10-letter words containing r, e, f, s, h
- horsethief — Alternative spelling of horse thief.
- housefront — the façade of a house
- hoverflies — Plural form of hoverfly.
- infighters — Plural form of infighter.
- infosphere — electronic communication and networking as a whole
- inshore of — nearer than (something else) to the shore
- kingfisher — any of numerous fish- or insect-eating birds of the family Alcedinidae that have a large head and a long, stout bill and are usually crested and brilliantly colored.
- marsh fern — a fern, Thelypteris palustris, having pinnatifid fronds and growing in wet places.
- marshfield — a city in SE Massachusetts.
- oysterfish — the oyster toadfish. See under toadfish (def 1).
- priestfish — blue rockfish.
- queer fish — strange person
- redshifted — (of radiation) having undergone a redshift.
- refinisher — a person who professionally refinishes or restores buildings or antique furniture
- refreshing — having the power to restore freshness, vitality, energy, etc.: a refreshing nap.
- rifle shot — sound of shotgun fire
- river fish — a freshwater fish
- rudderfish — any of various fishes having the habit of following behind ships, as a pilot fish.
- schefflera — any of various tropical trees or shrubs belonging to the genus Schefflera, of the ginseng family, having glossy, palmately compound leaves and often cultivated as a houseplant.
- schrieffer — John Robert, born 1931, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1972.
- self-worth — the sense of one's own value or worth as a person; self-esteem; self-respect.
- send forth — to be a source of; cause to appear; give out or forth; produce, emit, utter, etc.
- sheep farm — place where sheep are raised
- shelf mark — a symbol indicating the location of a work on a shelf.
- shellproof — protected against the explosive effect of shells or bombs.
- shipfitter — a person who forms plates, shapes, etc., of ship according to plans, patterns, or molds.
- 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.
- shorefront — land along a shore.
- short fuse — a quick temper: A person with a short fuse has to be handled diplomatically.
- short-life — not designed to last
- silverfish — a white or silvery goldfish, Carassius auratus.
- starfished — lying with arms and legs outstretched; spread-eagled
- stepfather — the husband of one's mother by a later marriage.
- stouthrief — theft using force or violence
- suckerfish — remora.
- the forces — the armed services of a nation
- threadfish — any of several jacks of the genus Alectis, especially A. ciliaris, having the front rays of the dorsal and anal fins greatly elongated.
- thriftless — without thrift; improvident; wasteful.
- wharf shed — a building located on or near a pier (piershed) or wharf (wharf shed) used for short-term storage of cargo in transit.
- wherefores — Plural form of wherefore.
- zebra fish — any of various fishes with barred, zebralike markings; often, specif., a danio (Danio rerio) that is kept in aquariums and used in genetic research