11-letter words containing h, o, s, e, a
- slaveholder — an owner of slaves.
- smallholder — owner of small plot of land
- smart phone — a device that combines a cell phone with a handheld computer, typically offering Internet access, data storage, email capability, etc.
- smokechaser — a person who fights forest fires, especially one with lightweight equipment.
- 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-headed — foolish; stupid.
- softhearted — very sympathetic or responsive; generous in spirit: a soft-hearted judge.
- soho square — a formerly fashionable residential district of London, England.
- solar house — a house designed to absorb and store solar heat.
- sonographer — a diagnostic technician who operates a sonograph
- sore throat — a painful or sensitive condition of the throat exaggerated by swallowing or talking, usually caused by bacteria or viruses; laryngitis; pharyngitis; tonsillitis.
- sothic year — the fixed year of the ancient Egyptians, determined by the heliacal rising of Sirius, and equivalent to 365 days.
- south korea — a country in E Asia: formed 1948 after the division of the former country of Korea at 38° N. 36,600 sq. mi. (94,795 sq. km). Capital: Seoul. Compare Korea.
- south wales — an area of Wales bordered by England and the Bristol Channel to the east and south, and Mid Wales and West Wales to the north and west. Includes the capital city, Cardiff, as well as Swansea and Newport. Welsh name: De Cymru
- southeaster — a wind or storm from the southeast.
- southlander — a person from the south
- spathaceous — of the nature of or resembling a spathe.
- spheroplast — a Gram-negative bacterial cell with a cell wall that has been altered or is partly missing, resulting in a spherical shape.
- 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.
- 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.
- stadtholder — stadholder.
- stake horse — a horse that is regularly entered in stake races.
- stakeholder — the holder of the stakes of a wager.
- stallholder — A stallholder is a person who sells goods at a stall in a market.
- state coach — a horse-drawn coach used by royalty on state occasions
- state house — the building in which the legislature of a state sits; the capitol of a state.
- statehooder — a person who supports or advocates the attainment of statehood for a territory, colony, or the like, especially for Puerto Rico.
- steak house — A steak house is a restaurant that serves mainly steaks.
- steatorrhea — the presence of excess fat in the stools, usually caused by disease of the pancreas or intestine, and characterized by chronic diarrhea and weight loss.
- stenobathic — of or relating to marine or freshwater life that can tolerate only limited changes in depth (opposed to eurybathic).
- stenography — the art of writing in shorthand.
- stenohaline — (of an aquatic organism) unable to withstand wide variation in salinity of the surrounding water.
- stephanotis — any vine belonging to the genus Stephanotis, of the milkweed family, having fragrant, waxy, white flowers and leathery leaves.
- stereograph — a single or double picture for a stereoscope.
- stockhausen — Karlheinz [kahrl-hahynts] /ˈkɑrlˌhaɪnts/ (Show IPA), 1928–2007, German composer.
- stomachache — pain in the stomach or abdomen; colic.
- stomachless — lacking or not having a stomach
- stone china — hard earthenware containing china stone.
- stonewashed — to wash (cloth) with pebbles or stones so as to give the appearance of wear.
- szombathely — a city in W Hungary: founded a.d. 48.
- tachysterol — an isomer of ergosterol, C28H44O, formed during the production of calciferol by the irradiation of ergosterol
- 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.
- technospeak — any abstruse technical jargon
- the dakotas — North Dakota and South Dakota
- the gallows — execution by hanging
- the gorbals — a district of Glasgow, formerly known for its slums
- the narrows — strait between Upper & Lower New York Bay, separating Staten Island & Long Island
- the nations — the non-Jewish nations; Gentiles
- the proteas — the national cricket team of South Africa