10-letter words containing s, h, e, n, a
- ogden nash — John, 1752–1835, English architect and city planner.
- open flash — a photographic technique employing a flash fired while the camera shutter is held open.
- orphanages — Plural form of orphanage.
- panatheism — the belief that because there is no God, nothing can properly be termed sacred or holy.
- pantheress — a female panther
- parischane — a parish
- patchiness — characterized by or made up of patches.
- penmanship — the art of handwriting; the use of the pen in writing.
- pentastich — a strophe, stanza, or poem consisting of five lines or verses.
- phantasime — a person who is extremely imaginative and fanciful
- phantasize — to conceive fanciful or extravagant notions, ideas, suppositions, or the like (often followed by about): to fantasize about the ideal job.
- pheasantry — a place where pheasants are bred or are kept together
- phenoplast — phenolic resin.
- phosphagen — a high-energy phosphoric ester that serves as a reservoir of phosphate-bond energy, as phosphocreatine in vertebrates and phosphoarginine in invertebrates.
- phrenesiac — hypochondriacal
- phrensical — frenzical; frenzied
- poachiness — the state of being poachy
- preachings — the act or practice of a person who preaches.
- punishable — liable to or deserving punishment.
- rangership — the office or position of a ranger
- ranshackle — to ransack
- ravishment — rapture or ecstasy.
- rawsthorne — Alan. 1905–71, English composer, whose works include three symphonies, several concertos, and a set of Symphonic Studies (1939)
- red shanks — herb Robert.
- reichsbank — the former German national bank.
- rephrasing — to phrase again or differently: He rephrased the statement to give it less formality.
- revanchism — an advocate or supporter of a political policy of revanche, especially in order to seek vengeance for a previous military defeat.
- revanchist — an advocate or supporter of a political policy of revanche, especially in order to seek vengeance for a previous military defeat.
- saccharine — of the nature of or resembling that of sugar: a powdery substance with a saccharine taste.
- saehrimnir — a boar that is roasted and served up every night in Valhalla and grows whole by morning.
- safe haven — an area near a combat zone that is maintained as being free from military attack.
- sand perch — squirrelfish.
- sandwiched — two or more slices of bread or the like with a layer of meat, fish, cheese, etc., between each pair.
- sanmicheli — Michele [mee-ke-le] /miˈkɛ lɛ/ (Show IPA), 1484–1559, Italian architect and military engineer.
- sapphirine — consisting of sapphire; like sapphire, especially in color.
- schalstein — a slate-like rock formed by shearing basaltic or andesitic tuff or lava
- scharwenka — (Ludwig) Philipp [loot-vikh fee-lip] /ˈlut vɪx ˈfi lɪp/ (Show IPA), 1847–1917, German composer.
- scherzando — (a musical direction) playful; sportive.
- schliemann — Heinrich [hahyn-rikh] /ˈhaɪn rɪx/ (Show IPA), 1822–90, German archaeologist: excavated ancient cities of Troy and Mycenae.
- schongauer — Martin [mahr-tn;; German mahr-teen] /ˈmɑr tn;; German ˈmɑr tin/ (Show IPA), c1430–91, German engraver and painter.
- sea anchor — any of various devices, as a drogue, that have great resistance to being pulled through the water and are dropped forward of a vessel at the end of a cable to hold the bow into the wind or sea during a storm.
- sea change — a striking change, as in appearance, often for the better.
- sea urchin — any echinoderm of the class Echinoidea, having a somewhat globular or discoid form, and a shell composed of many calcareous plates covered with projecting spines.
- seamanship — knowledge and skill pertaining to the operation, navigation, management, safety, and maintenance of a ship.
- seannachie — a Gaelic storyteller in the Scottish Highlands or in Ireland
- secondhand — not directly known or experienced; obtained from others or from books: Most of our knowledge is secondhand.
- sex change — the alteration, by surgery and hormone treatments, of a person's physical sex characteristics to approximate those of the opposite sex: Born male, she now lives as a woman but has no plans for a sex change.
- shabbiness — impaired by wear, use, etc.; worn: shabby clothes.
- shackleton — Sir Ernest Henry, 1874–1922, English explorer of the Antarctic.
- shagginess — covered with or having long, rough hair.