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11-letter words containing a, s, h, e, r

  • stenography — the art of writing in shorthand.
  • stereograph — a single or double picture for a stereoscope.
  • stevengraph — a small picture woven in colored silk thread: introduced in 1879 and mass-produced on a Jacquard-type loom.
  • stewardship — the position and duties of a steward, a person who acts as the surrogate of another or others, especially by managing property, financial affairs, an estate, etc.
  • straichtest — straightest
  • straightest — without a bend, angle, or curve; not curved; direct: a straight path.
  • strap hinge — a hinge having a flap, especially a long one, attached to one face of a door or the like.
  • strap-hinge — a hinge having a flap, especially a long one, attached to one face of a door or the like.
  • straphanger — a passenger who stands in a crowded bus or subway train and holds onto a strap or other support suspended from above.
  • strathclyde — a region in SW Scotland. 5300 sq. mi. (13,727 sq. km).
  • strawweight — a boxer of the lightest competitive class, especially a boxer weighing up to 104 pounds (47.2 kg).
  • sub-charter — a document, issued by a sovereign or state, outlining the conditions under which a corporation, colony, city, or other corporate body is organized, and defining its rights and privileges.
  • super-earth — a hypothetical planet larger than the earth but smaller than the four gas giants Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, and Uranus, thought to be orbiting the sun beyond the Kuiper belt but nearer than the Oort cloud: its existence is suggested by two known dwarf planets in a similar orbit
  • supercharge — to charge with an abundant or excessive amount, as of energy, emotion, or tension.
  • superharden — harden (def 6).
  • superheated — If a liquid is superheated, it has been heated to a temperature that is higher than its boiling point without being allowed to boil.
  • sure-handed — using the hands with skill and confidence; dexterous.
  • swarthiness — (of skin color, complexion, etc.) dark.
  • sweat shirt — a heavy, loose, usually long-sleeved pullover made of cotton jersey, worn as by athletes to absorb sweat during or after exercise, sometimes with loose trousers (sweat pants) of the same material, forming an ensemble (sweat suit)
  • sympathizer — a person who sympathizes.
  • tachysterol — an isomer of ergosterol, C28H44O, formed during the production of calciferol by the irradiation of ergosterol
  • tax shelter — any financial arrangement (as a certain kind of investment or allowance) that results in a reduction or elimination of taxes due.
  • teachership — a person who teaches or instructs, especially as a profession; instructor.
  • telearchics — the remote control of electronic devices
  • tertianship — (in the Jesuit order) a period of strict discipline before the taking of final vows, beginning one or two years after ordination.
  • tetratheism — the belief that the Christian God is four persons
  • thale cress — a small cruciferous plant, Arabidopsis thaliana
  • thanksgiver — a person who gives thanks.
  • thar desert — a desert in NW India and S Pakistan. About 77,000 sq. mi. (200,000 sq. km).
  • thatcherism — the conservative policies, political philosophy, and leadership style of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, characterized especially by monetarism, privatization, and labor union reform.
  • the archers — a long-running soap opera broadcast six days a week on BBC Radio 4; created in 1950, it is set in a fictional village called Ambridge, and deals with the lives of the people who live and work there, especially the farming family called Archer
  • the gorbals — a district of Glasgow, formerly known for its slums
  • the marches — borderlands between England & Scotland and between England & Wales
  • the midrash — these commentaries and notes collectively
  • the narrows — strait between Upper & Lower New York Bay, separating Staten Island & Long Island
  • the proteas — the national cricket team of South Africa
  • the shakers — an American millenarian sect, founded in 1747 as an offshoot of the Quakers, given to ecstatic shaking, advocating celibacy for its members, and practising common ownership of property
  • the slammer — prison
  • the surreal — the atmosphere or qualities evoked by surrealism
  • the tarseal — the main highway
  • the vapours — a depressed mental condition believed originally to be the result of vaporous exhalations from the stomach
  • the wharves — the working area of a dock
  • theatricals — of or relating to the theater or dramatic presentations: theatrical performances.
  • theatricism — theatricalism.
  • theodorakis — Mikis (ˈmikis). born 1925, Greek composer, who wrote the music for the films Zorba the Greek (1965) and Serpico (1973): imprisoned (1967–70) for his opposition to the Greek military government
  • thereabouts — about or near that place or time: last June or thereabout.
  • theriatrics — the study and practice of veterinary medicine.
  • thermonasty — a nastic movement in response to a temperature change, as occurs in the opening of certain flowers
  • thermotaxis — Biology. movement of an organism toward or away from a source of heat.
  • thersitical — scurrilous; foulmouthed; grossly abusive.
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