10-letter words containing r, u, t, h
- saurashtra — a former state in W India, comprising most of Kathiawar peninsula: now part of Gujarat state. 21,062 sq. mi. (54,550 sq. km).
- schumpeter — Joseph Alois [uh-lois] /əˈlɔɪs/ (Show IPA), 1883–1950, U.S. economist, born in Austria.
- scunthorpe — a town in E England, in North Lincolnshire unitary authority, Lincolnshire: developed rapidly after the discovery of local iron ore in the late 19th century; iron and steel industries have declined. Pop: 72 660 (2001)
- search out — hunt for, seek
- shear stud — a stud that transfers shear stress between metal and concrete in composite structural members in which the stud is welded to the metal component
- short fuse — a quick temper: A person with a short fuse has to be handled diplomatically.
- short-haul — of, relating to, or engaged in transportation over short distances: a short-haul trucking firm.
- shortcrust — light crumbly pastry
- shotgunner — a person who is skilled with a shotgun
- shutterbug — an amateur photographer, especially one who is greatly devoted to the hobby.
- shuttering — a solid or louvered movable cover for a window.
- slaughtery — a slaughterhouse
- smartmouth — a witty or sarcastic person
- southerner — a native or inhabitant of the south.
- southernly — southerly.
- southwards — moving, bearing, facing, or situated toward the south.
- spherulite — a rounded aggregate of radiating crystals found in obsidian and other glassy igneous rocks.
- sprightful — sprightly.
- storehouse — a building in which things are stored.
- stoutherie — theft
- stouthrief — theft using force or violence
- stretchout — a deliberate extension of time for meeting a production quota.
- strophulus — a papular eruption of the skin, especially in infants, occurring in several forms and usually harmless.
- struthious — resembling or related to the ostriches or other ratite birds.
- subchapter — a subdivision especially of a body of laws.
- subcharter — to rent a chartered vehicle
- subtrahend — a number that is subtracted from another.
- sulphurate — to combine or treat with sulphur or a sulphur compound
- superbitch — an exceptionally spiteful woman, a very bitchy person
- superlight — extremely light
- superthick — extremely thick
- supertight — extremely tight
- sure thing — something that is or is supposed to be a certain success, as a bet or a business venture: He thinks that real estate is a sure thing.
- suretyship — the relationship between the surety, the principal debtor, and the creditor.
- sutherland — Earl Wilbur, Jr. 1915–74, U.S. biochemist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1971.
- synthronus — a combined throne for a bishop and his presbyters
- tannhauser — a German lyric poet of the 13th century: a well-known legend tells of his stay with Venus in the Venusberg and his later repentance.
- tarahumara — a member of an American Indian people of the Sierra Madre region of the state of Chihuahua, Mexico.
- tatpurusha — a compound of two words in which the first is an attributive noun and the second a substantive, as bookcase, aircraft, or flowerpot.
- tauromachy — the art or technique of bullfighting.
- tetterbush — an evergreen shrub, Lyonia lucida, of the southeastern U.S., having leathery leaves and white to pink flowers.
- the absurd — the conception of the world, esp in Existentialist thought, as neither designed nor predictable but irrational and meaningless
- the burren — a limestone area on the North Clare coast in the Irish Republic, famous for its wild flowers, caves, and dolmens
- the cratur — whisky or whiskey
- the crunch — the critical moment or situation
- the dergue — the socialist ruling body of Ethiopia, established in 1974
- the gutter — a poverty-stricken, degraded, or criminal environment
- the purple — high rank; nobility
- theocritus — flourished c270 b.c, Greek poet.
- thereabout — about or near that place or time: last June or thereabout.