11-letter words containing h, p, s, u
- set up shop — a retail store, especially a small one.
- shine up to — to give forth or glow with light; shed or cast light.
- shipbuilder — a person whose occupation is the designing or constructing of ship.
- shoot'em-up — a book, film, TV show, video game, etc. characterized by much violent content, gunplay, etc., esp. one in the western, crime, or war genres
- shoot-em-up — A shoot-em-up is a computer game that involves shooting and killing characters.
- shop around — compare prices
- shot putter — a sportsperson who competes in the shot put
- shot-putter — a participant in shot put.
- show jumper — A show jumper is a person who takes part in the sport of show jumping.
- showjumping — horseriding event
- sleep rough — to spend the night in the open; be without a home or without shelter
- southampton — Henry Wriothesley [rahy-uh ths-lee] /ˈraɪ əθs li/ (Show IPA), 3rd Earl of, 1573–1624, English nobleman, soldier, and patron of writers, including William Shakespeare.
- spathaceous — of the nature of or resembling a spathe.
- sphaeridium — a round body found on sea urchins
- springhouse — a small storehouse built over a spring or part of a brook, for keeping such foods as meat and dairy products cool and fresh.
- spur blight — a disease of raspberries, characterized by reddish-brown spots on the stems, caused by a fungus, Didymella applanata.
- steeplebush — the hardhack.
- stop chorus — a solo during which the rhythm section plays only the first beat of each phrase of music
- straight up — without a bend, angle, or curve; not curved; direct: a straight path.
- straight-up — without a bend, angle, or curve; not curved; direct: a straight path.
- studentship — the state or condition of being a student.
- stump ranch — (in British Columbia) an undeveloped ranch in the bush where animals graze among the stumps of felled trees
- subjectship — the state of being a subject or citizen
- suckerpunch — to strike (someone) with an unexpected blow.
- sulphhydryl — the univalent radical group -SH
- sulphurator — an apparatus used in treating anything with sulphur or sulphur fumes, such as in fumigating
- sulphureous — of the yellow colour of sulphur
- sulphurwort — an umbelliferous perennial plant, Peucedanum officinale, of which the roots produce a smell like that of sulphur
- sun-worship — the act of worshipping the sun as a deity
- sundry shop — (in Malaysia) a shop, similar to a delicatessen, that sells predominantly Chinese foodstuffs
- super-earth — a hypothetical planet larger than the earth but smaller than the four gas giants Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, and Uranus, thought to be orbiting the sun beyond the Kuiper belt but nearer than the Oort cloud: its existence is suggested by two known dwarf planets in a similar orbit
- superbright — exceptionally bright
- supercharge — to charge with an abundant or excessive amount, as of energy, emotion, or tension.
- supercherie — deception, trickery or an instance thereof
- superchurch — a church housed in an extremely large structure and containing elaborate facilities.
- supergrowth — exceptional growth; very rapid growth
- superharden — harden (def 6).
- superheated — If a liquid is superheated, it has been heated to a temperature that is higher than its boiling point without being allowed to boil.
- superheroic — Also, heroical. of, relating to, or characteristic of a hero or heroine.
- superphylum — a category of related phyla within a kingdom.
- superschool — a large school
- supersleuth — a detective. Synonyms: investigator, private investigator; private eye, gumshoe, shamus.
- supersmooth — exceptionally smooth
- supply ship — vessel carrying supplies
- surgeonship — the position or responsibility of a surgeon
- survey ship — a vessel designed to carry out research and surveying
- switch plug — a plug, as for an electric iron, equipped with an on-off switch.
- sympathique — pleasing or congenial
- symphonious — harmonious; in harmonious agreement or accord.
- syrphus fly — any of a family (Syrphidae) of dipterous flies, many of which mimic bees or wasps: the adults feed on nectar and pollen, and the larvae of various species feed on plant lice, plants, etc.