10-letter words containing s, h, r
- look sharp — to turn one's eyes toward something or in some direction in order to see: He looked toward the western horizon and saw the returning planes.
- lose heart — to become despondent or disillusioned (over something)
- lunchrooms — Plural form of lunchroom.
- maastricht — a city in the SE Netherlands, on the Maas River.
- macintrash — /mak'in-trash"/ The Apple Macintosh, as described by a hacker who doesn"t appreciate being kept away from the *real computer* by the interface. The term maggotbox has been reported in regular use in the Research Triangle area of North Carolina. Compare Macintoy. See also beige toaster, WIMP environment, point-and-drool interface, drool-proof paper, user-friendly.
- macpherson — James, 1736–96, Scottish author and translator.
- maestricht — Maastricht.
- maharajahs — Plural form of maharajah.
- maharishis — Plural form of maharishi.
- malnourish — Lb transitive To feed insufficiently, to cause malnutrition.
- manchester — a city in NW England: connected with the Mersey estuary by a ship canal (35½ mi. [57 km] long).
- maraschino — a sweet cordial or liqueur distilled from marascas.
- march past — a parade or procession, especially of troops past a reviewing stand.
- march-past — a parade or procession, especially of troops past a reviewing stand.
- marchese's — an Italian noblewoman, equivalent in rank to a marquise.
- marchlands — Plural form of marchland.
- marheshvan — Heshvan.
- marigraphs — Plural form of marigraph.
- marsh deer — a large South American deer, Blastocerus dichotomus, that lives in forests near rivers and swamps: an endangered species.
- marsh fern — a fern, Thelypteris palustris, having pinnatifid fronds and growing in wet places.
- marsh hawk — northern harrier.
- marsh pink — any of several eastern North American plants belonging to the genus Sabatia, of the gentian family, having rose-pink flowers.
- marsh wren — Also called long-billed marsh wren. a North American wren, Cistothorus palustris, that inhabits tall reed beds.
- marshalers — Plural form of marshaler.
- marshaling — a military officer of the highest rank, as in the French and some other armies. Compare field marshal.
- marshalled — a military officer of the highest rank, as in the French and some other armies. Compare field marshal.
- marshaller — Alternative spelling of marshaler.
- marshalsea — the court of the marshal of the royal household.
- marshfield — a city in SE Massachusetts.
- marshiness — The quality or state of being marshy.
- marshlands — Plural form of marshland.
- masherbrum — a mountain in N India, in the Himalayas. 25,660 feet (7821 meters).
- mastership — the office, function, or authority of a master.
- matchgirls — Plural form of matchgirl.
- matriarchs — A woman who is the head of a family or tribe.
- matryoshka — Each of a set of brightly painted hollow wooden dolls of varying sizes, designed to nest inside one another.
- meerschaum — a mineral, hydrous magnesium silicate, H 4 Mg 2 Si 3 O 1 0 , occurring in white, claylike masses, used for ornamental carvings, for pipe bowls, etc.; sepiolite.
- megatheres — Plural form of megathere.
- megathrust — (geology) A sudden slip along a fault between a subducting and an overriding plate; results in a major earthquake.
- membership — the state of being a member, as of a society or club.
- mentorship — a wise and trusted counselor or teacher.
- mesomorphs — Plural form of mesomorph.
- mesomorphy — pertaining to or having a muscular or sturdy body build characterized by the relative prominence of structures developed from the embryonic mesoderm (contrasted with ectomorphic, endomorphic).
- mesorrhine — having a moderately broad and high-bridged nose.
- mesosphere — (in the classification of the earth's atmosphere by chemical properties) the region between the ionosphere and the exosphere, extending from about 250–650 miles (400–1050 km) above the surface of the earth.
- mesothorax — the middle segment of the three divisions of the thorax of an insect, bearing the second pair of legs and the first pair of wings.
- metaphrase — a literal translation.
- metaphrast — a person who translates or changes a literary work from one form to another, as prose into verse.
- michurinsk — a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, S of Ryazan.
- microchips — Plural form of microchip.