11-letter words containing h, a, i, l, s
- shall i say — You use shall I say and shall we say in order to warn someone that what you are about to say may cause offence or be surprising.
- shared line — a telephone number that is assigned to more than one person, for example in an office. When somebody calls the number, all of the phones will ring until somebody picks up their phone to answer the call
- sharonville — a town in SW Ohio.
- sharpeville — a town in E South Africa: scene of riots in 1960 (when 69 demonstrators died), 1984, and 1985 (when 19 died)
- shaving gel — product that softens hair growth for shaving
- shellacking — lac that has been purified and formed into thin sheets, used for making varnish.
- sheriffalty — shrievalty.
- sherlockian — pertaining to or characteristic of the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes, known for his skill in solving mysteries through deductive reasoning.
- shingle oak — an oak, Quercus imbricaria, yielding a wood used for shingles, clapboards, etc.
- shinplaster — a plaster for the shin or leg.
- shroud-laid — noting a fiber rope of four strands laid right-handed with or without a heart.
- sialography — radiography of salivary glands once they have been injected with a contrast medium
- sialorrhoea — an abnormally high production of saliva
- silk thread — thread that is manufactured from silk
- silver hake — a common hake, Merluccius bilinearis, occurring off the Atlantic coast of North America and popular as a food fish.
- silver thaw — glaze (def 17).
- silverchair — Australian rock group (formed 1994): comprising Daniel Johns (born 1979; vocals, guitar), Ben Gillies (born 1979, drums) and Chris Joannou (born 1979, bass guitar); their albums include Frogstomp (1995) and Young Modern (2007)
- 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
- sir michael — Sir Michael (Kemp) 1905–98, British composer.
- slavishness — of or befitting a slave: slavish subjection.
- sling chair — any of several varieties of chairs having a seat and back formed from a single sheet of canvas, leather, or the like, hanging loosely in a frame.
- small white — a small white butterfly, Artogeia rapae, with scanty black markings, the larvae of which feed on brassica leaves
- snail shell — the spirally coiled shell of a snail
- snatchingly — in a snatching manner
- sophistical — of the nature of sophistry; fallacious.
- spaceflight — the flying of manned or unmanned spacecraft into or in outer space.
- spanish fly — Also called cantharides. a preparation of powdered blister beetles, especially the Spanish fly, used medicinally as a counterirritant, diuretic, and aphrodisiac.
- spinachlike — resembling or characteristic of spinach
- split hairs — any of the numerous fine, usually cylindrical, keratinous filaments growing from the skin of humans and animals; a pilus.
- split-phase — pertaining to or noting a current in one of two parallel circuits that have a single-phase current source but unequal impedances and that produce currents of different phase.
- staphylinid — rove beetle.
- staphylitis — inflammation of the soft palate or uvula
- starlighted — lit by the stars
- stenohaline — (of an aquatic organism) unable to withstand wide variation in salinity of the surrounding water.
- stickhandle — (in hockey and lacrosse) to control and skillfully maneuver the ball or puck with the stick.
- switchblade — a pocketknife, the blade of which is held by a spring and can be released suddenly, as by pressing a button.
- swivel head — A swivel head is a bearing between the traveling block and the kelly.
- synthetical — of, pertaining to, proceeding by, or involving synthesis (opposed to analytic).
- telearchics — the remote control of electronic devices
- telepathist — a student of or believer in telepathy.
- telesthesia — sensation or perception received at a distance without the normal operation of the recognized sense organs.
- thalassemia — a hereditary form of anemia, occurring chiefly in people of Mediterranean origin, marked by the abnormal synthesis of hemoglobin and a consequent shortened life span of red blood cells.
- that's life — expressing acceptance of fate
- the islands — the islands of the South Pacific
- theatricals — of or relating to the theater or dramatic presentations: theatrical performances.
- thersitical — scurrilous; foulmouthed; grossly abusive.
- thesis play — a play that develops or defends a particular thesis.
- thiosulfate — a salt or ester of thiosulfuric acid.
- third-class — of the lowest or poorest class or quality; inferior.