10-letter words containing r, o, t, h, a
- solar-heat — to heat (a building) by means of solar energy.
- soothsayer — a person who professes to foretell events.
- southwards — moving, bearing, facing, or situated toward the south.
- stadholder — the chief magistrate of the former republic of the United Provinces of the Netherlands.
- stenograph — any of various keyboard instruments, somewhat resembling a typewriter, used for writing in shorthand, as by means of phonetic or arbitrary symbols.
- sticharion — a white tunic of silk or linen, corresponding to the alb, worn by deacons, priests, and bishops.
- stonebrash — a type of subsoil consisting of small or broken stones or rock
- stracchino — a soft cheese from North Italy
- stylograph — a fountain pen in which the writing point is a fine, hollow tube instead of a nib.
- tachograph — a recording tachometer.
- tachometer — any of various instruments for measuring or indicating velocity or speed, as of a machine, a river, or the blood.
- tachometry — any of various instruments for measuring or indicating velocity or speed, as of a machine, a river, or the blood.
- taha māori — a Māori perspective or dimension of a subject
- tauromachy — the art or technique of bullfighting.
- technocrat — a proponent, adherent, or supporter of technocracy.
- technofear — fear of using technological devices, such as computers; technophobia
- tereshkova — Valentina Vladimirovna [vuh-lyin-tyee-nuh vluh-dyi-myee-ruh v-nuh] /və lyɪnˈtyi nə vlə dyɪˈmyi rəv nə/ (Show IPA), born 1937, Soviet cosmonaut: first woman in space 1963.
- terrachlor — pentachloronitrobenzene.
- tetrachord — a diatonic series of four tones, the first and last separated by a perfect fourth.
- tetrathlon — a contest featuring four sporting disciplines
- thalliform — resembling a thallus
- the azores — three groups of volcanic islands in the N Atlantic, since 1976 an autonomous region of Portugal. Capital: Ponta Delgada (on São Miguel). Pop: 241 762 (2001). Area: 2335 sq km (901 sq miles)
- the boards — the acting profession; the stage
- the dragon — the constellation Draco
- the majors — the major leagues
- the moirai — the Greek goddesses of fate
- theocratic — a form of government in which God or a deity is recognized as the supreme civil ruler, the God's or deity's laws being interpreted by the ecclesiastical authorities.
- thereabout — about or near that place or time: last June or thereabout.
- thereamong — amid or amongst
- thermogram — a graphic or visual record produced by thermography.
- thermostat — a device, including a relay actuated by thermal conduction or convection, that functions to establish and maintain a desired temperature automatically or signals a change in temperature for manual adjustment.
- thesprotia — an ancient coastal district in SW Epirus.
- thimerosal — a cream-colored, crystalline, water-soluble powder, C 9 H 9 HgNaO 2 S, used chiefly as an antiseptic.
- thiouracil — a white, slightly water-soluble, bitter, crystalline powder C 4 H 4 N 2 OS, used chiefly in treating hyperthyroidism by reducing the activity of the thyroid gland.
- thorianite — a rare mineral, mainly thoria, ThO 2 , but also containing uranium, cerium, and other rare-earth metals, occurring in small, black, cubic crystals: notable for its radioactivity and used as a minor source of thorium.
- thrash out — to beat soundly in punishment; flog.
- threadworm — any of various nematode worms, especially a pinworm.
- throatlash — the strap that holds a bridle in place, fastening under the horse's jaw
- throatwort — Campanula Trachelium, a bellflower having purplish flowers and a throat-shaped corolla and once thought to cure sore throats
- throughway — a limited-access toll highway providing a means of direct transportation between distant areas for high-speed automobile traffic.
- throw away — to propel or cast in any way, especially to project or propel from the hand by a sudden forward motion or straightening of the arm and wrist: to throw a ball.
- throw back — to propel or cast in any way, especially to project or propel from the hand by a sudden forward motion or straightening of the arm and wrist: to throw a ball.
- timocharis — a crater in the second quadrant of the face of the moon: about 25 miles (40 km) in diameter.
- tomography — a machine for making an x-ray of a selected plane of the body.
- tony hoare — Anthony Hoare
- tooth rash — strophulus.
- top-hamper — the light upper sails and their gear and spars, sometimes used to refer to all spars and gear above the deck.
- topography — the detailed mapping or charting of the features of a relatively small area, district, or locality.
- touchpaper — paper saturated with potassium nitrate to make it burn slowly, used for igniting explosives and fireworks.
- tovarishch — comrade (used as a term of address in the Soviet Union).