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11-letter words containing h, o, r, s

  • sea-poacher — poacher1 (def 2).
  • see through — Also, see-thru [see-throo] /ˈsiˌθru/ (Show IPA). transparent: a see-through blouse.
  • see-through — Also, see-thru [see-throo] /ˈsiˌθru/ (Show IPA). transparent: a see-through blouse.
  • sefer torah — Sepher Torah.
  • seismograph — any of various instruments for measuring and recording the vibrations of earthquakes.
  • senatorship — the office or position of a senator
  • sepulchrous — of the nature of a sepulchre
  • serotherapy — therapy by means of injections of a serum obtained especially from an immune animal.
  • serrano ham — cured ham from Spain
  • servanthood — the condition of being a servant
  • sex hormone — any of a class of steroid hormones that regulate the growth and function of the reproductive organs or stimulate the development of the secondary sexual characteristics.
  • shade-grown — grown in the shade, especially in artificial shade, as under a cloth.
  • shadow roll — sheepskin that is placed just below the eyes of a pacing horse in order to prevent it from seeing moving shadows cast by its body.
  • shadowgraph — a picture produced by throwing a shadow, as of the hands, on a lighted screen, wall, or the like.
  • shameworthy — deserving shame; denoting something a person ought to be ashamed of
  • shareholder — a holder or owner of shares, especially in a company or corporation.
  • sharonville — a town in SW Ohio.
  • sharp-nosed — having a thin, pointed nose.
  • shcherbakov — a former name (1946–57) of Andropov.
  • shear force — Shear force is force that makes one surface of a substance move over another parallel surface.
  • shed dormer — a dormer with a flat roof sloping in the same direction as the roof from which the dormer projects.
  • shellflower — an eastern Asian plant, Alpinia zerumbet, of the ginger family, having pendulous clusters of fragrant white flowers with variegated markings.
  • shergottite — a type of igneous rock or meteorite thought to originate on Mars
  • sherlockian — pertaining to or characteristic of the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes, known for his skill in solving mysteries through deductive reasoning.
  • sherrington — Sir Charles Scott, 1861–1952, English physiologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1932.
  • ship of war — warship.
  • ship-broker — a person who acts for a shipowner by getting cargo and passengers for his ships and also handling insurance and other matters
  • shire horse — a large heavy breed of carthorse with long hair on the fetlocks
  • shirt front — the front of a shirt, especially the part that is exposed when a jacket or vest is worn.
  • shock front — the forward boundary surface of a shock wave.
  • shock radio — broadcasting by a commercial radio station whose humor includes tasteless jokes, sexual innuendo, and ethnic insults.
  • shoe-string — a shoelace.
  • shoot craps — to play this game
  • shootaround — an informal match or practice session
  • shop around — compare prices
  • shopbreaker — a robber who breaks into a shop
  • shore leave — permission to spend time ashore, usually 48 hours or more, granted a member of a ship's company.
  • short field — the area of the infield between third base and second, covered by the shortstop.
  • short hairs — pubic hair.
  • short jenny — an in-off into a middle pocket
  • short metre — a stanza form, used esp for hymns, consisting of four lines, the third of which has eight syllables, while the rest have six
  • 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 score — a condensed version of the score for a musical composition, usually written for piano
  • short sight — myopia
  • short snort — a quick drink of liquor
  • short story — a piece of prose fiction, usually under 10,000 words.
  • short title — an abridged listing in a catalog or bibliography, giving only such essential information as the author's name and the book's title, publisher, and date and place of publication.
  • short-dated — (of a gilt-edged security) having less than five years to run before redemption
  • short-lived — living or lasting only a little while.
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