10-letter words containing s, h, o, r, t, m
- mothproofs — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mothproof.
- motor ship — a ship propelled by an internal-combustion engine or engines
- motor show — an exhibition which displays rare, fashionable and expensive cars
- mouthparts — Plural form of mouthpart.
- murtherous — (archaic) Intending, or likely to commit murder; bloodthirsty or homicidal.
- nethermost — lowest; farthest down: the nethermost depths of the ocean.
- orthoprism — a prism which has faces parallel to its vertical axis
- ostrichism — the act of refusing to accept reality or hiding one's head in the sand
- portsmouth — a seaport in S Hampshire, in S England, on the English Channel: chief British naval station.
- prometheus — a Titan, the father of Deucalion and brother of Atlas and Epimetheus, who taught humankind various arts and was sometimes said to have shaped humans out of clay and endowed them with the spark of life. For having stolen fire from Olympus and given it to humankind in defiance of Zeus, he was chained to a rock where an eagle daily tore at his liver, until he was finally released by Hercules.
- samothrace — a Greek island in the NE Aegean.
- short game — the aspect of golf considered in relation to the ability of a player to hit medium or short shots, as chip shots, pitch shots, and putts, with accuracy. Compare long game (def 1).
- short ream — 480 sheets of paper
- short time — a period or schedule during which the number of working hours is reduced: The recession has put most of the manufacturing plants on short time.
- short-form — noting or relating to journalistic content or a genre of journalism characterized by short articles.
- short-term — covering or applying to a relatively short period of time.
- sixth form — secondary school: final 2 years
- 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.
- smoothbore — (of firearms) having a bore that is smooth; not rifled.
- smothering — to stifle or suffocate, as by smoke or other means of preventing free breathing.
- solar myth — a myth explaining or allegorizing the origin or movement of the sun
- stenotherm — an organism that is only able to live within a narrow parameter of temperatures
- stepmother — the wife of one's father by a later marriage.
- tchernosem — chernozem.
- the majors — the major leagues
- the minors — the minor leagues, esp. in baseball
- thermistor — a resistor whose action depends upon changes of its resistance material with changes in temperature.
- 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.
- thermotics — the scientific study of heat
- thimerosal — a cream-colored, crystalline, water-soluble powder, C 9 H 9 HgNaO 2 S, used chiefly as an antiseptic.
- thrombosed — affected with a thrombus or blood clot
- thrombosis — intravascular coagulation of the blood in any part of the circulatory system, as in the heart, arteries, veins, or capillaries.
- timocharis — a crater in the second quadrant of the face of the moon: about 25 miles (40 km) in diameter.
- trichroism — pleochroism of a biaxial crystal such that it exhibits three different colors when viewed from three different directions under transmitted light.
- trophosome — an organ in deep-sea tube worms that is colonized by bacteria supplying the host worm with food and energy.
- wheatworms — Plural form of wheatworm.
- wordsmiths — Plural form of wordsmith.