11-letter words containing b, h
- scratchback — an implement for scratching the back
- scrub brush — a brush with stiff, short bristles for scrubbing.
- sea bathing — the activity of swimming in the sea
- semishrubby — somewhat resembling a shrub; shrubby in some respects; having characteristics somewhat like those of a shrub; partly covered in shrubs
- 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.
- shelbyville — a city in central Indiana.
- shelterbelt — a row of trees providing shelter from the wind
- ship's boat — a boat for communication between ship and shore
- ship-broker — a person who acts for a shipowner by getting cargo and passengers for his ships and also handling insurance and other matters
- shipbuilder — a person whose occupation is the designing or constructing of ship.
- shish kebab — meat on skewer
- shish-kebab — to broil or roast food on a skewer.
- shogun bond — a bond sold on the Japanese market by a foreign institution and denominated in a foreign currency
- shopbreaker — a robber who breaks into a shop
- shovel beak — a deformity of the beak in intensively reared chicks
- shovelboard — the game of shuffleboard.
- shrubberied — having a shrubbery
- shutter-bug — an amateur photographer, especially one who is greatly devoted to the hobby.
- shuttle bus — a bus that travels regularly between two places
- sketch book — a collection of essays and stories (1819–20) by Washington Irving.
- sleigh bell — any of several kinds of small bells, as a jingle bell, attached to a sleigh or to the harness of the animal drawing the sleigh.
- snobography — an account or description of snobs
- sonofabitch — an abusive term of address or of description
- southbridge — a town in S Massachusetts.
- 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.
- spur blight — a disease of raspberries, characterized by reddish-brown spots on the stems, caused by a fungus, Didymella applanata.
- staggerbush — an ericaceous deciduous shrub, Lyonia mariana, of E North America, having white or pinkish flowers: it is poisonous to livestock
- steeplebush — the hardhack.
- stench bomb — a small bomb made to emit a foul smell on exploding.
- stenobathic — of or relating to marine or freshwater life that can tolerate only limited changes in depth (opposed to eurybathic).
- stepbrother — one's stepfather's son or stepmother's son by a previous marriage.
- 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-chronic — constant; habitual; inveterate: a chronic liar.
- 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.
- subchloride — a chloride containing a relatively small proportion of chlorine, as mercurous chloride.
- 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.
- subjectship — the state of being a subject or citizen
- sublethally — in a sublethal manner