10-letter words containing r, o, s, h
- polyhistor — a person of great and varied learning.
- porphyrous — of or relating to porphyry
- portsmouth — a seaport in S Hampshire, in S England, on the English Channel: chief British naval station.
- post horse — a horse kept, as at a station on a post road, for the use of persons riding post or for hire by travelers.
- post-truth — of or relating to a culture in which appeals to the emotions tend to prevail over facts and logical arguments
- powerhouse — Electricity. a generating station.
- pre-school — Pre-school is used to describe things relating to the care and education of children before they reach the age when they have to go to school.
- prehension — the act of seizing or grasping.
- prehistory — human history in the period before recorded events, known mainly through archaeological discoveries, study, research, etc.; history of prehistoric humans.
- priesthood — the condition or office of a priest.
- print shop — a shop where prints or graphics are sold.
- prometheus — a Titan, the father of Deucalion and brother of Atlas and Epimetheus, who taught humankind various arts and was sometimes said to have shaped humans out of clay and endowed them with the spark of life. For having stolen fire from Olympus and given it to humankind in defiance of Zeus, he was chained to a rock where an eagle daily tore at his liver, until he was finally released by Hercules.
- pronephros — one of the three embryonic excretory organs of vertebrates, which becomes the functional kidney of certain primitive fishes.
- prophesied — to foretell or predict.
- prophetess — a woman who speaks for God or a deity, or by divine inspiration.
- prosphoron — an uncut loaf of altar bread before it is consecrated.
- prostheses — a device, either external or implanted, that substitutes for or supplements a missing or defective part of the body.
- prosthesis — a device, either external or implanted, that substitutes for or supplements a missing or defective part of the body.
- prosthetic — of or relating to an artificial body part or prosthesis: He was fitted for a prosthetic arm.
- prothallus — prothallium.
- psychogram — a message believed to be written by a spirit or authored by psychical means
- push broom — a wide broom with a long handle, pushed by hand and used for sweeping large areas.
- pyrophorus — a substance which ignites when exposed to air
- pyrrhonism — the Skeptic doctrines of Pyrrho and his followers.
- pythagoras — c582–c500 b.c, Greek philosopher, mathematician, and religious reformer.
- quebrachos — Plural form of quebracho.
- race-horse — a horse bred or kept for racing, especially in flat races or steeplechases.
- racehorses — Plural form of racehorse.
- raree show — peep show.
- rawsthorne — Alan. 1905–71, English composer, whose works include three symphonies, several concertos, and a set of Symphonic Studies (1939)
- restharrow — a low, pink-flowered European shrub, Ononis spinosa, of the legume family, having tough roots that hinder the plow or harrow.
- rhapsodist — a person who rhapsodizes.
- rhapsodize — to talk with extravagant enthusiasm.
- rheostatic — an adjustable resistor so constructed that its resistance may be changed without opening the circuit in which it is connected, thereby controlling the current in the circuit.
- 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.
- rhinoscope — a special instrument used to examine the nasal passages
- rhinoscopy — examination of the nasal passages, esp with a rhinoscope
- rhinovirus — any of a varied and widespread group of picornaviruses responsible for many respiratory diseases, including the common cold.
- rhodoplast — a plastid found in red algae, containing red pigment as well as chlorophyll
- rhoicissus — any plant of the climbing genus Rhoicissus, related to and resembling cissus, esp R. rhomboidea (grape ivy), grown for its shiny evergreen foliage: family Vitaceae
- rhomboides — a rhomboid
- ribbonfish — any of several marine fishes of the families Trachipteridae, Regalicidae, and Lophotidae, having a long, compressed, ribbonlike body.
- richardson — Henry Handel (Henrietta Richardson Robertson) 1870–1946, Australian novelist.
- rifle shot — sound of shotgun fire
- ring shout — a group dance of West African origin introduced into parts of the southern U.S. by black revivalists, performed by shuffling counterclockwise in a circle while answering shouts of a preacher with corresponding shouts, and held to be, in its vigorous antiphonal patterns, a source in the development of jazz.
- ring-shout — a group dance of West African origin introduced into parts of the southern U.S. by black revivalists, performed by shuffling counterclockwise in a circle while answering shouts of a preacher with corresponding shouts, and held to be, in its vigorous antiphonal patterns, a source in the development of jazz.
- rodfishing — angling or fishing using a fishing rod
- rose aphid — a dark green aphid, Macrosiphum rosae, that feeds on roses and related plants.
- rosy finch — any of several finches of the genus Leucosticte, of Asia and western North America, having dark brown plumage with a pinkish wash on the wings and rump.