10-letter words containing s, h, o, r, t, a
- short-haul — of, relating to, or engaged in transportation over short distances: a short-haul trucking firm.
- short-laid — hard-laid.
- short-stay — available or valid for a limited time
- 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.
- shortboard — a type of surfboard that is shorter than standard
- shortbread — a butter cookie commonly made in thick, pie-shaped wheels or rolled and cut in fancy shapes.
- shortgrass — any of several range grasses of short stature, as buffalo grass, prevalent in semiarid regions of the Great Plains.
- show trial — (especially in a totalitarian state) the public trial of a political offender conducted chiefly for propagandistic purposes, as to suppress further dissent against the government by making an example of the accused.
- showboater — a boat, especially a paddle-wheel steamer, used as a traveling theater.
- shower tea — kitchen tea.
- 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
- smartmouth — a witty or sarcastic person
- smartphone — a device that combines a cell phone with a handheld computer, typically offering Internet access, data storage, email capability, etc.
- solar myth — a myth explaining or allegorizing the origin or movement of the sun
- solar-heat — to heat (a building) by means of solar energy.
- soothsayer — a person who professes to foretell events.
- southwards — moving, bearing, facing, or situated toward the south.
- stadholder — the chief magistrate of the former republic of the United Provinces of the Netherlands.
- stenograph — any of various keyboard instruments, somewhat resembling a typewriter, used for writing in shorthand, as by means of phonetic or arbitrary symbols.
- sticharion — a white tunic of silk or linen, corresponding to the alb, worn by deacons, priests, and bishops.
- stonebrash — a type of subsoil consisting of small or broken stones or rock
- stracchino — a soft cheese from North Italy
- stylograph — a fountain pen in which the writing point is a fine, hollow tube instead of a nib.
- tereshkova — Valentina Vladimirovna [vuh-lyin-tyee-nuh vluh-dyi-myee-ruh v-nuh] /və lyɪnˈtyi nə vlə dyɪˈmyi rəv nə/ (Show IPA), born 1937, Soviet cosmonaut: first woman in space 1963.
- the azores — three groups of volcanic islands in the N Atlantic, since 1976 an autonomous region of Portugal. Capital: Ponta Delgada (on São Miguel). Pop: 241 762 (2001). Area: 2335 sq km (901 sq miles)
- the boards — the acting profession; the stage
- the majors — the major leagues
- thermostat — a device, including a relay actuated by thermal conduction or convection, that functions to establish and maintain a desired temperature automatically or signals a change in temperature for manual adjustment.
- thesprotia — an ancient coastal district in SW Epirus.
- thimerosal — a cream-colored, crystalline, water-soluble powder, C 9 H 9 HgNaO 2 S, used chiefly as an antiseptic.
- thrash out — to beat soundly in punishment; flog.
- throatlash — the strap that holds a bridle in place, fastening under the horse's jaw
- timocharis — a crater in the second quadrant of the face of the moon: about 25 miles (40 km) in diameter.
- tooth rash — strophulus.
- tovarishch — comrade (used as a term of address in the Soviet Union).
- track shoe — a light, heelless, usually leather shoe having either steel spikes for use outdoors on a cinder or dirt track, or a rubber sole for use indoors on a board floor.
- track shot — a camera shot in which the cameraman follows a specific person or event in the action
- trade show — show (def 22).
- trap house — a shelter from which the clay pigeons are released in trapshooting.
- trophesial — involving or relating to trophesy
- turboshaft — a gas turbine used to deliver shaft power, as to a helicopter rotor.
- ultrashort — extremely short.
- unactorish — not resembling or characteristic of actors or acting
- walkshorts — medium to long shorts, often cut fuller than Bermuda shorts and used for walking or leisure activity.
- wandsworth — a borough of Greater London, England.
- watchwords — Plural form of watchword.
- waterhouse — Alfred. 1830–1905, British architect; a leader of the Gothic Revival. His buildings include Manchester Town Hall (1868) and the Natural History Museum, London (1881)
- whatsoever — At all (used for emphasis).
- wheatworms — Plural form of wheatworm.