10-letter words containing s, a, h, p, t
- soul patch — a small patch of facial hair below the centre of the lower lip and above the chin
- south pass — a mountain pass in SW Wyoming, cutting through the Rocky Mountains at the S of the Wind River range: part of the Oregon Trail.
- space shot — the launch of a spacecraft and its subsequent flight in space
- spatchcock — a fowl that has been dressed and split open for grilling.
- spathulate — spatulate.
- speech act — any of the acts that may be performed by a speaker in making an utterance, as stating, asking, requesting, advising, warning, or persuading, considered in terms of the content of the message, the intention of the speaker, and the effect on the listener.
- sphacelate — affected with gangrene
- sphalerite — a very common mineral, zinc sulfide, ZnS, usually containing some iron and a little cadmium, occurring in yellow, brown, or black crystals or cleavable masses with resinous luster: the principal ore of zinc and cadmium; blackjack.
- splash out — If you splash out on something, especially on a luxury, you buy it even though it costs a lot of money.
- springhalt — stringhalt.
- spycatcher — a person who works in counterintelligence to detect enemy espionage activities
- staphyline — having a form resembling a bunch of grapes
- staphyloma — a condition in which the sclera or cornea of the eye projects outwards due to inflammation
- stenograph — any of various keyboard instruments, somewhat resembling a typewriter, used for writing in shorthand, as by means of phonetic or arbitrary symbols.
- stepfather — the husband of one's mother by a later marriage.
- stephanite — a mineral, silver antimony sulfide, Ag 5 SbS 4 : an ore of silver.
- strathspey — a slow Scottish dance in quadruple meter.
- strip-wash — a thorough, all-over wash with a flannel, sponge, etc, and water but without getting into a bath or shower
- stylograph — a fountain pen in which the writing point is a fine, hollow tube instead of a nib.
- subchapter — a subdivision especially of a body of laws.
- subhepatic — of or relating to the liver.
- sulphatase — an enzyme of the esterase group that catalyses the hydrolysis of sulphate esters
- sulphatise — to convert into a sulfate, as by the roasting of ores.
- sulphonate — a salt or ester of any sulphonic acid containing the ion RSO2O– or the group RSO2O–, R being an organic group
- sulphurate — to combine or treat with sulphur or a sulphur compound
- sweat-shop — a shop employing workers at low wages, for long hours, and under poor conditions.
- sympathies — harmony of or agreement in feeling, as between persons or on the part of one person with respect to another.
- sympathise — to be in sympathy or agreement of feeling; share in a feeling (often followed by with).
- sympathize — to be in sympathy or agreement of feeling; share in a feeling (often followed by with).
- take shape — the quality of a distinct object or body in having an external surface or outline of specific form or figure.
- tatpurusha — a compound of two words in which the first is an attributive noun and the second a substantive, as bookcase, aircraft, or flowerpot.
- teichopsia — a temporary visual impairment associated with migraine
- tenantship — the state of being a tenant
- the pamirs — a mountainous area of central Asia, mainly in Tajikistan and partly in Kyrgyzstan, extending into China and Afghanistan: consists of a complex of high ranges, from which the Tian Shan projects to the north, the Kunlun and Karakoram to the east, and the Hindu Kush to the west; Ismoil Somoni (formerly Communism Peak) is situated in the Tajik Pamirs. Highest peak: Kongur Shan, 7719 m (25 326 ft)
- the pampas — vast plain of S South America, extending from the Atlantic across central Argentina to the Andes
- the papers — newspapers
- thesprotia — an ancient coastal district in SW Epirus.
- tipu sahib — 1750–99, sultan of Mysore 1782–99.
- toothpaste — a dentifrice in the form of paste.
- tophaceous — a calcareous concretion formed in the soft tissue about a joint, in the pinna of the ear, etc., especially in gout; a gouty deposit.
- transshape — to change shape
- trap house — a shelter from which the clay pigeons are released in trapshooting.
- trash heap — a heap of rubbish or garbage
- trophesial — involving or relating to trophesy
- typhaceous — belonging to the family of flowering plants Typhaceae
- ultrasharp — (of a monitor or screen) having very high definition
- unsympathy — lack of sympathy
- watchstrap — fabric strip on a wearable timepiece
- westphalia — a former province in NW Germany, now a part of North Rhine-Westphalia: treaty ending the Thirty Years' War 1648.
- what's up? — If you say to someone 'What's up?' or if you tell them what's up, you are asking them or telling them what is wrong or what is worrying them.