10-letter words containing t, o, r, s, h
- orthoscope — (formerly) an instrument for examining the internal structures of the eye through a layer of water that neutralizes the refraction of the cornea.
- orthostyle — (of columns) erected in a straight row.
- osterreich — German name of Austria.
- ostrichism — the act of refusing to accept reality or hiding one's head in the sand
- othergates — different or other
- otherguess — of another kind; different.
- oudtshoorn — a city in the S Cape of Good Hope province, in the S Republic of South Africa.
- out-thrust — thrust or extended outward: a friendly, outthrust hand.
- outgrowths — Plural form of outgrowth.
- outreaches — Plural form of outreach.
- outstretch — to stretch forth; extend: to outstretch one's hand in welcome.
- outthrusts — Plural form of outthrust.
- overstitch — a stitch made with a sewing machine, for binding or finishing a raw edge or hem.
- overthrust — a thrust fault with a low dip and a large slip.
- oysterfish — the oyster toadfish. See under toadfish (def 1).
- 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.
- pastorship — the position, authority, or office of a pastor.
- patronship — a person who is a customer, client, or paying guest, especially a regular one, of a store, hotel, or the like.
- peashooter — a tube through which dried peas, beans, or small pellets are blown, used as a toy.
- phenocryst — any of the conspicuous crystals in a porphyritic rock.
- phosphuret — a phosphate
- photostory — photo essay.
- physiocrat — one of a school of political economists who followed Quesnay in holding that an inherent natural order properly governed society, regarding land as the basis of wealth and taxation, and advocating a laissez-faire economy.
- pitchforks — a large, long-handled fork for manually lifting and pitching hay, stalks of grain, etc.
- polo shirt — a short-sleeved, pullover sport shirt, usually of cotton or cottonlike knit, with a round neckband or a turnover collar.
- polychrest — a thing which has adapted to multiple uses
- polyhistor — a person of great and varied learning.
- portsmouth — a seaport in S Hampshire, in S England, on the English Channel: chief British naval station.
- post horse — a horse kept, as at a station on a post road, for the use of persons riding post or for hire by travelers.
- post-truth — of or relating to a culture in which appeals to the emotions tend to prevail over facts and logical arguments
- prehistory — human history in the period before recorded events, known mainly through archaeological discoveries, study, research, etc.; history of prehistoric humans.
- priesthood — the condition or office of a priest.
- print shop — a shop where prints or graphics are sold.
- 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.
- prophetess — a woman who speaks for God or a deity, or by divine inspiration.
- prostheses — a device, either external or implanted, that substitutes for or supplements a missing or defective part of the body.
- prosthesis — a device, either external or implanted, that substitutes for or supplements a missing or defective part of the body.
- prosthetic — of or relating to an artificial body part or prosthesis: He was fitted for a prosthetic arm.
- prothallus — prothallium.
- pythagoras — c582–c500 b.c, Greek philosopher, mathematician, and religious reformer.
- rawsthorne — Alan. 1905–71, English composer, whose works include three symphonies, several concertos, and a set of Symphonic Studies (1939)
- restharrow — a low, pink-flowered European shrub, Ononis spinosa, of the legume family, having tough roots that hinder the plow or harrow.
- rhapsodist — a person who rhapsodizes.
- rheostatic — an adjustable resistor so constructed that its resistance may be changed without opening the circuit in which it is connected, thereby controlling the current in the circuit.
- rhinestone — an artificial gem of paste, often cut to resemble a diamond.
- rhodoplast — a plastid found in red algae, containing red pigment as well as chlorophyll
- rifle shot — sound of shotgun fire
- ring shout — a group dance of West African origin introduced into parts of the southern U.S. by black revivalists, performed by shuffling counterclockwise in a circle while answering shouts of a preacher with corresponding shouts, and held to be, in its vigorous antiphonal patterns, a source in the development of jazz.
- ring-shout — a group dance of West African origin introduced into parts of the southern U.S. by black revivalists, performed by shuffling counterclockwise in a circle while answering shouts of a preacher with corresponding shouts, and held to be, in its vigorous antiphonal patterns, a source in the development of jazz.
- rothschild — Lionel Nathan, Baron de ("Lord Natty") 1809–79, English banker: first Jewish member of Parliament (son of Nathan Meyer Rothschild).