10-letter words containing s, h, e, a, r
- shore crab — any of numerous crabs that live along the shoreline between the tidemarks, as Hemigrapsus nudus (purple shore crab) of the Pacific coast of North America.
- shore lark — a bird: Eremophila alpestris
- short game — the aspect of golf considered in relation to the ability of a player to hit medium or short shots, as chip shots, pitch shots, and putts, with accuracy. Compare long game (def 1).
- short head — a distance shorter than the length of a horse's head
- short rate — a charge, proportionately higher than the annual rate, made for insurance issued or continued in force by the insured for less than one year.
- short ream — 480 sheets of paper
- short sale — an act or instance of selling short.
- short wave — Electricity. a radio wave, shorter than that used in AM broadcasting, corresponding to frequencies of over 1600 kilohertz: used for long-distance reception or transmission.
- short-arse — a small man
- short-wave — Electricity. a radio wave, shorter than that used in AM broadcasting, corresponding to frequencies of over 1600 kilohertz: used for long-distance reception or transmission.
- shortbread — a butter cookie commonly made in thick, pie-shaped wheels or rolled and cut in fancy shapes.
- showboater — a boat, especially a paddle-wheel steamer, used as a traveling theater.
- shower cap — a plastic cap worn in the shower to keep the hair dry
- shower tea — kitchen tea.
- showerhead — a brief fall of rain or, sometimes, of hail or snow.
- shreadhead — jerkinhead.
- shrievalty — the office, term, or jurisdiction of a sheriff.
- side chair — a straight-backed chair without arms.
- sight-read — Someone who can sight-read can play or sing music from a printed sheet the first time they see it, without practising it beforehand.
- sixth year — (in Scotland) the most senior class in a secondary school to which pupils, usually above the legal leaving age, may proceed to take sixth-year studies, retake or take additional Highers, etc
- slathering — to spread or apply thickly: to slather butter on toast.
- slaughtery — a slaughterhouse
- sloth bear — a coarse-haired, long-snouted bear, Ursus ursinus, of India and Indochina: now rare.
- smart home — a dwelling equipped with systems and appliances that can be operated remotely using a computer or mobile phone
- smartphone — a device that combines a cell phone with a handheld computer, typically offering Internet access, data storage, email capability, etc.
- solar-heat — to heat (a building) by means of solar energy.
- soothsayer — a person who professes to foretell events.
- 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.
- sphenogram — a cuneiform character.
- spheroidal — pertaining to a spheroid or spheroids.
- spreaghery — the activity or crime of raiding cattle
- springhare — a leaping and burrowing rodent, Pedetes capensis, native to southern Africa, having kangaroolike legs and long, pointed ears.
- springhead — a spring or fountainhead from which a stream flows.
- spycatcher — a person who works in counterintelligence to detect enemy espionage activities
- squabasher — a person who squabashes someone or something
- squarehead — a stupid person.
- squirearch — a member of the squirearchy.
- stadholder — the chief magistrate of the former republic of the United Provinces of the Netherlands.
- star shell — a shell that bursts in the air and produces a bright light to illuminate enemy positions.
- starchedly — in a starched manner
- starfished — lying with arms and legs outstretched; spread-eagled
- stealthier — done, characterized, or acting by stealth; furtive: stealthy footsteps.
- 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.
- stonebrash — a type of subsoil consisting of small or broken stones or rock
- straighten — make straight
- straighter — without a bend, angle, or curve; not curved; direct: a straight path.
- strathspey — a slow Scottish dance in quadruple meter.
- subchapter — a subdivision especially of a body of laws.
- subcharter — to rent a chartered vehicle