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10-letter words containing r, o, s, h

  • send forth — to be a source of; cause to appear; give out or forth; produce, emit, utter, etc.
  • set theory — the branch of mathematics that deals with relations between sets.
  • share shop — A share shop is a shop or Internet website where members of the public can buy shares in companies.
  • shear zone — Geology. a zone of closely spaced, approximately parallel faults or dispersed displacements.
  • shellproof — protected against the explosive effect of shells or bombs.
  • sherbrooke — a city in S Quebec, in SE Canada.
  • shirtfront — front of a shirt
  • shockproof — Also, shock-proof. (of timepieces, machinery, etc.) protected against damage resulting from anticipated shocks.
  • shoe cream — cream for polishing shoes
  • shoestring — a shoelace.
  • shop floor — The shop floor is used to refer to all the ordinary workers in a factory or the area where they work, especially in contrast to the people who are in charge.
  • shop front — A shop front is the outside part of a shop which faces the street, including the door and windows.
  • shop right — the right of an employer to use an employee's invention without compensating the employee for the use, in cases where the invention was made at the place of and during the hours of employment.
  • shopfitter — a worker who makes and installs fittings for commercial premises
  • shopkeeper — a retail merchant or tradesman; a person who owns or operates a small store or shop.
  • shoplifter — a person who steals goods from the shelves or displays of a retail store while posing as a customer.
  • shopwalker — a floorwalker.
  • shore bird — a bird that frequents seashores, estuaries, etc., as the snipe, sandpiper, plover, and turnstone; a limicoline bird.
  • shore crab — any of numerous crabs that live along the shoreline between the tidemarks, as Hemigrapsus nudus (purple shore crab) of the Pacific coast of North America.
  • shore lark — a bird: Eremophila alpestris
  • shorefront — land along a shore.
  • short bill — a bill of exchange that is payable at sight, on demand, or within less than ten days
  • short code — (language)   (SHORTCODE) A pseudocode interpreter for mathematics problems, designed by John Mauchly in 1949 to execute on Eckert and Mauchly's BINAC and later on UNIVAC I and II. Short Code was possibly the first attempt at a high level language.
  • short fuse — a quick temper: A person with a short fuse has to be handled diplomatically.
  • short game — the aspect of golf considered in relation to the ability of a player to hit medium or short shots, as chip shots, pitch shots, and putts, with accuracy. Compare long game (def 1).
  • short head — a distance shorter than the length of a horse's head
  • short iron — a club, as a pitcher, pitching niblick, or niblick, with a short shaft and an iron head the face of which has great slope, for hitting approach shots.
  • short line — a bus or rail route covering only a limited distance.
  • short loin — the front part of a loin of beef, from the ribs to the sirloin
  • short odds — (in betting) an almost even chance
  • short rate — a charge, proportionately higher than the annual rate, made for insurance issued or continued in force by the insured for less than one year.
  • short ream — 480 sheets of paper
  • short ribs — the rib ends of beef from the forequarter, next to the plate
  • short sale — an act or instance of selling short.
  • short time — a period or schedule during which the number of working hours is reduced: The recession has put most of the manufacturing plants on short time.
  • short wave — Electricity. a radio wave, shorter than that used in AM broadcasting, corresponding to frequencies of over 1600 kilohertz: used for long-distance reception or transmission.
  • short-arse — a small man
  • short-form — noting or relating to journalistic content or a genre of journalism characterized by short articles.
  • short-hand — a method of rapid handwriting using simple strokes, abbreviations, or symbols that designate letters, words, or phrases (distinguished from longhand).
  • short-haul — of, relating to, or engaged in transportation over short distances: a short-haul trucking firm.
  • short-laid — hard-laid.
  • short-life — not designed to last
  • short-list — to put on a short list.
  • short-stay — available or valid for a limited time
  • short-term — covering or applying to a relatively short period of time.
  • short-wave — Electricity. a radio wave, shorter than that used in AM broadcasting, corresponding to frequencies of over 1600 kilohertz: used for long-distance reception or transmission.
  • shortboard — a type of surfboard that is shorter than standard
  • shortbread — a butter cookie commonly made in thick, pie-shaped wheels or rolled and cut in fancy shapes.
  • shortcrust — light crumbly pastry
  • shortening — butter, lard, or other fat, used to make pastry, bread, etc., short.
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