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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.
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