11-letter words containing h, o, n, e, s, t
- short money — (in Britain) the annual payment made to Opposition parties in the House of Commons to help them pay for certain services necessary to the carrying out of their parliamentary duties; established in 1975
- short novel — a prose narrative midway between the novel and the short story in length and scope
- short-range — having a limited extent, as in distance or time: a short-range shot; a short-range plan.
- shortchange — to give less than the correct change to.
- shower unit — fitted shower
- 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.
- sleuthhound — a bloodhound.
- smart phone — a device that combines a cell phone with a handheld computer, typically offering Internet access, data storage, email capability, etc.
- smithsonite — a native carbonate of zinc, ZnCO 3 , that is an important ore of the metal.
- snapshooter — an amateur photographer, especially one who takes snapshots with a simple camera.
- snapshotted — an informal photograph, especially one taken quickly by a handheld camera.
- soft hyphen — a hyphen that is used only in breaking a word at the end of a line of text.
- sottishness — the state of being sottish
- south devon — a breed of large red cattle originally from South Devon
- south ogden — a town in N Utah.
- south yemen — Yemen (def 3).
- southernism — a pronunciation, expression, or behavioral trait characteristic of the U.S. South.
- southernize — to make or become southern
- southlander — a person from the south
- sponge bath — a bath in which the bather is cleaned by a wet sponge or washcloth dipped in water, without getting into a tub of water.
- stench bomb — a small bomb made to emit a foul smell on exploding.
- stenobathic — of or relating to marine or freshwater life that can tolerate only limited changes in depth (opposed to eurybathic).
- stenochrome — a printed design made using stenochromy
- stenochromy — the art of printing designs made of more than one colour using a single impression
- stenography — the art of writing in shorthand.
- 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.
- stereophony — the state or condition of being stereophonic.
- stockhausen — Karlheinz [kahrl-hahynts] /ˈkɑrlˌhaɪnts/ (Show IPA), 1928–2007, German composer.
- stone china — hard earthenware containing china stone.
- stone sheep — a wild sheep found in the Yukon and the northern Rocky Mountains
- stone shoot — a long steeply sloping line of loose boulder-strewn scree
- stonewashed — to wash (cloth) with pebbles or stones so as to give the appearance of wear.
- switched on — turned-on (def 1).
- switched-on — turned-on (def 1).
- symphonette — a small symphony orchestra that usually specializes in playing short, familiar classical works or salon music.
- talent show — a theatrical show in which a series of usually amateur or aspiring singers, dancers, comedians, instrumentalists, etc., perform in the hope of gaining recognition.
- technopolis — a society with a concentration of technology-based businesses or an emphasis on technology
- technospeak — any abstruse technical jargon
- 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.
- tenterhooks — one of the hooks or bent nails that hold cloth stretched on a tenter.
- the cornish — the natives or inhabitants of Cornwall
- the moonies — the Unification Church
- the narrows — strait between Upper & Lower New York Bay, separating Staten Island & Long Island
- the nations — the non-Jewish nations; Gentiles
- the offense — the team that has possession of the ball
- the-seasons — an oratorio (1801) by Franz Joseph Haydn.