10-letter words containing l, h, s
- slash pine — a pine, Pinus elliotii, found in slashes and swamps in the southeastern U.S., yielding a hard, durable wood.
- slathering — to spread or apply thickly: to slather butter on toast.
- slaughtery — a slaughterhouse
- slave ship — a ship for transporting slaves from their native homes to places of bondage.
- slavophile — a person who greatly admires the Slavs and Slavic ways.
- slavophobe — a person who fears or hates the Slavs, their influence, or things Slavic.
- sleep with — to take the rest afforded by a suspension of voluntary bodily functions and the natural suspension, complete or partial, of consciousness; cease being awake.
- sleepshirt — a shirtlike garment, usually knee-length or shorter, worn for sleeping.
- sleepyhead — a sleepy person.
- sleevehand — a sleeve's cuff or wristband
- sleigh bed — a bed resembling a sleigh in shape, with curved boards at the head and foot
- slide show — a presentation of photographic slides, or images on a transparent base, placed in a projector and viewed sequentially on a screen.
- sling hash — a device for hurling stones or other missiles that consists, typically, of a short strap with a long string at each end and that is operated by placing the missile in the strap, and, holding the ends of the strings in one hand, whirling the instrument around in a circle and releasing one of the strings to discharge the missile.
- slithering — to slide down or along a surface, especially unsteadily, from side to side, or with some friction or noise: The box slithered down the chute.
- slop chest — a supply of clothing, boots, tobacco, and other personal goods for sale to the crew of a ship during a voyage.
- sloth bear — a coarse-haired, long-snouted bear, Ursus ursinus, of India and Indochina: now rare.
- slouch hat — a soft hat often made of felt and having a supple, usually broad brim.
- slough off — the outer layer of the skin of a snake, which is cast off periodically.
- slow coach — a slowpoke.
- slow march — a march in slow time
- slow match — a slow-burning match or fuse, often consisting of a rope or cord soaked in a solution of saltpeter.
- slow pitch — a variety of softball in which the ball is pitched with an underhand motion at moderate speed in an arc that rises at least six feet above the ground
- slow-pitch — a type of softball with ten players per side and in which each pitch must travel in an arc from three to ten feet high.
- sluggishly — indisposed to action or exertion; lacking in energy; lazy; indolent: a sluggish disposition.
- slung shot — a weight, as a stone or a piece of metal, fastened to a short strap, chain, or the like, and used as a weapon.
- slush fund — a sum of money used for illicit or corrupt political purposes, as for buying influence.
- slush pile — a collection of unsolicited manuscripts submitted to a publisher.
- small chop — cocktail snacks
- smallmouth — a river fish of the bass family
- smashingly — impressive or wonderful: a smashing display.
- smithfield — a town in N Rhode Island.
- smoky hill — a river flowing E from E Colorado to the Republican River in central Kansas. 540 miles (870 km) long.
- snappishly — in a sharp or irritable manner
- sneakishly — in a stealthy or underhanded manner
- sniffishly — in a sniffy or disdainful manner
- snobbishly — of, relating to, or characteristic of a snob: snobbish ideas about rank.
- snowplough — A snowplough is a vehicle which is used to push snow off roads or railway lines.
- so help me — to give or provide what is necessary to accomplish a task or satisfy a need; contribute strength or means to; render assistance to; cooperate effectively with; aid; assist: He planned to help me with my work. Let me help you with those packages.
- soft-shell — Also, soft-shelled. having a soft, flexible, or fragile shell, as a crab that has recently molted.
- solar myth — a myth explaining or allegorizing the origin or movement of the sun
- solar ship — (in ancient Egypt) a boat placed in or near the tomb of a king to transport him to the sun.
- solar-heat — to heat (a building) by means of solar energy.
- solo whist — a variety of whist in which each player can offer to play any of seven specified bids.
- soothingly — that soothes: a soothing voice.
- sophoclean — 495?–406? b.c, Greek dramatist.
- soul patch — a small patch of facial hair below the centre of the lower lip and above the chin
- sound hole — an opening in the soundboard of a musical stringed instrument, as a violin or lute, for increasing the soundboard's capacity for vibration.
- south pole — the region of a magnet toward which the lines of magnetic induction converge (south pole) or from which the lines of induction diverge (north pole)
- southernly — southerly.
- southfield — a city in SE Michigan, W of Detroit.