11-letter words containing l, e, s, t, h
- sleep tight — Sleep well
- sleuthhound — a bloodhound.
- slit trench — a narrow trench for one or more persons for protection against enemy fire and fragmentation bombs.
- small white — a small white butterfly, Artogeia rapae, with scanty black markings, the larvae of which feed on brassica leaves
- snitch line — a direct telephone or other communications link set up to allow people to report neighbours, colleagues, etc suspected of wrongdoing
- solo mother — a mother with a dependent child or dependent children and no spouse
- 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
- southlander — a person from the south
- sow thistle — any composite plant belonging to the genus Sonchus, especially S. oleraceus, a weed having thistlelike leaves, yellow flowers, and a milky juice.
- spaceflight — the flying of manned or unmanned spacecraft into or in outer space.
- speed light — an electronic flash lamp.
- spheroplast — a Gram-negative bacterial cell with a cell wall that has been altered or is partly missing, resulting in a spherical shape.
- split-phase — pertaining to or noting a current in one of two parallel circuits that have a single-phase current source but unequal impedances and that produce currents of different phase.
- sprightless — without any spirit or liveliness
- st. charles — a city in E Missouri, on the Missouri River.
- stadtholder — stadholder.
- stakeholder — the holder of the stakes of a wager.
- stallholder — A stallholder is a person who sells goods at a stall in a market.
- starlighted — lit by the stars
- staunchless — not able to be stanched
- stealth tax — Journalists sometimes refer to indirect taxes as stealth taxes.
- steeplebush — the hardhack.
- stenohaline — (of an aquatic organism) unable to withstand wide variation in salinity of the surrounding water.
- stern-wheel — propelled by a paddle wheel at the stern.
- stickhandle — (in hockey and lacrosse) to control and skillfully maneuver the ball or puck with the stick.
- stockholder — Also called stockowner. a holder or owner of stock in a corporation.
- stomachless — lacking or not having a stomach
- strathclyde — a region in SW Scotland. 5300 sq. mi. (13,727 sq. km).
- streetlight — a light, usually supported by a lamppost, for illuminating a street or road.
- strengthful — full of strength, strong
- stretchless — unable to stretch or be stretched
- stroke hole — (in a handicap match) a hole at which players with a handicap deduct a stroke from the number taken to play the hole.
- style sheet — a listing of the rules of usage in style employed by a publishing house or in a publishing project. Compare stylebook (def 1).
- sublethally — in a sublethal manner
- supersleuth — a detective. Synonyms: investigator, private investigator; private eye, gumshoe, shamus.
- swash plate — an inclined circular plate on a rotating shaft for transferring force and motion to or from parts reciprocating in a direction parallel to the axis of shaft rotation.
- switchblade — a pocketknife, the blade of which is held by a spring and can be released suddenly, as by pressing a button.
- synthetical — of, pertaining to, proceeding by, or involving synthesis (opposed to analytic).
- 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.
- tallahassee — a state in the SE United States between the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico. 58,560 sq. mi. (151,670 sq. km). Capital: Tallahassee. Abbreviation: FL (for use with zip code), Fla.
- tally sheet — a sheet for checking, counting, or scoring, as of cargo loaded or unloaded.
- tax shelter — any financial arrangement (as a certain kind of investment or allowance) that results in a reduction or elimination of taxes due.
- technopolis — a society with a concentration of technology-based businesses or an emphasis on technology
- telearchics — the remote control of electronic devices
- telepathist — a student of or believer in telepathy.
- telephonist — a telephone switchboard operator.
- telesphorus — pope a.d. 125?–136?.
- telesthesia — sensation or perception received at a distance without the normal operation of the recognized sense organs.