10-letter words containing h, a, n, s, e
- shaggymane — an edible and elongated fungus or mushroom, Coprinus comatus, with shaggy scales across the cap and black spores
- shagreened — made, covered with, or resembling shagreen
- shake down — an act or instance of shaking, rocking, swaying, etc.
- shake-down — an act or instance of shaking, rocking, swaying, etc.
- shan state — a state in E Burma (Myanmar), along the Saiween River. About 56,000 sq. mi. (145,040 sq. km).
- shanghaied — to enroll or obtain (a sailor) for the crew of a ship by unscrupulous means, as by force or the use of liquor or drugs.
- shanghaier — a person who shanghais
- shankpiece — a piece of metal or fiber for giving form to the shank of a shoe.
- shape note — a musical note in which the degree of the scale is indicated by the shape of the note's head.
- sharenting — the habitual use of social media to share news, images, etc of one’s children
- sharpen up — hone, refine
- sharpening — the act of making the edge of something very thin or of making its end pointed
- shattering — to break (something) into pieces, as by a blow.
- shear zone — Geology. a zone of closely spaced, approximately parallel faults or dispersed displacements.
- shebagging — the practice by a female passenger on public transport of placing a bag on the seat beside her, so denying it to another passenger
- sheepshank — a kind of knot, hitch, or bend made on a rope to shorten it temporarily.
- shell bean — any of various kinds of bean of which the unripe seeds are removed from the pods before cooking.
- shenandoah — a river flowing NE from N Virginia to the Potomac at Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. About 200 miles (322 km) long.
- shenanigan — Usually, shenanigans. mischief; prankishness: Halloween shenanigans. deceit; trickery.
- shetlander — a native or inhabitant of Shetland
- shoshonean — (in some, especially earlier, classifications) a grouping of four branches of the Uto-Aztecan language family including Numic, Hopi, and several languages of southern California.
- shot angle — the angle from which a shot is taken
- side chain — a group of atoms bound to an atom, usually a carbon, that forms part of a larger chain or ring in a molecule
- singhalese — Sinhalese
- sinhailien — Xinhailian.
- slash pine — a pine, Pinus elliotii, found in slashes and swamps in the southeastern U.S., yielding a hard, durable wood.
- slathering — to spread or apply thickly: to slather butter on toast.
- sleevehand — a sleeve's cuff or wristband
- smartphone — a device that combines a cell phone with a handheld computer, typically offering Internet access, data storage, email capability, etc.
- snakemouth — rose pogonia.
- snaphaunce — an early flintlock mechanism for igniting a charge of gunpowder in a gun.
- sneakishly — in a stealthy or underhanded manner
- sophoclean — 495?–406? b.c, Greek dramatist.
- sound head — a mechanism through which film passes in a projector for conversion of the soundtrack into audio-frequency signals that can be amplified and reproduced.
- sousaphone — a form of bass tuba, similar to the helicon, used in brass bands.
- sphenogram — a cuneiform character.
- sphenoidal — relating to the sphenoid bone
- springhare — a leaping and burrowing rodent, Pedetes capensis, native to southern Africa, having kangaroolike legs and long, pointed ears.
- springhead — a spring or fountainhead from which a stream flows.
- st. helena — Saint, c247–c330, mother of Constantine I.
- stanchless — not to be stanched.
- stanchness — the state or quality of being staunch
- staphyline — having a form resembling a bunch of grapes
- staunchest — firm or steadfast in principle, adherence, loyalty, etc., as a person: a staunch Republican; a staunch friend.
- stenograph — any of various keyboard instruments, somewhat resembling a typewriter, used for writing in shorthand, as by means of phonetic or arbitrary symbols.
- stephanite — a mineral, silver antimony sulfide, Ag 5 SbS 4 : an ore of silver.
- stonebrash — a type of subsoil consisting of small or broken stones or rock
- straighten — make straight
- subheading — a subordinate division of a title or heading.
- subtrahend — a number that is subtracted from another.