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11-letter words containing i, s, h

  • body shield — a small bulletproof shield attached to the arm for fending off projectiles, especially in a riot situation.
  • bohemianism — unconventional behaviour or appearance, esp of an artist
  • bondmanship — the state of being a bondman; serfdom
  • bonefishing — the activity of fishing for bonefish
  • book rights — the legal right to make use of the text of a printed book
  • boorishness — of or like a boor; unmannered; crude; insensitive.
  • boot polish — a resistant polish specially formulated to protect boots of various kinds
  • bottom fish — any fish that feeds or lives near the bottom of a body of water, as a flounder or catfish
  • bottom-fish — to fish with a weighted line for fish that feed close to the bottom.
  • brachiosaur — any of a genus (Brachiosaurus) of huge Jurassic sauropods having longer forelegs than hind legs and nostrils high on the forehead
  • brachyprism — the four faces parallel to the brachyaxis in a crystal
  • brattishing — decorative work along the coping or on the cornice of a building
  • breadthwise — in the direction of the breadth
  • breathiness — (of the voice) characterized by audible or excessive emission of breath.
  • breconshire — (until 1974) a county of SE Wales, now mainly in Powys: over half its area forms the Brecon Beacons National Park
  • brickshaped — resembling the shape of a brick
  • bridal shop — a shop that specializes in selling bridal wear
  • british gum — dextrin.
  • british lop — a breed of large white pig with large drooping ears, originating from Wales, Cumberland, and Ulster
  • brittlebush — any of several composite plants of the genus Encelia, of desert regions of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico, having alternate leaves and yellow ray flowers with a yellow or purple center.
  • brown shirt — (in Nazi Germany) a storm trooper
  • brush aside — If you brush aside or brush away an idea, remark, or feeling, you refuse to consider it because you think it is not important or useful, even though it may be.
  • buffalofish — any of several freshwater North American hump-backed cyprinoid fishes of the genus Ictiobus: family Catostomidae (suckers)
  • bullshitter — nonsense, lies, or exaggeration.
  • burnishment — the act or process of burnishing
  • burns night — (in Scotland) 25 January, the traditional date for holding a celebratory meal (Burns supper) in honour of Robert Burns
  • bush shrike — any shrike of the African subfamily Malaconotinae, such as Chlorophoneus nigrifrons (black-fronted bush shrike)
  • bushbashing — the process of forcing a path through the bush
  • bushhogging — to clear (land) by using a bush hog.
  • bushmanship — the skills necessary for survival in the bush; bushcraft
  • bushranging — the life of a bushranger
  • bushwalking — an expedition on foot in the bush
  • butt chisel — any woodworking chisel having a blade less than 4 inches (10 cm) long.
  • butter dish — a small dish designed to hold butter
  • cacophonies — Plural form of cacophony.
  • caddishness — the state of being caddish
  • caipirinhas — Plural form of caipirinha.
  • calico bush — mountain laurel
  • calisthenic — Of, or relating to calisthenics.
  • callimachus — late 5th century bc, Greek sculptor, reputed to have invented the Corinthian capital
  • canophilist — a person who loves dogs
  • cantharides — a diuretic and urogenital stimulant or irritant prepared from the dried bodies of Spanish fly (family Meloidae, not Cantharidae), once thought to be an aphrodisiac
  • capiz shell — whitish, translucent shell of the Philippines, used in making lamp shades, decorative articles, etc.
  • captainship — captaincy.
  • carpathians — a mountain range in central Europe, extending from N Slovakia to central Romania. Highest peak, Gerlachovka, 8737 feet (2663 meters).
  • cash income — income received in the form of cash during a specified period, esp that of rural and farming households
  • cashability — money or an equivalent, as a check, paid at the time of making a purchase.
  • cashierment — the action of rejecting or dismissing
  • casing shoe — A casing shoe is the bottom of the casing string, including the cement around it.
  • catachresis — the incorrect use of words, as luxuriant for luxurious
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