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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.
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