10-letter words containing s, p, h, r
- spirograph — an instrument for recording respiratory movements.
- spirophore — a device for producing artificial respiration
- sporophore — a fungus hypha specialized to bear spores.
- sporophyll — a modified leaf that bears sporangia.
- sporophyte — the form of a plant in the alternation of generations that produces asexual spores.
- sport fish — a type of fish that is prized for the sport it gives the angler in its capture rather than for its value as food.
- spreaghery — the activity or crime of raiding cattle
- sprightful — sprightly.
- springhaas — a leaping and burrowing rodent, Pedetes capensis, native to southern Africa, having kangaroolike legs and long, pointed ears.
- springhalt — stringhalt.
- springhare — a leaping and burrowing rodent, Pedetes capensis, native to southern Africa, having kangaroolike legs and long, pointed ears.
- springhead — a spring or fountainhead from which a stream flows.
- spur wheel — spur gear.
- spycatcher — a person who works in counterintelligence to detect enemy espionage activities
- stenograph — any of various keyboard instruments, somewhat resembling a typewriter, used for writing in shorthand, as by means of phonetic or arbitrary symbols.
- stepfather — the husband of one's mother by a later marriage.
- stepmother — the wife of one's father by a later marriage.
- strathspey — a slow Scottish dance in quadruple meter.
- strip show — a form of entertainment in which one or more people take off their clothes in a titillating and erotic manner, often to music
- strip-wash — a thorough, all-over wash with a flannel, sponge, etc, and water but without getting into a bath or shower
- striplight — a row of lamps, provided with a reflector for floodlighting the stage, used as border lights, footlights, backing lights, etc.
- 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.
- subchapter — a subdivision especially of a body of laws.
- subphrenic — underneath the diaphragm
- sulphurate — to combine or treat with sulphur or a sulphur compound
- sulphurise — to combine, treat, or impregnate with sulfur.
- sulphurize — to combine or treat with sulphur or a sulphur compound
- sulphurous — sulfurous (defs 1, 2).
- super-rich — having wealth or great possessions; abundantly supplied with resources, means, or funds; wealthy: a rich man; a rich nation.
- superbitch — an exceptionally spiteful woman, a very bitchy person
- superheavy — Chemistry, Physics. pertaining to any of a series of elements having an atomic number greater than 103.
- superhelix — a coil formed by intertwined helical DNA or by protein chains.
- superhuman — above or beyond what is human; having a higher nature or greater powers than humans have: a superhuman being.
- superlight — extremely light
- supermacho — extremely macho
- superphone — a telephone with a high-speed processor that can perform many of the functions of a computer
- supersharp — extremely sharp
- superthick — extremely thick
- supertight — extremely tight
- suretyship — the relationship between the surety, the principal debtor, and the creditor.
- tatpurusha — a compound of two words in which the first is an attributive noun and the second a substantive, as bookcase, aircraft, or flowerpot.
- the creeps — to move slowly with the body close to the ground, as a reptile or an insect, or a person on hands and knees.
- the pamirs — a mountainous area of central Asia, mainly in Tajikistan and partly in Kyrgyzstan, extending into China and Afghanistan: consists of a complex of high ranges, from which the Tian Shan projects to the north, the Kunlun and Karakoram to the east, and the Hindu Kush to the west; Ismoil Somoni (formerly Communism Peak) is situated in the Tajik Pamirs. Highest peak: Kongur Shan, 7719 m (25 326 ft)
- the papers — newspapers
- the spirit — Holy Spirit
- thesprotia — an ancient coastal district in SW Epirus.
- three-spot — a playing card, an upward face of a die, or a domino half bearing three pips.
- thriftshop — a retail store that sells secondhand goods at reduced prices.