9-letter words containing h, e, s, l
- shaftless — lacking a shaft
- shaggable — sexually attractive
- shale gas — Shale gas is a natural gas that is removed from rock by forcing liquid and sand into the rock.
- shale oil — petroleum distilled from oil shale.
- shalelike — having the properties or appearance of shale
- shallower — of little depth; not deep: shallow water.
- shameless — lacking any sense of shame: immodest; audacious.
- shapeless — having no definite or regular shape or form: a shapeless mass of clay.
- sharklike — any of a group of elongate elasmobranch, mostly marine fishes, certain species of which are large, voracious, and sometimes dangerous to humans.
- shaveling — Older Use: Disparaging. a clergyman with a shaven or tonsured head.
- shavetail — U.S. Army. a second lieutenant.
- shawlless — lacking, or not wearing, a shawl
- she-devil — a woman who resembles a devil, as in extreme wickedness, cruelty, or bad temper.
- sheaflike — resembling a sheaf
- shearlegs — shear (def 16).
- shearling — Chiefly British. a yearling sheep that has been shorn once.
- sheddable — to pour forth (water or other liquid), as a fountain.
- sheepfold — an enclosure for sheep.
- sheeplike — any of numerous ruminant mammals of the genus Ovis, of the family Bovidae, closely related to the goats, especially O. aries, bred in a number of domesticated varieties.
- sheepwalk — a tract of land on which sheep are pastured.
- sheerlegs — shear (def 16).
- sheetless — lacking sheets
- sheetlike — resembling a sheet
- sheffield — a city in South Yorkshire, in N England.
- shelburne — William Petty Fitzmaurice, 2nd Earl of, 1st Marquess of Lansdowne, William Petty Fizmaurice Lansdowne.
- sheldrake — any of several Old World ducks of the genus Tadorna, certain species of which have highly variegated plumage.
- shelf ice — ice forming part of or broken from an ice shelf.
- shelflist — a record of the books and other materials in a library arranged in the order in which the materials are stored on shelves.
- shelfroom — the space on a shelf
- shelfware — Computers. software or hardware that remains unsold, unused, or underused: shelfware as part of a bundled license deal.
- shell out — a hard outer covering of an animal, as the hard case of a mollusk, or either half of the case of a bivalve mollusk.
- shellback — an old sailor.
- shellbark — the shagbark tree.
- shelleyan — Also, Shellian. of, relating to, or characteristic of Percy Bysshe Shelley or his works.
- shellfire — the firing of explosive shells or projectiles.
- shellfish — an aquatic animal having a shell, as the oyster and other mollusks and the lobster and other crustaceans.
- shellwork — decorative work composed of seashells: an elaborate picture frame decorated with shellwork.
- sheltered — protected or shielded from storms, missiles, etc., by a wall, roof, barrier, or the like.
- shemozzle — a noisy confusion or dispute; uproar
- shielding — a broad piece of armor, varying widely in form and size, carried apart from the body, usually on the left arm, as a defense against swords, lances, arrows, etc.
- shiftable — able or designed to be shifted, changed, or removed: shiftable furniture.
- shiftless — lacking in resourcefulness; inefficient; lazy.
- shillaber — a shill or someone who poses as a satisfied customer in order to encourage other buyers or participants
- shineless — lacking shine or brightness
- shippable — being in a suitable form or condition for shipping1 .
- shirralee — a load, pack, or bundle
- shirtless — a long- or short-sleeved garment for the upper part of the body, usually lightweight and having a collar and a front opening.
- shit-hole — a very bad place; a disgusting place
- shlimazel — an inept, bungling person who suffers from unremitting bad luck.
- shoalness — (of water) the state of being shallow; shallowness