11-letter words containing h, i, g, s, c
- schrödinbug — (jargon, programming) /shroh'din-buhg/ (MIT, from the Schrödinger's Cat thought-experiment in quantum physics) A design or implementation bug that doesn't manifest until someone reading the source code or using the program in an unusual way notices that it never should have worked, at which point it stops working until fixed. Though (like bit rot) this sounds impossible, it happens; some programs have harboured schrödinbugs for years. Compare heisenbug, Bohr bug, mandelbug.
- schrodinger — Erwin [er-vin] /ˈɛr vɪn/ (Show IPA), 1887–1961, German physicist: Nobel prize 1933.
- schuschnigg — Kurt von [kurt von;; German koort fuh n] /kɜrt vɒn;; German kurt fən/ (Show IPA) (1897–1977), Austrian statesman in the U.S.: Chancellor of Austria 1934–38.
- scorchingly — in a scorching manner
- scratch wig — a short wig, especially one that covers only part of the head.
- searchingly — examining carefully or thoroughly: a searching inspection.
- searchlight — a device, usually consisting of a light and reflector, for throwing a beam of light in any direction.
- serigraphic — of or pertaining to serigraphy
- shellacking — lac that has been purified and formed into thin sheets, used for making varnish.
- shortcoming — a failure, defect, or deficiency in conduct, condition, thought, ability, etc.: a social shortcoming; a shortcoming of his philosophy.
- sightscreen — a white screen set in line with the wicket as an aid to the batsman in seeing the ball when it is bowled.
- sling chair — any of several varieties of chairs having a seat and back formed from a single sheet of canvas, leather, or the like, hanging loosely in a frame.
- snatchingly — in a snatching manner
- sociography — the branch of sociology that uses statistical data to describe social phenomena.
- spaceflight — the flying of manned or unmanned spacecraft into or in outer space.
- sphragistic — of or relating to seals or signet rings.
- stenohygric — able to withstand only a narrow range of humidity
- súgán chair — a chair with a seat made from woven súgáns
- switch plug — a plug, as for an electric iron, equipped with an on-off switch.
- switchgrass — a North American prairie grass
- watchspring — the main spring inside a watch
- welsh corgi — one of either of two Welsh breeds of dogs having short legs, erect ears, and a foxlike head. Compare Cardigan (def 2), Pembroke (def 3).
- witch grass — a panic grass, Panicum capillare, having a bushlike compound panicle, common as a weed in North America.
- zincographs — Plural form of zincograph.
- zwischenzug — a tactical move interpolated into an exchange or series of exchanges to improve the outcome