10-letter words containing s, h, a, p
- upanishads — any of a class of speculative prose treatises composed between the 8th and 6th centuries b.c. and first written a.d. c1300: they represent a philosophical development beyond the Vedas, having as their principal message the unity of Brahman and Atman.
- upflashing — flashing or flaring up
- upheapings — acts or instances of heaping up
- upsmanship — one-upmanship.
- wappenshaw — a periodic muster or review of troops or persons under arms, formerly held in certain districts of Scotland to satisfy military chiefs that their men were properly armed and faithful to the local lord or chieftain.
- wardenship — The state of being a warden.
- washing-up — to apply water or some other liquid to (something or someone) for the purpose of cleansing; cleanse by dipping, rubbing, or scrubbing in water or some other liquid.
- watchstrap — fabric strip on a wearable timepiece
- welsh harp — a type of harp in which the strings are arranged in three rows, used esp for the accompaniment of singing, improvisation on folk tunes, etc
- 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.
- whip snake — any of several long, slender New World snakes of the genus Masticophis, the tail of which resembles a whip.
- whip-smart — extremely clever
- whip-stall — a stall during a vertical climb in which the nose of the airplane falls forward and downward in a whiplike movement.
- whiplashes — Plural form of whiplash.
- whipsawing — Present participle of whipsaw.
- whipstalls — Plural form of whipstall.
- white pass — a mountain pass in SE Alaska, near Skagway. 2888 feet (880 meters) high.
- whitespace — Alternative spelling of white space.
- xanthopsia — A visual defect, a form of chromatopsia in which everything appears yellow.
- xenophanes — c570–c480 b.c, Greek philosopher and poet.
- xiphopagus — either of a pair of Siamese twins joined at the lower sternum or xiphoid process
- xiphosuran — any chelicerate arthropod of the subclass Xiphosura, including the horseshoe crabs and many extinct forms
- xylographs — Plural form of xylograph.
- yesmanship — An atmosphere in which people claim to agree with leadership for political reasons, even when they don't actually agree with leadership.
- zoophagous — carnivorous.
- zoothapsis — (archaic, nonce) premature burial.
- zythepsary — (rare) A brewery.