10-letter words containing l, h, s
- saltshaker — table-salt dispenser
- sanmicheli — Michele [mee-ke-le] /miˈkɛ lɛ/ (Show IPA), 1484–1559, Italian architect and military engineer.
- sarcophile — a flesh-eating animal, especially the Tasmanian devil.
- satchelful — the amount a satchel will hold
- scampishly — in a scampish manner
- scapewheel — escape wheel.
- scatheless — to attack with severe criticism.
- schalstein — a slate-like rock formed by shearing basaltic or andesitic tuff or lava
- scheduling — a plan of procedure, usually written, for a proposed objective, especially with reference to the sequence of and time allotted for each item or operation necessary to its completion: The schedule allows three weeks for this stage.
- schefflera — any of various tropical trees or shrubs belonging to the genus Schefflera, of the ginseng family, having glossy, palmately compound leaves and often cultivated as a houseplant.
- schizoidal — relating to a person with a schizoid personality disorder
- schleicher — August, 1821–68, German linguist.
- schlieffen — Alfred (ˈalfreːt), Count von Schlieffen. 1833–1913, German field marshal, who devised the Schlieffen Plan (1905): it was intended to ensure German victory over a Franco-Russian alliance by holding off Russia with minimal strength and swiftly defeating France by a massive flanking movement through the Low Countries. In a modified form, it was unsuccessfully employed in World War I (1914)
- schliemann — Heinrich [hahyn-rikh] /ˈhaɪn rɪx/ (Show IPA), 1822–90, German archaeologist: excavated ancient cities of Troy and Mycenae.
- schlimazel — an inept, bungling person who suffers from unremitting bad luck.
- schnitzler — Arthur [ahr-ther;; German ahr-too r] /ˈɑr θər;; German ˈɑr tʊər/ (Show IPA), 1862–1931, Austrian dramatist and novelist.
- schnozzola — a nose, especially one of unusually large size.
- scholastic — of or relating to schools, scholars, or education: scholastic attainments.
- school age — the age set by law for children to start school attendance.
- school bus — a vehicle used to transport students to and from school or used for other related purposes.
- school day — any day on which school is conducted.
- school kid — child of school age
- school run — The school run is the journey that parents make each day when they take their children to school and bring them home from school.
- school tie — old school tie.
- schoolbook — a book for study in schools.
- schooldays — school-age period
- schoolgirl — a girl attending school.
- schooligan — a person of school age who engages in acts of public disorder
- schoolmaid — a schoolgirl
- schoolmarm — a female schoolteacher, especially of the old-time country school type, popularly held to be strict and priggish.
- schoolmate — a companion or associate at school.
- schoolroom — a room in which a class is conducted or pupils are taught.
- schooltide — schooldays
- schooltime — the period during which schools are open
- schoolward — towards or in the direction of school
- schoolwork — the material studied in or for school, comprising homework and work done in class.
- schoolyard — a playground or sports field near a school.
- schuylkill — a river flowing SE from E Pennsylvania to the Delaware River at Philadelphia. 131 miles (210 km) long.
- schwarzlot — a type of black decoration on German glassware and ceramics that was popular in the 17th and 18th centuries
- scrollhead — billethead.
- scrum half — a player who puts in the ball at scrums and tries to get it away to his three-quarter backs
- scythelike — an agricultural implement consisting of a long, curving blade fastened at an angle to a handle, for cutting grass, grain, etc., by hand.
- sea dahlia — a garden plant, Coreopsis maritima, of the southwestern coast of North America, having long-stalked, solitary, yellow flower heads nearly 3 inches (7.6 cm) wide.
- seal beach — a town in S California.
- searchable — to go or look through (a place, area, etc.) carefully in order to find something missing or lost: They searched the woods for the missing child. I searched the desk for the letter.
- searchless — unsearchable; inscrutable.
- seethingly — to surge or foam as if boiling.
- self-worth — the sense of one's own value or worth as a person; self-esteem; self-respect.
- sell short — having little length; not long.
- semilethal — a semilethal gene