11-letter words containing d, i, s, h
- shop-window — a window used for display of merchandise.
- short field — the area of the infield between third base and second, covered by the shortstop.
- short-lived — living or lasting only a little while.
- shorthaired — (of an animal) having hair that is short and lies close to the body.
- show window — a display window in a store.
- shroud-laid — noting a fiber rope of four strands laid right-handed with or without a heart.
- shroud-line — a cloth or sheet in which a corpse is wrapped for burial.
- shrubberied — having a shrubbery
- siderophile — (of a cell or tissue) having an affinity for iron.
- sidewheeler — having a paddle wheel on each side, as a steamboat.
- sight draft — a draft payable upon presentation.
- silhouetted — a two-dimensional representation of the outline of an object, as a cutout or configurational drawing, uniformly filled in with black, especially a black-paper, miniature cutout of the outlines of a person's face in profile.
- silk thread — thread that is manufactured from silk
- single-hand — to sail (a craft) without help from others.
- sir galahad — (in Arthurian legend) the most virtuous knight of the Round Table, destined to regain the Holy Grail; son of Lancelot and Elaine
- sixth chord — an inversion of a triad in which the second note (next above the root) is in the bass.
- sixth grade — (in the US) the sixth school year after kindergarten, usually containing pupils around 11 or 12 years old
- sixty-third — next after the sixty-second; being the ordinal number for 63.
- sleigh ride — trip on a sledge
- soda siphon — fizzy water dispenser
- soldierfish — any of several squirrelfishes of the family Holocentridae.
- soldiership — a person who serves in an army; a person engaged in military service.
- solid south — the states of the southern U.S. that traditionally supported the Democratic Party after the Civil War.
- sound shift — a gradual alteration or series of alterations in the pronunciation of a set of sounds, esp of vowels
- southbridge — a town in S Massachusetts.
- speed light — an electronic flash lamp.
- spendthrift — a person who spends possessions or money extravagantly or wastefully; prodigal.
- sphaeridium — a round body found on sea urchins
- spheroidize — to turn or be turned into spheroids
- spider hole — a foxhole with a camouflaged lid or cover in which a sniper hides
- standoffish — somewhat aloof or reserved; cold and unfriendly.
- staphylinid — rove beetle.
- starlighted — lit by the stars
- static head — Static head is the pressure resulting from a column of liquid acting under gravity.
- 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.
- stickhandle — (in hockey and lacrosse) to control and skillfully maneuver the ball or puck with the stick.
- studentship — the state or condition of being a student.
- sub-heading — a title or heading of a subdivision, as in a chapter, essay, or newspaper article.
- subchloride — a chloride containing a relatively small proportion of chlorine, as mercurous chloride.
- swedish ivy — any of various plants belonging to the genus Plectranthus, of the mint family, native to the Old World tropics, having rounded, scalloped or toothed leaves and widely cultivated as a houseplant.
- swiss chard — chard.
- switch yard — a railroad yard in which rolling stock is distributed or made up into trains.
- switchblade — a pocketknife, the blade of which is held by a spring and can be released suddenly, as by pressing a button.
- switchboard — a structural unit on which are mounted switches and instruments necessary to complete telephone circuits manually.
- switched on — turned-on (def 1).
- switched-on — turned-on (def 1).
- swivel head — A swivel head is a bearing between the traveling block and the kelly.
- sword fight — duel with long-bladed weapons
- synecdochic — a figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole or the whole for a part, the special for the general or the general for the special, as in ten sail for ten ships or a Croesus for a rich man.
- synthesised — to form (a material or abstract entity) by combining parts or elements (opposed to analyze): to synthesize a statement.