10-letter words containing h, o, n, s
- shoshonean — (in some, especially earlier, classifications) a grouping of four branches of the Uto-Aztecan language family including Numic, Hopi, and several languages of southern California.
- shot angle — the angle from which a shot is taken
- shot noise — random fluctuations in the emission of electrons from a hot cathode, causing a hissing or sputtering sound (shot noise) in an audio amplifier and causing snow on a television screen.
- shotgunner — a person who is skilled with a shotgun
- shotmaking — the playing of good shots (by a sports player)
- shout down — silence by speaking more loudly than
- shoutingly — by way of shouting
- shovelnose — any of various animals with a shovellike snout or head, as a guitarfish, Rhinobatos productus, of California.
- showcasing — a glass case for the display and protection of articles in shops, museums, etc.
- showground — outdoor events venue
- shylockian — a relentless and revengeful moneylender in Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice.
- shylocking — a relentless and revengeful moneylender in Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice.
- sighthound — gazehound.
- silverhorn — any of various usually darkish caddis flies of the family Leptoceridae, characterized by very long pale antennae. The larvae are a favourite food of trout
- singlehood — the status of being unmarried.
- sinophobia — a fear or dislike of China, or Chinese people, their language or culture
- siphonogam — a plant that is pollinated by siphonogamy
- slung shot — a weight, as a stone or a piece of metal, fastened to a short strap, chain, or the like, and used as a weapon.
- smartphone — a device that combines a cell phone with a handheld computer, typically offering Internet access, data storage, email capability, etc.
- smash down — If you smash down a door, building, or other large heavy object, you hit it hard and break it until it falls on the ground.
- smoothness — free from projections or unevenness of surface; not rough: smooth wood; a smooth road.
- smothering — to stifle or suffocate, as by smoke or other means of preventing free breathing.
- snakemouth — rose pogonia.
- snobbishly — of, relating to, or characteristic of a snob: snobbish ideas about rank.
- snow-broth — melted snow.
- snow-white — white as snow.
- snowplough — A snowplough is a vehicle which is used to push snow off roads or railway lines.
- somethings — Informal. a person or thing of some value or consequence: He is really something! This writer has something to say and she says it well.
- somewhence — from somewhere
- song sheet — A song sheet is a piece of paper with the words to one or more songs printed on it. Song sheets are given to groups of people at occasions when they are expected to sing together.
- sonography — the medical diagnostic imaging technique used to see internal organs, muscles, etc
- soothingly — that soothes: a soothing voice.
- sophoclean — 495?–406? b.c, Greek dramatist.
- sophrosyne — moderation; discretion; prudence.
- sound head — a mechanism through which film passes in a projector for conversion of the soundtrack into audio-frequency signals that can be amplified and reproduced.
- sound hole — an opening in the soundboard of a musical stringed instrument, as a violin or lute, for increasing the soundboard's capacity for vibration.
- sousaphone — a form of bass tuba, similar to the helicon, used in brass bands.
- south bend — a city in N Indiana.
- south node — the descending node of the moon.
- southbound — traveling southward.
- southerner — a native or inhabitant of the south.
- southernly — southerly.
- sphenodont — a member of the Sphenodont group of lizards
- sphenogram — a cuneiform character.
- sphenoidal — relating to the sphenoid bone
- sphenopsid — equisetoid.
- splanchno- — the viscera
- splashdown — the landing of a space vehicle in a body of water, especially the ocean.
- spoon hook — a fishhook equipped with a spoon lure.
- st. john's — an island state comprising Antigua and two smaller islands: a member of the former West Indies Associated States; formerly a British crown colony; gained independence 1981. 171 sq. mi. (442 sq. km). Capital: St. John's.