10-letter words containing n, o, s, h
- stanchions — an upright bar, beam, post, or support, as in a window, stall, ship, etc.
- 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
- stephenson — George, 1781–1848, English inventor and engineer.
- sticharion — a white tunic of silk or linen, corresponding to the alb, worn by deacons, priests, and bishops.
- stonebrash — a type of subsoil consisting of small or broken stones or rock
- stonehenge — a prehistoric monument on Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire, England, consisting of a large circle of megaliths surrounding a smaller circle and four massive trilithons; dating to late Neolithic and early Bronze Age times (c1700–1200 b.c.) and believed to have been connected with a sun cult or used for astronomical observations.
- stonehorse — a stallion or uncastrated male horse
- stracchino — a soft cheese from North Italy
- stronghold — a well-fortified place; fortress.
- stylophone — a type of battery-powered electronic instrument played with a steel-tipped penlike stylus
- sulphonate — a salt or ester of any sulphonic acid containing the ion RSO2O– or the group RSO2O–, R being an organic group
- sulphonium — the hypothetical univalent radical -SH3
- superphone — a telephone with a high-speed processor that can perform many of the functions of a computer
- sutton hoo — an archaeological site in Suffolk, England: a rowing boat, 80 feet (24 meters) long, discovered here and believed to have been buried a.d. c670 by Anglo-Saxons, possibly as a cenotaph in honor of a king.
- sycophancy — self-seeking or servile flattery.
- symphonion — a 19th-century mechanical music player
- symphonist — a composer who writes symphonies.
- symphonize — to play or sound together harmoniously.
- synaloepha — the blending of two successive vowels into one, especially the coalescence of a vowel at the end of one word with a vowel at the beginning of the next.
- synanthous — relating to plants whose leaves and flowers expand simultaneously
- synchronal — synchronous.
- synchronic — having reference to the facts of a linguistic system as it exists at one point in time without reference to its history: synchronic analysis; synchronic dialectology.
- synecdoche — a figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole or the whole for a part, the special for the general or the general for the special, as in ten sail for ten ships or a Croesus for a rich man.
- synthronus — a combined throne for a bishop and his presbyters
- syon house — a mansion near Brentford in London: originally a monastery, rebuilt in the 16th century, altered by Inigo Jones in the 17th century, and by Robert Adam in the 18th century; seat of the Dukes of Northumberland; gardens laid out by Capability Brown
- tchernosem — chernozem.
- thanatosis — (of an animal) the ability to fake death in order to evade a predator or any other unwelcome intrusion
- the dozens — a form of verbal play in which the participants exchange witty, ribald taunts and insults, often specif. about each other's mother
- the hounds — a pack of foxhounds, etc
- the minors — the minor leagues, esp. in baseball
- the solent — a strait of the English Channel between the coast of Hampshire, on the English mainland, and the Isle of Wight. Width: up to 6 km (4 miles)
- theme song — a melody in an operetta or musical comedy so emphasized by repetition as to dominate the presentation.
- theodosian — of or relating to Theodosius I, who made Christianity the official state religion of the Roman Empire.
- theonomous — the state of an individual or society that regards its own nature and norms as being in accord with the divine nature.
- theopneust — inspired by God or a god
- thousandth — last in order of a series of a thousand.
- thunderous — producing thunder or a loud noise like thunder: thunderous applause.
- timoshenko — Semion Konstantinovich [syi-myawn ken-stuhn-tyee-nuh-vyich] /syɪˈmyɔn kɛn stʌnˈtyi nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1895–1970, Russian general.
- tonguefish — any of several flatfishes of the family Cynoglossidae, having the tail tapered to a point.
- tonishness — the quality or state of being tonish
- torch song — a popular song concerned with unhappiness or failure in love.
- touchstone — a test or criterion for the qualities of a thing.
- town house — a house in the city, especially as distinguished from a house in the country owned by the same person.
- toyishness — the quality or state of being toyish
- trichinose — to infest with parasitic worms (trichinae)
- trichinous — pertaining to or of the nature of trichinosis.
- 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.
- trunk show — a showing and sale in a retail store of an entire collection of clothing, jewelry, etc., from a particular designer.
- unactorish — not resembling or characteristic of actors or acting