10-letter words containing t, o, r, s, h
- stylograph — a fountain pen in which the writing point is a fine, hollow tube instead of a nib.
- switcheroo — an unexpected or sudden change or reversal in attitude, character, position, action, etc.
- switchover — the act or process of changing from one power source, system, etc., to another.
- synthronus — a combined throne for a bishop and his presbyters
- tchernosem — chernozem.
- tereshkova — Valentina Vladimirovna [vuh-lyin-tyee-nuh vluh-dyi-myee-ruh v-nuh] /və lyɪnˈtyi nə vlə dyɪˈmyi rəv nə/ (Show IPA), born 1937, Soviet cosmonaut: first woman in space 1963.
- the azores — three groups of volcanic islands in the N Atlantic, since 1976 an autonomous region of Portugal. Capital: Ponta Delgada (on São Miguel). Pop: 241 762 (2001). Area: 2335 sq km (901 sq miles)
- the boards — the acting profession; the stage
- the chores — housework
- the forces — the armed services of a nation
- the horses — gambling linked to horse racing
- the majors — the major leagues
- the minors — the minor leagues, esp. in baseball
- the others — the remaining ones (of a group)
- theocritus — flourished c270 b.c, Greek poet.
- theoretics — the theoretical or speculative part of a science or subject.
- thermistor — a resistor whose action depends upon changes of its resistance material with changes in temperature.
- thermostat — a device, including a relay actuated by thermal conduction or convection, that functions to establish and maintain a desired temperature automatically or signals a change in temperature for manual adjustment.
- thermotics — the scientific study of heat
- thesprotia — an ancient coastal district in SW Epirus.
- thimerosal — a cream-colored, crystalline, water-soluble powder, C 9 H 9 HgNaO 2 S, used chiefly as an antiseptic.
- thrash out — to beat soundly in punishment; flog.
- three-spot — a playing card, an upward face of a die, or a domino half bearing three pips.
- threescore — being or containing three times twenty; sixty.
- thresh out — to beat soundly in punishment; flog.
- thriftshop — a retail store that sells secondhand goods at reduced prices.
- throatlash — the strap that holds a bridle in place, fastening under the horse's jaw
- thrombosed — affected with a thrombus or blood clot
- thrombosis — intravascular coagulation of the blood in any part of the circulatory system, as in the heart, arteries, veins, or capillaries.
- thunderous — producing thunder or a loud noise like thunder: thunderous applause.
- timocharis — a crater in the second quadrant of the face of the moon: about 25 miles (40 km) in diameter.
- tocherless — without dowry or tocher
- toolpusher — a foreman who supervises drilling operations on an oil rig
- tooth rash — strophulus.
- toothbrush — a small brush with a long handle, for cleaning the teeth.
- torch song — a popular song concerned with unhappiness or failure in love.
- tovarishch — comrade (used as a term of address in the Soviet Union).
- track shoe — a light, heelless, usually leather shoe having either steel spikes for use outdoors on a cinder or dirt track, or a rubber sole for use indoors on a board floor.
- track shot — a camera shot in which the cameraman follows a specific person or event in the action
- trade show — show (def 22).
- trap house — a shelter from which the clay pigeons are released in trapshooting.
- tree house — a small house, especially one for children to play in, built or placed up in the branches of a tree.
- trichinose — to infest with parasitic worms (trichinae)
- trichinous — pertaining to or of the nature of trichinosis.
- trichocyst — an organ of offense and defense embedded in the outer cytoplasm of certain protozoans, consisting of a small elongated sac containing a fine, hairlike filament capable of being ejected.
- trichroism — pleochroism of a biaxial crystal such that it exhibits three different colors when viewed from three different directions under transmitted light.
- trollopish — like or typical of a trollop
- trophesial — involving or relating to trophesy
- trophosome — an organ in deep-sea tube worms that is colonized by bacteria supplying the host worm with food and energy.
- trunk hose — full, baglike breeches covering the body from the waist to the middle of the thigh or lower, sometimes having the stockings attached in one piece, worn by men in the 16th and 17th centuries.