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11-letter words containing h, e, s, l

  • spermophile — any of various burrowing rodents of the squirrel family, especially of the genus Spermophilus (or Citellus), sometimes sufficiently numerous to do much damage to crops, as the ground squirrels and susliks.
  • spheroplast — a Gram-negative bacterial cell with a cell wall that has been altered or is partly missing, resulting in a spherical shape.
  • spider hole — a foxhole with a camouflaged lid or cover in which a sniper hides
  • spike heels — Spike heels are women's shoes with very high narrow heels.
  • spinachlike — resembling or characteristic of spinach
  • 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.
  • sprightless — without any spirit or liveliness
  • st. charles — a city in E Missouri, on the Missouri River.
  • stadtholder — stadholder.
  • stakeholder — the holder of the stakes of a wager.
  • stallholder — A stallholder is a person who sells goods at a stall in a market.
  • starlighted — lit by the stars
  • staunchless — not able to be stanched
  • stealth tax — Journalists sometimes refer to indirect taxes as stealth taxes.
  • steeplebush — the hardhack.
  • stenohaline — (of an aquatic organism) unable to withstand wide variation in salinity of the surrounding water.
  • stern-wheel — propelled by a paddle wheel at the stern.
  • stickhandle — (in hockey and lacrosse) to control and skillfully maneuver the ball or puck with the stick.
  • stockholder — Also called stockowner. a holder or owner of stock in a corporation.
  • stomachless — lacking or not having a stomach
  • strathclyde — a region in SW Scotland. 5300 sq. mi. (13,727 sq. km).
  • streetlight — a light, usually supported by a lamppost, for illuminating a street or road.
  • strengthful — full of strength, strong
  • stretchless — unable to stretch or be stretched
  • stroke hole — (in a handicap match) a hole at which players with a handicap deduct a stroke from the number taken to play the hole.
  • style sheet — a listing of the rules of usage in style employed by a publishing house or in a publishing project. Compare stylebook (def 1).
  • subchloride — a chloride containing a relatively small proportion of chlorine, as mercurous chloride.
  • sublethally — in a sublethal manner
  • sulphureous — of the yellow colour of sulphur
  • superphylum — a category of related phyla within a kingdom.
  • superschool — a large school
  • supersleuth — a detective. Synonyms: investigator, private investigator; private eye, gumshoe, shamus.
  • swash plate — an inclined circular plate on a rotating shaft for transferring force and motion to or from parts reciprocating in a direction parallel to the axis of shaft rotation.
  • swashbuckle — to work, behave, or perform as a swashbuckler.
  • 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).
  • szombathely — a city in W Hungary: founded a.d. 48.
  • tachysterol — an isomer of ergosterol, C28H44O, formed during the production of calciferol by the irradiation of ergosterol
  • talent show — a theatrical show in which a series of usually amateur or aspiring singers, dancers, comedians, instrumentalists, etc., perform in the hope of gaining recognition.
  • tallahassee — a state in the SE United States between the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico. 58,560 sq. mi. (151,670 sq. km). Capital: Tallahassee. Abbreviation: FL (for use with zip code), Fla.
  • tally sheet — a sheet for checking, counting, or scoring, as of cargo loaded or unloaded.
  • tax shelter — any financial arrangement (as a certain kind of investment or allowance) that results in a reduction or elimination of taxes due.
  • technopolis — a society with a concentration of technology-based businesses or an emphasis on technology
  • telearchics — the remote control of electronic devices
  • telepathist — a student of or believer in telepathy.
  • telephonist — a telephone switchboard operator.
  • telesphorus — pope a.d. 125?–136?.
  • telesthesia — sensation or perception received at a distance without the normal operation of the recognized sense organs.
  • telesthetic — sensation or perception received at a distance without the normal operation of the recognized sense organs.
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