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11-letter words containing h, u

  • rufter hood — a temporary, loosely fitted hood used on newly captured hawks.
  • rugby shirt — a knitted pullover sport shirt usually in bold horizontal stripes and having a white collar and neckline placket, styled after the shirts traditionally worn by the members of Rugby teams.
  • run through — an act or instance, or a period of running: a five-minute run before breakfast.
  • run-through — the performing of a sequence of designated actions, especially as a trial prior to actual performance; rehearsal; practice.
  • rush candle — a candle made from a dried, partly peeled rush that has been dipped in grease.
  • rush family — the plant family Juncaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants having narrow, grasslike leaves, small and greenish flowers, and capsular fruit with three compartments, comprising the true rushes.
  • russophobia — an intense and often irrational hatred for Russia, or esp the former Soviet Union, its political system, etc
  • saltchucker — a saltwater angler
  • sam houston — Sam(uel) 1793–1863, U.S. soldier and political leader: president of the Republic of Texas 1836–38 and 1841–44.
  • sarcophagus — a stone coffin, especially one bearing sculpture, inscriptions, etc., often displayed as a monument.
  • saurischian — any herbivorous or carnivorous dinosaur of the order Saurischia, having a three-pronged pelvis resembling that of a crocodile. Compare ornithischian.
  • scaramouche — a stock character in commedia dell'arte and farce who is a cowardly braggart, easily beaten and frightened.
  • scarborough — a seaport in North Yorkshire, in NE England.
  • sceuophylax — a keeper of sacred vessels
  • schaffhouse — a town in N Switzerland, capital of Schaffhausen canton, on the Rhine. Pop: 33 628 (2000)
  • schizanthus — any of several plants of the genus Schizanthus, native to Chile, having numerous variously colored flowers resembling small orchids.
  • school fund — the money provided by a government or raised by parents and teachers to finance the running of a school
  • schoolhouse — a building in which a school is conducted.
  • schrödinbug — (jargon, programming)   /shroh'din-buhg/ (MIT, from the Schrödinger's Cat thought-experiment in quantum physics) A design or implementation bug that doesn't manifest until someone reading the source code or using the program in an unusual way notices that it never should have worked, at which point it stops working until fixed. Though (like bit rot) this sounds impossible, it happens; some programs have harboured schrödinbugs for years. Compare heisenbug, Bohr bug, mandelbug.
  • schuschnigg — Kurt von [kurt von;; German koort fuh n] /kɜrt vɒn;; German kurt fən/ (Show IPA) (1897–1977), Austrian statesman in the U.S.: Chancellor of Austria 1934–38.
  • schweinfurt — a city in N Bavaria, in S central Germany, on the Main River.
  • scrub brush — a brush with stiff, short bristles for scrubbing.
  • scuffle hoe — a hoe with a flat blade, pushed back and forth through the surface soil, as to weed
  • 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.
  • self-taught — taught to oneself or by oneself to be (as indicated) without the aid of a formal education: self-taught typing; a self-taught typist.
  • semishrubby — somewhat resembling a shrub; shrubby in some respects; having characteristics somewhat like those of a shrub; partly covered in shrubs
  • sepulchrous — of the nature of a sepulchre
  • set up shop — a retail store, especially a small one.
  • shabu-shabu — a Japanese dish of thinly sliced meat and vegetables boiled quickly in broth and served with various dipping sauces.
  • shaft house — a structure housing machinery and other equipment at the top of a mine shaft.
  • shaftesbury — Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of, 1621–83, English statesman.
  • shanhaiguan — a city in NE Hebei province, in NE China, on the Gulf of Liaodong: strategically located at the E end of the Great Wall.
  • share issue — When there is a share issue, shares in a company are made available for people to buy.
  • sharksucker — any of several remoras, as Echeneis naucrates, usually found attached to sharks.
  • shea butter — a solid, greenish, yellowish, or whitish fat derived from the seeds of the shea tree, used for food and in the manufacture of soaps and candles.
  • sheet music — music printed on unbound sheets of paper.
  • 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.
  • shogun bond — a bond sold on the Japanese market by a foreign institution and denominated in a foreign currency
  • 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.
  • shootaround — an informal match or practice session
  • shop around — compare prices
  • shot putter — a sportsperson who competes in the shot put
  • shot-putter — a participant in shot put.
  • show around — guide round a new place
  • show jumper — A show jumper is a person who takes part in the sport of show jumping.
  • shower unit — fitted shower
  • showjumping — horseriding event
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