10-letter words containing l, i, h, s
- semilethal — a semilethal gene
- set chisel — a chisel having a broad edge at the end of a tapered shaft; used to cut the heads off bolts, rivets, etc.
- shadowlike — a dark figure or image cast on the ground or some surface by a body intercepting light.
- shangri la — an imaginary paradise on earth, especially a remote and exotic utopia.
- shangri-la — an imaginary paradise on earth, especially a remote and exotic utopia.
- sheathbill — either of two white sea birds, Chionis alba or C. minor, of the colder parts of the Southern Hemisphere: so called from the horny sheath covering the base of the upper bill.
- sheepishly — embarrassed or bashful, as by having done something wrong or foolish.
- sheet film — a flat piece of film cut to a required size before being loaded into a camera.
- sheet pile — one of a number of piles, usually flat, driven side by side to retain earth, etc., or to prevent seepage into an excavation.
- shelf life — the term or period during which a stored commodity remains effective, useful, or suitable for consumption: Many medicines have a very short shelf life.
- shell pink — delicate whitish to yellow pink.
- shell suit — A shell suit is a casual suit which is made of thin nylon.
- shell-like — a hard outer covering of an animal, as the hard case of a mollusk, or either half of the case of a bivalve mollusk.
- shelliness — the state or quality of being covered with shells
- shibboleth — a peculiarity of pronunciation, behavior, mode of dress, etc., that distinguishes a particular class or set of persons.
- shield bug — any shield-shaped herbivorous heteropterous insect of the superfamily Pentamoidea, esp any of the family Pentatomidae
- shield law — a law protecting journalists from forced disclosure of confidential sources of information.
- shieldless — lacking a shield or its protection
- shieldling — a person that is protected or guarded
- shieldwall — a protective wall formed by interlocking the shields of foot soldiers
- shift lock — a typewriter or computer key that locks the shift key in depressed position.
- shillelagh — a cudgel, traditionally of blackthorn or oak.
- ship canal — a canal navigable by ships.
- shiplapped — of, related to, or resembling shiplap
- shirt-tail — the part of a shirt below the waistline.
- shockingly — causing intense surprise, disgust, horror, etc.
- shopaholic — a frequent shopper, especially one who is unable to control his or her spending.
- shoplifter — a person who steals goods from the shelves or displays of a retail store while posing as a customer.
- shopsoiled — worn, faded, tarnished, etc, from being displayed in a shop or store
- short bill — a bill of exchange that is payable at sight, on demand, or within less than ten days
- short line — a bus or rail route covering only a limited distance.
- short loin — the front part of a loin of beef, from the ribs to the sirloin
- short-laid — hard-laid.
- short-life — not designed to last
- short-list — to put on a short list.
- shoutingly — by way of shouting
- show trial — (especially in a totalitarian state) the public trial of a political offender conducted chiefly for propagandistic purposes, as to suppress further dissent against the government by making an example of the accused.
- shrievalty — the office, term, or jurisdiction of a sheriff.
- shrimplike — any of several small, long-tailed, chiefly marine crustaceans of the decapod suborder Natania, certain species of which are used as food.
- shrivelled — shrunken and withered
- shylockian — a relentless and revengeful moneylender in Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice.
- shylocking — a relentless and revengeful moneylender in Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice.
- side-light — an item of incidental information.
- side-wheel — having a paddle wheel on each side, as a steamboat.
- silhouette — a two-dimensional representation of the outline of an object, as a cutout or configurational drawing, uniformly filled in with black, especially a black-paper, miniature cutout of the outlines of a person's face in profile.
- silverfish — a white or silvery goldfish, Carassius auratus.
- silverhorn — any of various usually darkish caddis flies of the family Leptoceridae, characterized by very long pale antennae. The larvae are a favourite food of trout
- singhalese — Sinhalese
- singlehood — the status of being unmarried.
- sinhailien — Xinhailian.