11-letter words containing h, i, s, t, o
- sit through — endure the whole of
- six-shooter — a revolver from which six shots can be fired without reloading.
- sixth chord — an inversion of a triad in which the second note (next above the root) is in the bass.
- slow-twitch — of or relating to muscle fiber that contracts relatively slowly and is resistant to fatigue (distinguished from fast-twitch).
- smithsonite — a native carbonate of zinc, ZnCO 3 , that is an important ore of the metal.
- sociopathic — a person with a psychopathic personality whose behavior is antisocial, often criminal, and who lacks a sense of moral responsibility or social conscience.
- solid south — the states of the southern U.S. that traditionally supported the Democratic Party after the Civil War.
- somewhither — to some unspecified place; somewhere.
- sonofabitch — an abusive term of address or of description
- soothsaying — the practice or art of foretelling events.
- sophistical — of the nature of sophistry; fallacious.
- sophistries — Sophistries are clever arguments that sound convincing but are in fact false.
- sothic year — the fixed year of the ancient Egyptians, determined by the heliacal rising of Sirius, and equivalent to 365 days.
- sottishness — the state of being sottish
- sound shift — a gradual alteration or series of alterations in the pronunciation of a set of sounds, esp of vowels
- south miami — a town in S Florida.
- south river — a borough in central New Jersey.
- southbridge — a town in S Massachusetts.
- southernism — a pronunciation, expression, or behavioral trait characteristic of the U.S. South.
- southernize — to make or become southern
- southington — a town in central Connecticut.
- sow thistle — any composite plant belonging to the genus Sonchus, especially S. oleraceus, a weed having thistlelike leaves, yellow flowers, and a milky juice.
- sphinx moth — hawk moth.
- 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.
- sport shirt — a long- or short-sleeved soft shirt for informal wear by men, having a squared-off shirttail that may be left outside the trousers, usually worn without a tie.
- spot height — the elevation of a certain point.
- standoffish — somewhat aloof or reserved; cold and unfriendly.
- stasimorphy — structural modification by arrested development
- stenobathic — of or relating to marine or freshwater life that can tolerate only limited changes in depth (opposed to eurybathic).
- stenohaline — (of an aquatic organism) unable to withstand wide variation in salinity of the surrounding water.
- stenohygric — able to withstand only a narrow range of humidity
- stephanotis — any vine belonging to the genus Stephanotis, of the milkweed family, having fragrant, waxy, white flowers and leathery leaves.
- stichometry — the practice of writing a prose text in lines, often of slightly differing lengths, that correspond to units of sense and indicate phrasal rhythms.
- stone china — hard earthenware containing china stone.
- strike home — to deliver an effective blow
- switch over — If you switch over when you are watching television, you change to another channel.
- switchboard — a structural unit on which are mounted switches and instruments necessary to complete telephone circuits manually.
- switched on — turned-on (def 1).
- switched-on — turned-on (def 1).
- sword fight — duel with long-bladed weapons
- sycophantic — a self-seeking, servile flatterer; fawning parasite.
- taphonomist — a specialist in taphonomy
- tchaikovsky — Peter Ilyich [il-yich] /ˈɪl yɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), or Pëtr Ilich [Russian pyawtr ee-lyeech] /Russian ˈpyɔtr iˈlyitʃ/ (Show IPA), 1840–93, Russian composer.
- technopolis — a society with a concentration of technology-based businesses or an emphasis on technology
- telephonist — a telephone switchboard operator.
- tennis shoe — a sports shoe with a rubber sole (usually pebbled) and a stitched canvas upper that laces over the instep.
- terpsichore — Classical Mythology. the Muse of dancing and choral song.
- textbookish — suggesting a textbook, especially in literary style or composition.
- thanatopsis — a view or contemplation of death.
- the cornish — the natives or inhabitants of Cornwall