11-letter words containing h, e, s, o, n, i
- on the spin — one after another
- open switch — (IBM, probably from railways) An unresolved question, issue, or problem.
- openinsight — (programming, database) The workflow-enabled Windows 95/Windows NT version of Advanced Revelation, featuring native support for Lotus Notes, Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle and ODBC. OpenInsight is available from Revelation Software.
- orchestrina — (musical instruments) orchestrion.
- orchestrion — a mechanical musical instrument, resembling a barrel organ but more elaborate, for producing the effect of an orchestra.
- orthogenics — the treatment of mentally and emotionally disturbed children
- overfishing — to fish (an area) excessively; to exhaust the supply of usable fish in (certain waters): Scientists are concerned that fishing boats may overfish our coastal waters.
- overnourish — to sustain with food or nutriment; supply with what is necessary for life, health, and growth.
- paint horse — paint (def 6).
- parishioner — one of the community or inhabitants of a parish.
- phonematics — phonemics.
- phonetastic — (communications) A CTI product from Callware. Phonetastic employs if-then rules and customer records to tell those receiving calls who is calling (based on ANI and DNIS) and to determine how the call should be routed, e.g. to a certain sales representative or to the general sales department; receive high-priority treatment; receive a fax-back, etc.
- phoneticism — a phonetic scheme of writing
- pitchperson — a pitchman or pitchwoman
- preadmonish — to admonish or warn beforehand
- pro-chinese — the standard language of China, based on the speech of Beijing; Mandarin.
- prophesying — to foretell or predict.
- psychogenic — having origin in the mind or in a mental condition or process: a psychogenic disorder.
- radnorshire — a historic county in Powys, in E Wales.
- rain shower — a brief rainfall, usually of variable intensity.
- reason with — If you try to reason with someone, you try to persuade them to do or accept something by using sensible arguments.
- rhinestoned — adorned with rhinestones
- rompishness — the state or condition of being rompish
- schizogenic — reproducing or formed by fission.
- schrodinger — Erwin [er-vin] /ˈɛr vɪn/ (Show IPA), 1887–1961, German physicist: Nobel prize 1933.
- scotch pine — a pine, Pinus sylvestris, of Eurasia, having a reddish trunk and twisted, bluish-green needles.
- scrimshoner — a person who makes scrimshaw
- semimonthly — made, occurring, done, or published twice a month.
- senatorship — the office or position of a senator
- shake on it — to shake hands in agreement, reconciliation, etc
- sharonville — a town in SW Ohio.
- sherlockian — pertaining to or characteristic of the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes, known for his skill in solving mysteries through deductive reasoning.
- sherrington — Sir Charles Scott, 1861–1952, English physiologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1932.
- shimonoseki — a seaport on SW Honshu, in SW Japan: treaty ending Sino-Japanese War signed 1895.
- shine up to — to give forth or glow with light; shed or cast light.
- shingle oak — an oak, Quercus imbricaria, yielding a wood used for shingles, clapboards, etc.
- shoe-string — a shoelace.
- shopkeeping — a retail merchant or tradesman; a person who owns or operates a small store or shop.
- shower unit — fitted shower
- showeriness — the state or quality of being showery
- shroud-line — a cloth or sheet in which a corpse is wrapped for burial.
- simethicone — an active ingredient in many antacid preparations that causes small mucus-entrapped air bubbles in the intestines to coalesce into larger bubbles that are more easily passed.
- single-shot — (of a firearm) requiring loading before each shot; not having or using a cartridge magazine.
- smithsonite — a native carbonate of zinc, ZnCO 3 , that is an important ore of the metal.
- snowshoeing — the activity of taking part in cross-country walks over snow
- sottishness — the state of being sottish
- southernism — a pronunciation, expression, or behavioral trait characteristic of the U.S. South.
- southernize — to make or become southern
- sphingosine — a basic unsaturated amino alcohol, C 1 8 H 3 3 (OH) 2 NH 2 , produced by the hydrolysis of sphingomyelin or gangliosides.
- springhouse — a small storehouse built over a spring or part of a brook, for keeping such foods as meat and dairy products cool and fresh.