11-letter words containing a, s, h, e, r
- servanthood — the condition of being a servant
- sex therapy — treatment of sexual disorders that have psychological causes, employing psychiatric counseling, behavior modification, and education.
- shade-grown — grown in the shade, especially in artificial shade, as under a cloth.
- shaft grave — a grave consisting of a deep, rectangular pit with vertical sides, roofed over with a stone slab.
- shaftesbury — Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of, 1621–83, English statesman.
- shag carpet — shag pile carpet
- shakespeare — William ("the Bard"; "the Bard of Avon") 1564–1616, English poet and dramatist.
- shameworthy — deserving shame; denoting something a person ought to be ashamed of
- share draft — an interest-bearing checking account in a credit union.
- share index — A share index is a number that indicates the state of a stock market. It is based on the combined share prices of a set of companies.
- share issue — When there is a share issue, shares in a company are made available for people to buy.
- share price — cost of financial stocks
- shared care — an arrangement between a welfare agency and a family with a dependent handicapped member, whereby the agency takes the handicapped person into a home for respite care or in emergencies
- shared line — a telephone number that is assigned to more than one person, for example in an office. When somebody calls the number, all of the phones will ring until somebody picks up their phone to answer the call
- sharefarmer — a farmer who pays a fee to another in return for use of land to raise crops, etc
- shareholder — a holder or owner of shares, especially in a company or corporation.
- shark siren — a siren sounded to warn swimmers of the presence of sharks
- sharksucker — any of several remoras, as Echeneis naucrates, usually found attached to sharks.
- sharonville — a town in SW Ohio.
- sharp-eared — having pointed ears.
- sharp-edged — having a fine edge or edges.
- sharp-nosed — having a thin, pointed nose.
- sharpbender — an organization that has been underperforming its competitors but suddenly becomes more successful, often as a result of new management or changes in its business strategy
- sharpeville — a town in E South Africa: scene of riots in 1960 (when 69 demonstrators died), 1984, and 1985 (when 19 died)
- shcherbakov — a former name (1946–57) of Andropov.
- shea butter — a solid, greenish, yellowish, or whitish fat derived from the seeds of the shea tree, used for food and in the manufacture of soaps and candles.
- shear force — Shear force is force that makes one surface of a substance move over another parallel surface.
- sheep track — a pathway made by and used by sheep, often in rocky or mountainous terrain, and sometimes followed by hikers
- sheherazade — a legendary Persian queen who is a character in (and the storyteller of) 'One Thousand and One Nights'
- shelf paper — paper used for covering shelves, especially those of a cupboard or kitchen cabinet.
- shelftalker — a promotional sign used by a retailer to draw attention to a featured product on the shelf
- sheriffalty — shrievalty.
- sherlockian — pertaining to or characteristic of the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes, known for his skill in solving mysteries through deductive reasoning.
- shift gears — change speed manually in a vehicle
- shinplaster — a plaster for the shin or leg.
- shirtjacket — a jacket styled like a shirt
- shit-scared — very scared
- shopbreaker — a robber who breaks into a shop
- shore leave — permission to spend time ashore, usually 48 hours or more, granted a member of a ship's company.
- short-dated — (of a gilt-edged security) having less than five years to run before redemption
- short-range — having a limited extent, as in distance or time: a short-range shot; a short-range plan.
- shortchange — to give less than the correct change to.
- shorthaired — (of an animal) having hair that is short and lies close to the body.
- shovelboard — the game of shuffleboard.
- shower head — nozzle of a shower attachment
- sialorrhoea — an abnormally high production of saliva
- silk thread — thread that is manufactured from silk
- silver hake — a common hake, Merluccius bilinearis, occurring off the Atlantic coast of North America and popular as a food fish.
- silver thaw — glaze (def 17).
- silverchair — Australian rock group (formed 1994): comprising Daniel Johns (born 1979; vocals, guitar), Ben Gillies (born 1979, drums) and Chris Joannou (born 1979, bass guitar); their albums include Frogstomp (1995) and Young Modern (2007)