10-letter words containing o, n, h, e
- prehominid — any of the extinct humanlike primates classified in the former family Prehominidae.
- princehood — the office or rank of a prince
- prohormone — the inactive precursor molecule from which a hormone is derived.
- promethean — of or suggestive of Prometheus.
- pronephros — one of the three embryonic excretory organs of vertebrates, which becomes the functional kidney of certain primitive fishes.
- push money — a cash inducement provided by a manufacturer or distributor for a retailer or his staff, to reward successful selling
- pyrotechny — the art of making fireworks
- pythogenic — originating from filth or putrescence.
- radiophone — a radiotelephone.
- rawsthorne — Alan. 1905–71, English composer, whose works include three symphonies, several concertos, and a set of Symphonic Studies (1939)
- renography — x-ray examination of the kidney following injection of a radiopaque substance.
- rhinestone — an artificial gem of paste, often cut to resemble a diamond.
- rhinoceros — any of several large, thick-skinned, perissodactyl mammals of the family Rhinocerotidae, of Africa and India, having one or two upright horns on the snout: all rhinoceroses are endangered.
- rhinorrhea — an excessive discharge of mucus from the nose.
- rhinoscope — a special instrument used to examine the nasal passages
- rhinotheca — the covering of the upper part of the beak in birds
- rhizogenic — producing roots, as certain cells.
- rhizoplane — the part of the root of a plant that is near the soil surface
- rhodophane — the red colour found in the inner cones of the retina in animals
- rhone wine — any of numerous varieties of wine produced in the Rhone River valley, between Lyons and the Mediterranean.
- richthofen — Baron Manfred von [mahn-freyt fuh n] /ˈmɑn freɪt fən/ (Show IPA), ("Red Baron"or"Red Knight") 1892–1918, German aviator.
- rough-hewn — to hew (timber, stone, etc.) roughly or without smoothing or finishing.
- roundheels — a prostitute.
- roundhouse — a building for the servicing and repair of locomotives, built around a turntable in the form of some part of a circle.
- ruthenious — containing bivalent ruthenium.
- scherzando — (a musical direction) playful; sportive.
- schoenberg — Arnold (ˈarnɔlt). 1874–1951, Austrian composer and musical theorist, in the US after 1933. The harmonic idiom of such early works as the string sextet Verklärte Nacht (1899) gave way to his development of atonality, as in the song cycle Pierrot Lunaire (1912), and later of the twelve-tone technique. He wrote many choral, orchestral, and chamber works and the unfinished opera Moses and Aaron
- schongauer — Martin [mahr-tn;; German mahr-teen] /ˈmɑr tn;; German ˈmɑr tin/ (Show IPA), c1430–91, German engraver and painter.
- screenshot — Also called screen capture. a copy or image of what is seen on a computer screen at a given time: Save the screenshot as a graphics file.
- scruncheon — (in Newfoundland) a small crisp piece of fried pork fat
- scunthorpe — a town in E England, in North Lincolnshire unitary authority, Lincolnshire: developed rapidly after the discovery of local iron ore in the late 19th century; iron and steel industries have declined. Pop: 72 660 (2001)
- sea anchor — any of various devices, as a drogue, that have great resistance to being pulled through the water and are dropped forward of a vessel at the end of a cable to hold the bow into the wind or sea during a storm.
- secondhand — not directly known or experienced; obtained from others or from books: Most of our knowledge is secondhand.
- send forth — to be a source of; cause to appear; give out or forth; produce, emit, utter, etc.
- sextonship — the office of a sexton
- shackleton — Sir Ernest Henry, 1874–1922, English explorer of the Antarctic.
- shake down — an act or instance of shaking, rocking, swaying, etc.
- shake-down — an act or instance of shaking, rocking, swaying, etc.
- shape note — a musical note in which the degree of the scale is indicated by the shape of the note's head.
- shear zone — Geology. a zone of closely spaced, approximately parallel faults or dispersed displacements.
- sheet down — (of rain) to fall heavily in sheets
- shellbound — encased in, or confined to, a shell
- shenandoah — a river flowing NE from N Virginia to the Potomac at Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. About 200 miles (322 km) long.
- shevchenko — Taras Grigoryevich [Russian tah-ruh s gryi-gawr-yi-vyich] /Russian ˈtɑ rəs gryɪˈgɔr yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1814–61, Ukrainian national poet.
- ship money — a tax levied to finance the fitting out of warships: abolished 1640
- shoddiness — of poor quality or inferior workmanship: a shoddy bookcase.
- shoe-shine — an act or instance of cleaning and polishing a pair of shoes.
- shoestring — a shoelace.
- shorefront — land along a shore.
- short line — a bus or rail route covering only a limited distance.