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10-letter words containing s, h, o, r, t, l

  • orthoclase — a common white or pink mineral of the feldspar group, KAlSi 3 O 8 , having two good cleavages at right angles, and found in silica-rich igneous rocks: used in the manufacture of porcelain.
  • orthostyle — (of columns) erected in a straight row.
  • polo shirt — a short-sleeved, pullover sport shirt, usually of cotton or cottonlike knit, with a round neckband or a turnover collar.
  • polychrest — a thing which has adapted to multiple uses
  • polyhistor — a person of great and varied learning.
  • prothallus — prothallium.
  • rhodoplast — a plastid found in red algae, containing red pigment as well as chlorophyll
  • rifle shot — sound of shotgun fire
  • rothschildLionel Nathan, Baron de ("Lord Natty") 1809–79, English banker: first Jewish member of Parliament (son of Nathan Meyer Rothschild).
  • sailor hat — a hat with a flat round crown and fairly broad brim that is rolled upwards
  • salt horse — salted beef; salt junk.
  • schwarzlot — a type of black decoration on German glassware and ceramics that was popular in the 17th and 18th centuries
  • self-worth — the sense of one's own value or worth as a person; self-esteem; self-respect.
  • sell short — having little length; not long.
  • shoplifter — a person who steals goods from the shelves or displays of a retail store while posing as a customer.
  • short bill — a bill of exchange that is payable at sight, on demand, or within less than ten days
  • short line — a bus or rail route covering only a limited distance.
  • short loin — the front part of a loin of beef, from the ribs to the sirloin
  • short sale — an act or instance of selling short.
  • short-haul — of, relating to, or engaged in transportation over short distances: a short-haul trucking firm.
  • short-laid — hard-laid.
  • short-life — not designed to last
  • short-list — to put on a short list.
  • 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.
  • sloth bear — a coarse-haired, long-snouted bear, Ursus ursinus, of India and Indochina: now rare.
  • 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.
  • southernly — southerly.
  • stadholder — the chief magistrate of the former republic of the United Provinces of the Netherlands.
  • stronghold — a well-fortified place; fortress.
  • strophiole — a small growth on some plants' seeds
  • strophulus — a papular eruption of the skin, especially in infants, occurring in several forms and usually harmless.
  • stylograph — a fountain pen in which the writing point is a fine, hollow tube instead of a nib.
  • thimerosal — a cream-colored, crystalline, water-soluble powder, C 9 H 9 HgNaO 2 S, used chiefly as an antiseptic.
  • throatlash — the strap that holds a bridle in place, fastening under the horse's jaw
  • tocherless — without dowry or tocher
  • toolpusher — a foreman who supervises drilling operations on an oil rig
  • trollopish — like or typical of a trollop
  • trophesial — involving or relating to trophesy
  • ultrashort — extremely short.
  • upholstery — the materials used to cushion and cover furniture.
  • walkshorts — medium to long shorts, often cut fuller than Bermuda shorts and used for walking or leisure activity.
  • whole rest — a rest equivalent in duration to a whole note.
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