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11-letter words containing g, e, t, h, s

  • ostrich egg — the large egg produced by a fast-running flightless African bird, Struthio camelus, that is the largest living bird, with stout two-toed feet and dark feathers, except on the naked head, neck, and legs: order Struthioniformes
  • pathologies — the science or the study of the origin, nature, and course of diseases.
  • phagocytose — phagocytize.
  • psychotogen — a substance that causes a psychotic reaction.
  • redshirting — a high-school or college athlete kept out of varsity competition for one year to develop skills and extend eligibility. a child held back from starting kindergarten for one year, the practice of which is believed by some parents to give the child academic, athletic, and social advantages.
  • right stage — the part of the stage that is right of center as one faces the audience.
  • righteously — characterized by uprightness or morality: a righteous observance of the law.
  • sash weight — a counterweight to a vertically sliding window sash.
  • sea bathing — the activity of swimming in the sea
  • searchlight — a device, usually consisting of a light and reflector, for throwing a beam of light in any direction.
  • see through — Also, see-thru [see-throo] /ˈsiˌθru/ (Show IPA). transparent: a see-through blouse.
  • see-through — Also, see-thru [see-throo] /ˈsiˌθru/ (Show IPA). transparent: a see-through blouse.
  • self-hating — harbouring feelings of self-hatred
  • self-taught — taught to oneself or by oneself to be (as indicated) without the aid of a formal education: self-taught typing; a self-taught typist.
  • self-weight — the amount or quantity of heaviness or mass; amount a thing weighs.
  • shaft grave — a grave consisting of a deep, rectangular pit with vertical sides, roofed over with a stone slab.
  • shag carpet — shag pile carpet
  • sheet glass — glass in sheet form produced by drawing or by the cylinder glass process.
  • shergottite — a type of igneous rock or meteorite thought to originate on Mars
  • sherrington — Sir Charles Scott, 1861–1952, English physiologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1932.
  • shift gears — change speed manually in a vehicle
  • shoe-string — a shoelace.
  • short-range — having a limited extent, as in distance or time: a short-range shot; a short-range plan.
  • shortchange — to give less than the correct change to.
  • shortweight — to give less than the weight charged for: The firm is accused of shortweighting grain.
  • shutter-bug — an amateur photographer, especially one who is greatly devoted to the hobby.
  • sight rhyme — agreement in spelling, but not in sound, of the ends of words or of lines of verse, as in have, grave.
  • sightscreen — a white screen set in line with the wicket as an aid to the batsman in seeing the ball when it is bowled.
  • sightseeing — the act of visiting and seeing places and objects of interest.
  • single-shot — (of a firearm) requiring loading before each shot; not having or using a cartridge magazine.
  • sixth grade — (in the US) the sixth school year after kindergarten, usually containing pupils around 11 or 12 years old
  • sixty-eight — a cardinal number, 60 plus 8.
  • slaughtered — the killing or butchering of cattle, sheep, etc., especially for food.
  • sleep tight — Sleep well
  • south ogden — a town in N Utah.
  • southbridge — a town in S Massachusetts.
  • spaceflight — the flying of manned or unmanned spacecraft into or in outer space.
  • spaghettini — pasta in the form of long thin strings
  • speed light — an electronic flash lamp.
  • 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.
  • spot height — the elevation of a certain point.
  • sprightless — without any spirit or liveliness
  • stage right — Stage right is the right side of the stage for an actor who is standing facing the audience.
  • staggerbush — an ericaceous deciduous shrub, Lyonia mariana, of E North America, having white or pinkish flowers: it is poisonous to livestock
  • starlighted — lit by the stars
  • stenography — the art of writing in shorthand.
  • stenohygric — able to withstand only a narrow range of humidity
  • step change — A step change is a sudden or major change in the way that something happens or the way that someone behaves.
  • stereograph — a single or double picture for a stereoscope.
  • stevengraph — a small picture woven in colored silk thread: introduced in 1879 and mass-produced on a Jacquard-type loom.
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