11-letter words containing h, a, t, s
- spathaceous — of the nature of or resembling a spathe.
- spatterdash — a long gaiter to protect the trousers or stockings, as from mud while riding.
- speechcraft — the art of rhetoric
- spermaphyte — the placenta of a plant
- spermatheca — a small sac or cavity in female or hermaphroditic invertebrates used to store sperm for fertilizing eggs, as in the queen bee.
- spheroplast — a Gram-negative bacterial cell with a cell wall that has been altered or is partly missing, resulting in a spherical shape.
- sphragistic — of or relating to seals or signet rings.
- spike heath — a Eurasian evergreen shrub, Bruckenthalia spiculifolia, of the heath family, having narrow leaves and bell-shaped, pink flowers, growing in gritty soil.
- spirochaete — any of various spiral-shaped motile bacteria of the family Spirochaetaceae, certain species, as Treponema, Leptospira, and Borrelia, being pathogenic to humans and other animals, and other species being free-living, saprophytic, or parasitic.
- 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.
- 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.
- sports hall — venue for physical activities
- spreadsheet — Accounting. a worksheet that is arranged in the manner of a mathematical matrix and contains a multicolumn analysis of related entries for easy reference on a single sheet.
- square with — a rectangle having all four sides of equal length.
- st. charles — a city in E Missouri, on the Missouri River.
- stadtholder — stadholder.
- stag's horn — the antlers of a stag used as a material for carved implements
- 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
- stake horse — a horse that is regularly entered in stake races.
- stakeholder — the holder of the stakes of a wager.
- stallholder — A stallholder is a person who sells goods at a stall in a market.
- standoffish — somewhat aloof or reserved; cold and unfriendly.
- staphylinid — rove beetle.
- staphylitis — inflammation of the soft palate or uvula
- star-shaped — of the shape of or like a star.
- starchiness — of, relating to, or of the nature of starch.
- starchitect — a well-known and well-paid architect noted for his or her landmark buildings
- starlighted — lit by the stars
- stasimorphy — structural modification by arrested development
- state coach — a horse-drawn coach used by royalty on state occasions
- state house — the building in which the legislature of a state sits; the capitol of a state.
- statehooder — a person who supports or advocates the attainment of statehood for a territory, colony, or the like, especially for Puerto Rico.
- static head — Static head is the pressure resulting from a column of liquid acting under gravity.
- staunchless — not able to be stanched
- staunchness — firm or steadfast in principle, adherence, loyalty, etc., as a person: a staunch Republican; a staunch friend.
- steak house — A steak house is a restaurant that serves mainly steaks.
- stealth tax — Journalists sometimes refer to indirect taxes as stealth taxes.
- steam ahead — If an economy or company steams ahead, it becomes stronger and more successful.
- steam chest — the chamber from which steam enters the cylinder of an engine.
- steam-chest — the chamber from which steam enters the cylinder of an engine.
- steatorrhea — the presence of excess fat in the stools, usually caused by disease of the pancreas or intestine, and characterized by chronic diarrhea and weight loss.
- stench trap — a trap in a sewer that by means of a water seal prevents the upward passage of foul-smelling gases
- stenobathic — of or relating to marine or freshwater life that can tolerate only limited changes in depth (opposed to eurybathic).
- stenography — the art of writing in shorthand.
- stenohaline — (of an aquatic organism) unable to withstand wide variation in salinity of the surrounding water.
- step change — A step change is a sudden or major change in the way that something happens or the way that someone behaves.
- stephanotis — any vine belonging to the genus Stephanotis, of the milkweed family, having fragrant, waxy, white flowers and leathery leaves.
- stereograph — a single or double picture for a stereoscope.