11-letter words containing b, a, s, h
- perishables — perishable articles, esp food
- phrase book — a small book containing everyday phrases and sentences and their equivalents in a foreign language, written especially for travelers.
- plattsburgh — a city in NE New York, on Lake Champlain: battle, 1814.
- prosobranch — a gastropod mollusc of the subclass Prosobranchia, which includes conches, limpets, abalones, and numerous aquatic and terrestrial snails
- publishable — to issue (printed or otherwise reproduced textual or graphic material, computer software, etc.) for sale or distribution to the public.
- pukka sahib — (in British India) a term of respectful address used to British colonial authorities.
- purchasable — capable of being bought.
- quail-brush — a salt-tolerant, silvery gray shrub, Atriplex lentiformis breweri, of the amaranth family, native to southern California.
- rabbitbrush — any of several composite shrubs of the genus Chrysothamnus, of the western U.S. and Mexico, having whitish, hairy branches and yellow flowers.
- rajya sabha — the upper house of parliament in India.
- rattle-bush — blue false indigo.
- reestablish — to found, institute, build, or bring into being on a firm or stable basis: to establish a university; to establish a medical practice.
- rhabdovirus — any of various RNA-containing viruses of the family Rhabdoviridae, including the rabies virus.
- rhesus baby — a baby suffering from haemolytic disease at birth as its red blood cells (which are Rh positive) have been attacked in the womb by antibodies from its Rh negative mother
- rubbish bag — a plastic bag for the disposal of household rubbish
- russophobia — an intense and often irrational hatred for Russia, or esp the former Soviet Union, its political system, etc
- safe harbor — a harbor considered safe for a ship, as in wartime or during a storm at sea.
- sash ribbon — a strip of steel or aluminum alloy for connecting a vertically sliding window sash with a counterweight.
- scarborough — a seaport in North Yorkshire, in NE England.
- schiff base — the product of the chemical association of an aldehyde with a primary amine
- scopophobia — the fear of being observed
- scratchback — an implement for scratching the back
- sea bathing — the activity of swimming in the sea
- sennacherib — died 681 b.c, king of Assyria 705–681.
- shabbas goy — a gentile who performs tasks for Jews in the home or synagogue on the Sabbath or on a holy day that are forbidden Jews on such occasions, as turning on the lights or heat.
- shabby chic — Shabby Chic is a style of decorating the inside of a house in which the furniture and house look slightly used or old in a way that is attractive.
- shabu-shabu — a Japanese dish of thinly sliced meat and vegetables boiled quickly in broth and served with various dipping sauces.
- shacklebone — the wrist
- shaftesbury — Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of, 1621–83, English statesman.
- 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
- 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.
- ship's boat — a boat for communication between ship and shore
- shish kebab — meat on skewer
- shish-kebab — to broil or roast food on a skewer.
- shopbreaker — a robber who breaks into a shop
- shovel beak — a deformity of the beak in intensively reared chicks
- shovelboard — the game of shuffleboard.
- snobography — an account or description of snobs
- sonofabitch — an abusive term of address or of description
- splashboard — a board, guard, or screen to protect from splashing, as a dashboard of a vehicle or a guard placed over a wheel to intercept water, dirt, etc.
- sponge bath — a bath in which the bather is cleaned by a wet sponge or washcloth dipped in water, without getting into a tub of water.
- staggerbush — an ericaceous deciduous shrub, Lyonia mariana, of E North America, having white or pinkish flowers: it is poisonous to livestock
- stenobathic — of or relating to marine or freshwater life that can tolerate only limited changes in depth (opposed to eurybathic).
- 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.
- sub-heading — a title or heading of a subdivision, as in a chapter, essay, or newspaper article.
- sub-saharan — of, relating to, or in Africa south of the Sahara Desert: a sub-Saharan country; sub-Saharan peoples.
- subchairman — a subordinate or substitute chairman.
- subchondral — of or relating to cartilage or a cartilage.
- subharmonic — an oscillation that has a frequency which is an integral submultiple of the frequency of a related oscillation.