10-letter words containing s, h, i, t, n
- slathering — to spread or apply thickly: to slather butter on toast.
- slithering — to slide down or along a surface, especially unsteadily, from side to side, or with some friction or noise: The box slithered down the chute.
- smithereen — to break into small fragments
- smothering — to stifle or suffocate, as by smoke or other means of preventing free breathing.
- snow-white — white as snow.
- somethings — Informal. a person or thing of some value or consequence: He is really something! This writer has something to say and she says it well.
- soothingly — that soothes: a soothing voice.
- spit-shine — a shoeshine in which a fluid, such as water, saliva, or lighter fluid, is used to impart a high gloss.
- springhalt — stringhalt.
- stag night — man's bachelor party prior to marriage
- stanchions — an upright bar, beam, post, or support, as in a window, stall, ship, etc.
- staphyline — having a form resembling a bunch of grapes
- stephanite — a mineral, silver antimony sulfide, Ag 5 SbS 4 : an ore of silver.
- stephen ii — died a.d. 757, pope 752–757.
- stephen iv — died a.d. 817, pope 816–817.
- stephen ix — died 1058, pope 1057–58.
- stephen vi — died a.d. 897, pope 896–897.
- sticharion — a white tunic of silk or linen, corresponding to the alb, worn by deacons, priests, and bishops.
- still hunt — the hunting of game by stalking or ambushing
- still-hunt — to pursue or ambush by a still hunt.
- stink with — to emit a strong offensive smell.
- stitchings — the act of a person or thing that stitches.
- stracchino — a soft cheese from North Italy
- straighten — make straight
- stretching — the activity of straightening the arms and legs and tightening the muscles
- stringhalt — a nerve disorder in horses, causing exaggerated flexing movements of the hind legs in walking.
- strychnine — Pharmacology. a colorless, crystalline poison, C 2 1 H 2 2 N 2 O 2 , obtained chiefly by extraction from the seeds of nux vomica, formerly used as a central nervous system stimulant.
- sunbathing — to take a sunbath.
- sure thing — something that is or is supposed to be a certain success, as a bet or a business venture: He thinks that real estate is a sure thing.
- symphonist — a composer who writes symphonies.
- synthesise — to form (a material or abstract entity) by combining parts or elements (opposed to analyze): to synthesize a statement.
- synthesist — the combining of the constituent elements of separate material or abstract entities into a single or unified entity (opposed to analysis, ) the separating of any material or abstract entity into its constituent elements.
- synthesize — to form (a material or abstract entity) by combining parts or elements (opposed to analyze): to synthesize a statement.
- synthetics — You can refer to synthetic clothing, fabric, or materials as synthetics.
- synthetism — the symbolism of Gauguin and the Nabis, who reacted against the impressionists and realists by seeking to produce brightly coloured abstractions of their inner experience
- technicism — a technical term or phrase
- technicist — a technician
- tenantship — the state of being a tenant
- teschenite — a coarse-grained igneous rock consisting of plagioclase, olivine, and augite.
- tetchiness — irritable; touchy.
- thalassian — a sea turtle
- thanatosis — (of an animal) the ability to fake death in order to evade a predator or any other unwelcome intrusion
- the buskin — tragic drama
- the minors — the minor leagues, esp. in baseball
- theodosian — of or relating to Theodosius I, who made Christianity the official state religion of the Roman Empire.
- thessalian — a region in E Greece: a former division of ancient Greece. 5208 sq. mi. (14,490 sq. km).
- thiaminase — an enzyme that destroys thiamine and is often found in raw fish
- thick skin — to have a...
- thinginess — the state or quality of being real or substantive
- thingstead — the meeting place of a Scandinavian assembly.