10-letter words containing s, h, a
- algorithms — Plural form of algorithm.
- alkahestic — of or relating to the alkahest
- all thumbs — clumsy
- allhallows — All Saints' Day
- allis shad — a now rare migratory species of fish (Alosa alosa) of European coastal waters that travels up rivers to spawn: family Clupeiformes
- allographs — Plural form of allograph.
- allomorphs — Plural form of allomorph.
- allophones — Plural form of allophone.
- allotheism — the worship of gods foreign to one's own land or culture
- almshouses — Plural form of almshouse.
- alongshore — close to, by, or along a shore
- alpenhorns — Plural form of alpenhorn.
- alpha-test — an in-house test of a new or modified piece of computer software
- alphavirus — Any virus of the genus Alphavirus (family Togaviridae).
- amaranthus — Any of the genus Amaranthus; an amaranth.
- amateurish — If you describe something as amateurish, you think that it is not skilfully made or done.
- ambush bug — any of several carnivorous bugs of the family Phymatidae, inhabiting tropical areas in the Americas and Asia, that lie concealed in flowers to prey on insects.
- ambushment — an act or instance of lying concealed so as to attack by surprise: The highwaymen waited in ambush near the road.
- amphiaraus — a hero who joined the Seven against Thebes, although he knew that his death was fated: deified after death.
- amphiaster — the structure that occurs in a cell undergoing mitosis, consisting of a spindle with an aster at each end
- amphibians — any cold-blooded vertebrate of the class Amphibia, comprising frogs and toads, newts and salamanders, and caecilians, the larvae being typically aquatic, breathing by gills, and the adults being typically semiterrestrial, breathing by lungs and through the moist, glandular skin.
- amphibious — In an amphibious military operation, army and navy forces attack a place from the sea.
- amphidamas — a son of Aleus who, with his brother Cepheus, joined the Argonauts.
- amphimarus — a son of Poseidon, sometimes believed to be the father, by Urania, of the poet Linus.
- amphimixes — Plural form of amphimixis.
- amphimixis — true sexual reproduction by the fusion of gametes from two organisms
- amphinomus — Penelope's favorite suitor.
- amphiscian — an inhabitant of the tropics
- an lu shan — 703–57 ad, Chinese military governor. He declared himself emperor (756) and seized the capital Chang An; murdered by a eunuch slave
- anachorism — a geographical misplacement; something located in an incongruous position
- anal phase — Psychoanalysis. the second stage of psychosexual development during which the child, usually at two years of age, becomes preoccupied with defecation.
- anarchists — Plural form of anarchist.
- anarthrous — having no joints or articulated limbs
- anastrophe — reversal of the usual order of the parts of a sentence; inversion (Ex.: “Came the dawn”)
- anchorages — Plural form of anchorage.
- anchorites — Plural form of anchorite.
- anchorless — without an anchor
- anchylosis — (anatomy, medicine) alternative spelling of ankylosis.
- anesthesia — a partial or total loss of the sense of pain, temperature, touch, etc., produced by disease
- anesthetic — relating to, with, or characterized by anesthesia
- angle shot — a picture taken with the camera pointed obliquely at the subject, sometimes causing distortion of perspective and proportion.
- anglerfish — a bony fish with a growth on its head which can be wiggled to attract prey
- anglesmith — a blacksmith skilled in forging angle irons, beams, etc., into various forms used in shipbuilding.
- anguishing — excruciating or acute distress, suffering, or pain: the anguish of grief.
- anhidrosis — the absence of sweating
- anhydrides — Plural form of anhydride.
- anhydrosis — the deficiency or absence of perspiration; adiaphoresis.
- anschauung — direct or immediate intuition or perception of sense data with little or no rational interpretation.
- ant-thrush — any of several antbirds, especially of the genus Formicarius.
- anthemwise — alternately