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

  • pear thrips — a minute, slender-bodied insect, Taeniothrips inconsequens, that eats the blossoms of flowering plants and is a common pest of pear, maple, almond, apple, and other trees in the eastern U.S.
  • pele's hair — volcanic glass thread, usually basaltic, caused by the solidification of exploding or ejected lava in the open air.
  • peripherals — pertaining to, situated in, or constituting the periphery: peripheral resistance on the outskirts of the battle area.
  • periphrasis — the use of an unnecessarily long or roundabout form of expression; circumlocution.
  • perishables — perishable articles, esp food
  • peristalith — a group of stones encircling a mound, dolmen, or the like.
  • petrarchism — the poetic style introduced by Petrarch and characteristic of his work, marked by complex grammatical structure, elaborate conceits, and conventionalized diction.
  • petrarchist — a person who imitates the literary style employed by Petrarch, especially the poets of the English Renaissance who employed the Petrarchan sonnet style.
  • phariseeism — the principles and practices of the Pharisees.
  • physiolater — somebody who worships nature
  • pirate ship — vessel sailed by sea robbers
  • planisphere — a map of half or more of the celestial sphere with a device for indicating the part of a given location visible at a given time.
  • praetorship — the office of a praetor.
  • pre-spanish — of or relating to Spain, its people, or their language.
  • preachiness — the quality of being preachy; a preachy style, esp a tedious one
  • preadmonish — to admonish or warn beforehand
  • predispatch — to send off or away with speed, as a messenger, telegram, body of troops, etc.
  • preemphasis — a process of increasing the amplitude of certain frequencies relative to others in a signal in order to help them override noise, complemented by deemphasis before final reproduction of the signal being received.
  • prehispanic — Spanish.
  • prelateship — the rank of a prelate
  • primateship — primacy (def 2).
  • radnorshire — a historic county in Powys, in E Wales.
  • rain shower — a brief rainfall, usually of variable intensity.
  • rankshifted — that has been shifted from one linguistic rank to another
  • rapid chess — a game of chess played within a fixed amount of time, usually 30 minutes per player for all moves.
  • re-emphasis — special stress laid upon, or importance attached to, anything: The president's statement gave emphasis to the budgetary crisis.
  • reason with — If you try to reason with someone, you try to persuade them to do or accept something by using sensible arguments.
  • reemphasize — to give emphasis to; lay stress upon; stress: to emphasize a point; to emphasize the eyes with mascara.
  • reestablish — to found, institute, build, or bring into being on a firm or stable basis: to establish a university; to establish a medical practice.
  • repair shop — garage, body shop: for vehicles
  • retail shop — a shop which sells goods to individual customers
  • rhea silvia — a vestal virgin who became the mother, by Mars, of Romulus and Remus.
  • ridesharing — of or relating to the sharing of rides or transportation, especially among commuters: The agency was set up to devise a ridesharing program.
  • riefenstahl — Leni [ley-nee] /ˈleɪ ni/ (Show IPA), 1902–2003, German film director.
  • right stage — the part of the stage that is right of center as one faces the audience.
  • schmierkase — cottage cheese.
  • schwarmerei — excessive enthusiasm or sentimentality.
  • searchingly — examining carefully or thoroughly: a searching inspection.
  • searchlight — a device, usually consisting of a light and reflector, for throwing a beam of light in any direction.
  • sedan chair — an enclosed vehicle for one person, borne on poles by two bearers and common during the 17th and 18th centuries.
  • seismograph — any of various instruments for measuring and recording the vibrations of earthquakes.
  • senatorship — the office or position of a senator
  • sennacherib — died 681 b.c, king of Assyria 705–681.
  • serigrapher — someone who engages in serigraphy
  • serigraphic — of or pertaining to serigraphy
  • 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 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
  • shark siren — a siren sounded to warn swimmers of the presence of sharks
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