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10-letter words containing s, h

  • cystoliths — Plural form of cystolith.
  • cytherea's — Aphrodite: so called because of her birth in the sea near Cythera.
  • dachshunds — Plural form of dachshund.
  • dairyhouse — A farm building operating as a dairy.
  • daisy bush — any of various shrubs of the genus Olearia, of Australia and New Zealand, with daisy-like flowers: family Asteraceae (composites)
  • daisywheel — a component of a computer printer in the shape of a wheel with many spokes that prints characters using a disk with characters around the circumference as the print element
  • dall sheep — a wild sheep (Ovis dalli) with white hair and long spiral horns, living in the mountains of NW North America
  • damselfish — any small tropical percoid fish of the family Pomacentridae, having a brightly coloured deep compressed body
  • dandyishly — in the manner of a dandy
  • danish oil — a furniture oil, based on synthetic resins, that gives a soft luster.
  • dark horse — If you describe someone as a dark horse, you mean that people know very little about them, although they may have recently had success or may be about to have success.
  • dash light — a light to illuminate a dashboard in a motor vehicle
  • dashboards — Plural form of dashboard.
  • datasheets — Plural form of datasheet.
  • dauphiness — dauphine.
  • dauphinois — (of potatoes or other vegetables) sliced and cooked in milk, typically with a topping of cheese.
  • dawn horse — eohippus.
  • day school — A day school is a school where the students go home every evening and do not live at the school. Compare boarding school.
  • deaconship — (in hierarchical churches) a member of the clerical order next below that of a priest.
  • dead horse — something that has ceased to be useful or relevant.
  • dealership — A dealership is a company that sells cars, usually for one car company.
  • death mask — A death mask is a model of someone's face, which is made from a mould that was taken of their face soon after they died.
  • death seat — the seat beside the driver of a vehicle
  • death star — ["Star Wars" film] 1. The AT&T corporate logo, which appears on computers sold by AT&T and bears an uncanny resemblance to the Death Star in the movie. This usage is particularly common among partisans of BSD Unix, who tend to regard the AT&T versions as inferior and AT&T as a bad guy. Copies still circulate of a poster printed by Mt. Xinu showing a starscape with a space fighter labelled 4.2BSD streaking away from a broken AT&T logo wreathed in flames. 2. AT&T's internal magazine, "Focus", uses "death star" to describe an incorrectly done AT&T logo in which the inner circle in the top left is dark instead of light - a frequent result of dark-on-light logo images.
  • death wish — A death wish is a conscious or unconscious desire to die or be killed.
  • deathblows — Plural form of deathblow.
  • deathcamas — any of various plants (genus Zigadenus) of the lily family, with grasslike basal leaves and clusters of greenish or white flowers: often poisonous to sheep
  • deathtraps — Plural form of deathtrap.
  • debauchees — Plural form of debauchee.
  • decathexis — to withdraw one's feelings of attachment from (a person, idea, or object), as in anticipation of a future loss: He decathected from her in order to cope with her impending death.
  • decathlons — Plural form of decathlon.
  • deckchairs — Plural form of deckchair.
  • deckhouses — Plural form of deckhouse.
  • decreaseth — (archaic) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decrease.
  • deemphasis — Alternative spelling of de-emphasis.
  • deep south — The Deep South consists of the states that are furthest south in the United States.
  • deerhounds — Plural form of deerhound.
  • dehiscence — a splitting open, as of a pod or anther, along definite structural lines
  • dehumanise — to deprive of human qualities or attributes; divest of individuality: Conformity dehumanized him.
  • dehydrates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dehydrate.
  • delighters — a high degree of pleasure or enjoyment; joy; rapture: She takes great delight in her job.
  • deminished — Simple past tense and past participle of deminish.
  • demolished — to lay waste to; ruin utterly: The fire demolished the area.
  • demolisher — One who demolishes.
  • demolishes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of demolish.
  • dendrophis — a genus of harmless tree-dwelling snake, of which varieties can be found in South America, India, Australia, Africa, and North America
  • denis howe — (person)   Denis B. Howe (1960 -) Editor of the Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.
  • dephillips — ErrorTitleDiv {.
  • depot ship — a ship providing supplies and facilities for other vessels or naval bases
  • derbyshire — a county of N central England: contains the Peak District and several resorts with mineral springs: the geographical and ceremonial county includes the city of Derby, which became an independent unitary authority in 1997. Administrative centre: Matlock. Pop (excluding Derby city): 743 000 (2003 est). Area (excluding Derby city): 2551 sq km (985 sq miles)
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