10-letter words containing s, p, h, r
- motor ship — a ship propelled by an internal-combustion engine or engines
- mouthparts — Plural form of mouthpart.
- nanosphere — A nanoscale sphere.
- nappy rash — If a baby has nappy rash, the skin under its nappy is red and sore.
- nomographs — Plural form of nomograph.
- nosography — the systematic description of diseases.
- octopusher — a person who plays octopush
- oleographs — Plural form of oleograph.
- oophoritis — inflammation of an ovary, usually combined with an inflammation of the Fallopian tubes; ovaritis.
- orphanages — Plural form of orphanage.
- orpharions — Plural form of orpharion.
- orthoepist — the study of correct pronunciation.
- orthoprism — a prism which has faces parallel to its vertical axis
- orthoptics — a method of exercising the eye and its muscles in order to cure strabismus or improve vision.
- orthoptist — One who practices orthoptics.
- orthoscope — (formerly) an instrument for examining the internal structures of the eye through a layer of water that neutralizes the refraction of the cornea.
- pack-horse — a horse used for carrying goods, freight, supplies, etc.
- padma shri — (in India) an award for distinguished service in any field
- paintbrush — a brush for applying paint, as one used in painting houses or one used in painting pictures.
- pale horse — a representation of Death, as in literature or the Bible.
- pantheress — a female panther
- paper shop — A paper shop is a shop that sells newspapers and magazines, and also things such as tobacco, sweets, and cards.
- paraphasia — a defect of speech in which the normal flow of words is interrupted by inappropriate words and phrases
- paraphasic — of, resembling, or exhibiting paraphasia
- paraphrase — a restatement of a text or passage giving the meaning in another form, as for clearness; rewording.
- paraphrast — a person who paraphrases.
- paraphyses — one of the erect, sterile filaments often growing among the reproductive organs in many fungi, mosses, and ferns.
- paraphysis — one of the erect, sterile filaments often growing among the reproductive organs in many fungi, mosses, and ferns.
- parastichy — one of a number of seemingly secondary spirals or oblique ranks winding around the stem or axis to the right and left in a spiral arrangement of leaves, scales, etc., where the internodes are short and the members closely crowded, as in the houseleek and the pine cone.
- parathesis — the placing of grammatically parallel words or phrases together; apposition
- parischane — a parish
- parrotfish — any of various chiefly tropical marine fishes, especially of the family Scaridae: so called because of their brilliant coloring and the shape of their jaws.
- pas marche — a marching step.
- pasigraphy — a system of writing intelligible to persons of all languages; a universal language
- passphrase — (operating system) A string of words and characters that you type in to authenticate yourself. Passphrases differ from passwords only in length. Passwords are usually short - six to ten characters. Passphrases are usually much longer - up to 100 characters or more. Modern passphrases were invented by Sigmund N. Porter in 1982. Their greater length makes passphrases more secure. Phil Zimmermann's popular encryption program PGP, for example, requires you to make up a passphrase that you then must enter whenever you sign or decrypt messages.
- pasticheur — a person who makes, composes, or concocts a pastiche.
- pastorship — the position, authority, or office of a pastor.
- patriarchs — the male head of a family or tribal line.
- patronship — a person who is a customer, client, or paying guest, especially a regular one, of a store, hotel, or the like.
- peak hours — prime time, busiest period
- peashooter — a tube through which dried peas, beans, or small pellets are blown, used as a toy.
- pen pusher — pencil pusher.
- pen-pusher — pencil pusher.
- pepperbush — sweet pepperbush.
- periphrase — the use of an unnecessarily long or roundabout form of expression; circumlocution.
- perishable — subject to decay, ruin, or destruction: perishable fruits and vegetables.
- perishment — to die or be destroyed through violence, privation, etc.: to perish in an earthquake.
- persephone — Also, Proserpina, Proserpine. Classical Mythology. a daughter of Zeus and Demeter, abducted by Pluto to be queen of Hades, but allowed to return to the surface of the earth for part of the year.
- personhood — the state or fact of being a person.
- perthshire — Perth (def 1).