10-letter words containing p, e, r, i, h
- russophile — a person who is friendly to, admires, or prefers Russia or Russian customs, institutions, etc.
- sapphirine — consisting of sapphire; like sapphire, especially in color.
- sarcophile — a flesh-eating animal, especially the Tasmanian devil.
- schipperke — one of a Belgian breed of small dogs having erect ears and a thick, black coat, originally used as a watchdog on boats in the Netherlands and Belgium.
- semaphoric — an apparatus for conveying information by means of visual signals, as a light whose position may be changed.
- semisphere — shaped like half a sphere; hemispheric.
- serigraphy — a print made by the silkscreen process.
- sharpening — the act of making the edge of something very thin or of making its end pointed
- ship-bread — hardtack.
- shipfitter — a person who forms plates, shapes, etc., of ship according to plans, patterns, or molds.
- shipmaster — a person who commands a ship; master; captain.
- shopfitter — a worker who makes and installs fittings for commercial premises
- shoplifter — a person who steals goods from the shelves or displays of a retail store while posing as a customer.
- shrimp net — a net for catching shrimps
- shrimplike — any of several small, long-tailed, chiefly marine crustaceans of the decapod suborder Natania, certain species of which are used as food.
- shropshire — a former county in W England, now part of Salop.
- sleepshirt — a shirtlike garment, usually knee-length or shorter, worn for sleeping.
- 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.
- spherelike — relating to or resembling spheres
- sphericity — a spherical state or form.
- spheroidal — pertaining to a spheroid or spheroids.
- spherulite — a rounded aggregate of radiating crystals found in obsidian and other glassy igneous rocks.
- spike-rush — any perennial plant of the temperate cyperaceous genus Eleocharis, occurring esp by ponds, and having underground stems, narrow leaves, and small flowers
- spirochete — any of various spiral-shaped motile bacteria of the family Spirochaetaceae, certain species, as Treponema, Leptospira, and Borrelia, being pathogenic to humans and other animals, and other species being free-living, saprophytic, or parasitic.
- spirophore — a device for producing artificial respiration
- springhare — a leaping and burrowing rodent, Pedetes capensis, native to southern Africa, having kangaroolike legs and long, pointed ears.
- springhead — a spring or fountainhead from which a stream flows.
- strophiole — a small growth on some plants' seeds
- subphrenic — underneath the diaphragm
- sulphurise — to combine, treat, or impregnate with sulfur.
- sulphurize — to combine or treat with sulphur or a sulphur compound
- super-rich — having wealth or great possessions; abundantly supplied with resources, means, or funds; wealthy: a rich man; a rich nation.
- superbitch — an exceptionally spiteful woman, a very bitchy person
- superhelix — a coil formed by intertwined helical DNA or by protein chains.
- superlight — extremely light
- superthick — extremely thick
- supertight — extremely tight
- suretyship — the relationship between the surety, the principal debtor, and the creditor.
- tcherepnin — Alexander (Aleksandr Nikolaevich) 1899–1977, Russian pianist and composer, in the U.S.
- the pamirs — a mountainous area of central Asia, mainly in Tajikistan and partly in Kyrgyzstan, extending into China and Afghanistan: consists of a complex of high ranges, from which the Tian Shan projects to the north, the Kunlun and Karakoram to the east, and the Hindu Kush to the west; Ismoil Somoni (formerly Communism Peak) is situated in the Tajik Pamirs. Highest peak: Kongur Shan, 7719 m (25 326 ft)
- the prince — a treatise on statecraft (1513) by Niccolò Machiavelli.
- the spirit — Holy Spirit
- the-prince — a treatise on statecraft (1513) by Niccolò Machiavelli.
- theophoric — having the name of a god embedded in something, such as a name
- thermopile — a device consisting of a number of thermocouples joined in series, used for generating thermoelectric current or for detecting and measuring radiant energy, as from a star.
- thesprotia — an ancient coastal district in SW Epirus.
- thrippence — threepence.
- trephining — a small circular saw with a center pin mounted on a strong hollow metal shaft to which is attached a transverse handle: used in surgery to remove circular disks of bone from the skull.
- tripehound — an objectionable person
- triphammer — Machinery. a heavy hammer raised and then let fall by means of some tripping device, as a cam.