11-letter words containing h, o, c, u, s
- schoolhouse — a building in which a school is conducted.
- 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.
- scuffle hoe — a hoe with a flat blade, pushed back and forth through the surface soil, as to weed
- sepulchrous — of the nature of a sepulchre
- shuttlecock — Also called shuttle. the object that is struck back and forth in badminton and battledore, consisting of a feathered cork head and a plastic crown.
- so much for — So much for is used to indicate that you have finished talking about a subject.
- soft launch — the launch of a website in stages, with regular updating
- sound check — an on-the-spot rehearsal by a band before a gig to enable the sound engineer to set up the mixer
- sour cherry — a cherry, Prunus cerasus, characterized by gray bark and the spreading habit of its branches.
- spathaceous — of the nature of or resembling a spathe.
- stockhausen — Karlheinz [kahrl-hahynts] /ˈkɑrlˌhaɪnts/ (Show IPA), 1928–2007, German composer.
- stop chorus — a solo during which the rhythm section plays only the first beat of each phrase of music
- stretch out — lie down, sprawl
- sub-chronic — constant; habitual; inveterate: a chronic liar.
- subchloride — a chloride containing a relatively small proportion of chlorine, as mercurous chloride.
- subchondral — of or relating to cartilage or a cartilage.
- subharmonic — an oscillation that has a frequency which is an integral submultiple of the frequency of a related oscillation.
- superheroic — Also, heroical. of, relating to, or characteristic of a hero or heroine.
- superschool — a large school
- synchronous — occurring at the same time; coinciding in time; contemporaneous; simultaneous.
- the tussock — country where tussock grass grows
- thoughtcast — a mode of thought
- touchscreen — a touch-sensitive display screen on a computer or other electronic device: touching different portions of the screen with a finger or stylus will cause the device to take actions determined by a computer program.
- tract house — a house forming part of a real-estate development, usually having a plan and appearance common to some or all of the houses in the development.
- treacherous — characterized by faithlessness or readiness to betray trust; traitorous.
- tristichous — arranged in three rows.
- ulotrichous — belonging to a group of people having woolly or crisply curly hair.
- unchoosable — to select from a number of possibilities; pick by preference: She chose Sunday for her departure.
- unscholarly — not befitting a scholar or learned person
- unshockable — not able to be shocked
- youskevitch — Igor [ee-gawr] /ˈi gɔr/ (Show IPA), 1912–94, U.S. ballet dancer, born in Russia.