10-letter words containing n, e, t, h, r, s
- short line — a bus or rail route covering only a limited distance.
- shortening — butter, lard, or other fat, used to make pastry, bread, etc., short.
- shotgunner — a person who is skilled with a shotgun
- shrimp net — a net for catching shrimps
- shuttering — a solid or louvered movable cover for a window.
- slathering — to spread or apply thickly: to slather butter on toast.
- slithering — to slide down or along a surface, especially unsteadily, from side to side, or with some friction or noise: The box slithered down the chute.
- smartphone — a device that combines a cell phone with a handheld computer, typically offering Internet access, data storage, email capability, etc.
- smithereen — to break into small fragments
- smothering — to stifle or suffocate, as by smoke or other means of preventing free breathing.
- southerner — a native or inhabitant of the south.
- southernly — southerly.
- stenograph — any of various keyboard instruments, somewhat resembling a typewriter, used for writing in shorthand, as by means of phonetic or arbitrary symbols.
- stenotherm — an organism that is only able to live within a narrow parameter of temperatures
- sternsheet — the part of an open boat near the stern
- sternwheel — a paddle wheel at the stern of a vessel.
- stonebrash — a type of subsoil consisting of small or broken stones or rock
- stonehorse — a stallion or uncastrated male horse
- straighten — make straight
- strengthen — to make stronger; give strength to.
- stretching — the activity of straightening the arms and legs and tightening the muscles
- strychnine — Pharmacology. a colorless, crystalline poison, C 2 1 H 2 2 N 2 O 2 , obtained chiefly by extraction from the seeds of nux vomica, formerly used as a central nervous system stimulant.
- subtrahend — a number that is subtracted from another.
- 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.
- sutherland — Earl Wilbur, Jr. 1915–74, U.S. biochemist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1971.
- tannhauser — a German lyric poet of the 13th century: a well-known legend tells of his stay with Venus in the Venusberg and his later repentance.
- tchernosem — chernozem.
- the minors — the minor leagues, esp. in baseball
- the screen — the film industry or films collectively
- the strand — a street in W central London, parallel to the Thames: famous for its hotels and theatres
- thunderous — producing thunder or a loud noise like thunder: thunderous applause.
- thuner see — German name of Lake of Thun.
- transshape — to change shape
- trichinose — to infest with parasitic worms (trichinae)
- 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.
- 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.
- turn heads — to be so beautiful, unusual, or impressive as to attract a lot of attention
- unchristen — unchristian
- undershirt — a collarless, usually pullover undergarment for the torso, usually of cotton and either sleeveless and low-cut or with sleeves, worn chiefly by men and children.
- undershoot — to shoot or launch a projectile that strikes under or short of (a target).
- undersight — the power or faculty of seeing; perception of objects by use of the eyes; vision.
- urosthenic — having a tail which drives movement of the body
- winchester — (in the Middle Ages) a kingdom, later an earldom, in S England. Capital: Winchester.
- worthiness — having adequate or great merit, character, or value: a worthy successor.
- wrathiness — the state of being very angry
- wristphone — A mobile phone that is built into a wristwatch.