10-letter words containing r, e, t, h, i
- morphodite — (informal, slang) A comic slang version of hermaphrodite.
- mother wit — natural or practical intelligence, wit, or sense.
- motherlike — Having the quality or suggestive of a mother; maternal, motherly.
- mothership — a vessel or craft that services others operating far from a home port or center.
- murthering — Present participle of murther.
- mythicizer — One who mythicizes.
- near thing — an event or action whose outcome is nearly a failure, success, disaster, etc
- nephrolith — a renal calculus; kidney stone.
- neutrophil — (of a cell or cell part) having an affinity for neutral dyes.
- night robe — nightgown.
- nightdream — A dream that is experienced at night, sometimes as distinguished from a daydream. (from 16th c.).
- nightdress — nightclothes.
- nightmares — Plural form of nightmare.
- nightrider — one of a band of mounted men, especially in the southern U.S. during Reconstruction, who committed nocturnal acts of violence and intimidation against blacks and black sympathizers.
- northfield — a town in SE Minnesota.
- oireachtas — the parliament of the Republic of Ireland, consisting of the president, the Dail Eireann, and the Seanad Eireann.
- on the air — a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- ophiolater — a person who worships snakes
- orchestics — the art of dancing
- orchestric — relating to dancing
- orthocaine — a methyl ester used for local anaesthesia
- orthoepist — the study of correct pronunciation.
- orthogenic — Psychology. of, concerned with, or providing corrective treatment for mentally retarded or seriously disturbed children: orthogenic class.
- orthopedic — of or relating to orthopedics.
- orthopneic — difficult or painful breathing except in an erect sitting or standing position.
- orthorexia — (psychology) A fixation with healthy or righteous eating.
- orthorexic — Having a fixation with healthy or righteous eating.
- osterreich — German name of Austria.
- otherwhile — at another time or other times.
- overbright — radiating or reflecting light; luminous; shining: The bright coins shone in the gloom.
- overflight — an air flight that passes over a specific area, country, or territory: Overflights of foreign aircraft are closely monitored.
- overmighty — too forceful
- overstitch — a stitch made with a sewing machine, for binding or finishing a raw edge or hem.
- overweight — weighing too much or more than is considered normal, proper, etc.: overweight luggage; an overweight patient; two letters that may be overweight.
- oysterfish — the oyster toadfish. See under toadfish (def 1).
- pantherine — resembling a panther in manner or appearance
- paper-thin — extremely thin: a paper-thin razor blade.
- paperwhite — polyanthus (sense 2)
- parathesis — the placing of grammatically parallel words or phrases together; apposition
- pasticheur — a person who makes, composes, or concocts a pastiche.
- pathfinder — a historical novel (1840) by James Fenimore Cooper.
- periphytic — the community of tiny organisms, as protozoans, hydras, insect larvae, and snails, that lives on the surfaces of rooted aquatic plants.
- periphyton — the community of tiny organisms, as protozoans, hydras, insect larvae, and snails, that lives on the surfaces of rooted aquatic plants.
- perishment — to die or be destroyed through violence, privation, etc.: to perish in an earthquake.
- perithecia — the fruiting body of ascomycetous fungi, typically a minute, more or less completely closed, globose or flask-shaped body enclosing the asci.
- peritricha — ciliate protozoans, of the order Peritrichida, in which the cilia are restricted to a spiral around the mouth
- permethrin — a synthetic chemical compound with formula C21H20Cl2O3, effective as an insecticide and against various parasites
- perthshire — Perth (def 1).
- petri dish — a shallow, circular, glass or plastic dish with a loose-fitting cover over the top and sides, used for culturing bacteria and other microorganisms.
- phaneritic — (of a rock) having the principal constituents in the form of crystals visible to the naked eye.