10-letter words containing s, h, a
- strathspey — a slow Scottish dance in quadruple meter.
- stringhalt — a nerve disorder in horses, causing exaggerated flexing movements of the hind legs in walking.
- strip-wash — a thorough, all-over wash with a flannel, sponge, etc, and water but without getting into a bath or shower
- study hall — (in some schools) a room used solely or chiefly for studying.
- stylograph — a fountain pen in which the writing point is a fine, hollow tube instead of a nib.
- sub-branch — a further branch or division of something within an already established branch or division
- subchapter — a subdivision especially of a body of laws.
- subcharter — to rent a chartered vehicle
- subchelate — having a claw with one pincer longer than the other
- subheading — a subordinate division of a title or heading.
- subhepatic — of or relating to the liver.
- subtrahend — a number that is subtracted from another.
- sugar bush — an evergreen shrub, Rhus ovata, of the cashew family, native to the desert regions of the southwestern U.S., having light yellow flowers in short, dense spikes and hairy, dark-red fruit.
- sugarhouse — a shed or other building where maple syrup or maple sugar is made.
- 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
- sunbathing — to take a sunbath.
- sungchiang — Older Spelling. Songjiang.
- superheavy — Chemistry, Physics. pertaining to any of a series of elements having an atomic number greater than 103.
- superhuman — above or beyond what is human; having a higher nature or greater powers than humans have: a superhuman being.
- supermacho — extremely macho
- supersharp — extremely sharp
- sutherland — Earl Wilbur, Jr. 1915–74, U.S. biochemist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1971.
- swatchbook — a booklet containing samples (of paper, cloth, etc)
- sweat-shop — a shop employing workers at low wages, for long hours, and under poor conditions.
- sweathouse — (especially among North American Indians) a special building used for cleansing and purifying one's body by sweating, in which heated water is poured over heated stones to produce steam.
- sweatshirt — a loose, long-sleeved, collarless pullover of soft, absorbent fabric, as cotton jersey, with close-fitting or elastic cuffs and sometimes a drawstring at the waist, commonly worn during athletic activity for warmth or to induce sweating.
- sweep hand — a hand, usually a second hand, centrally mounted with the minute and hour hands of a timepiece and reaching to the edge of the dial.
- sweetheart — either of a pair of lovers in relation to the other.
- switchable — a slender, flexible shoot, rod, etc., used especially in whipping or disciplining.
- switchback — a highway, as in a mountainous area, having many hairpin curves.
- switchgear — switching equipment used in an electric power station.
- switchyard — a railroad yard in which rolling stock is distributed or made up into trains.
- swung dash — a mark of punctuation (∼) used in place of a word or part of a word previously spelled out.
- sycophancy — self-seeking or servile flattery.
- 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).
- symphysial — of, relating to, or noting a symphysis.
- synaloepha — the blending of two successive vowels into one, especially the coalescence of a vowel at the end of one word with a vowel at the beginning of the next.
- synanthous — relating to plants whose leaves and flowers expand simultaneously
- synchronal — synchronous.
- synthetase — ligase.
- take shape — the quality of a distinct object or body in having an external surface or outline of specific form or figure.
- talk trash — to engage in trash talk
- 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.
- tashi lama — any of a succession of Tibetan monks and spiritual leaders, second in importance only to the Dalai Lama.
- tatpurusha — a compound of two words in which the first is an attributive noun and the second a substantive, as bookcase, aircraft, or flowerpot.