that bears sporangia.
- sprightful — sprightly.
- springhalt — stringhalt.
- spur wheel — spur gear.
- squarishly — in a squarish manner
- squashable — easily squashed; soft
- squelching — to strike or press with crushing force; crush down; squash.
- st. helena — Saint, c247–c330, mother of Constantine I.
- st. helens — a city in Merseyside, in NW England, near Liverpool.
- st. helier — a British island in the English Channel: the largest of the Channel Islands. 44 sq. mi. (116 sq. km). Capital: St. Helier.
- st.-mihiel — a town in NE France, on the Meuse River, NW of Nancy: captured by American forces 1918.
- 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
- staphyloma — a condition in which the sclera or cornea of the eye projects outwards due to inflammation
- 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.
- sternwheel — a paddle wheel at the stern of a vessel.
- stichology — metrical theory or the science of poetic metres
- still hunt — the hunting of game by stalking or ambushing
- still-hunt — to pursue or ambush by a still hunt.
- stillbirth — the birth of a dead child or organism.
- stillhouse — a distillery or place where the distilling process takes place
- stoke-hold — Also, stokehold [stohk-hohld] /ˈstoʊkˌhoʊld/ (Show IPA). fireroom.
- stomachful — the amount one's stomach can hold
- stringhalt — a nerve disorder in horses, causing exaggerated flexing movements of the hind legs in walking.