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
- rothschild — Lionel 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.