11-letter words containing m, i, s, h, n
- rompishness — the state or condition of being rompish
- sandringham — a village in N Norfolk, England: site of Sandringham House, Royal Family mansion.
- scrimshoner — a person who makes scrimshaw
- semimonthly — made, occurring, done, or published twice a month.
- shamanistic — the animistic religion of northern Asia, embracing a belief in powerful spirits that can be influenced only by shamans.
- shimonoseki — a seaport on SW Honshu, in SW Japan: treaty ending Sino-Japanese War signed 1895.
- shortcoming — a failure, defect, or deficiency in conduct, condition, thought, ability, etc.: a social shortcoming; a shortcoming of his philosophy.
- showjumping — horseriding event
- showmanship — the skill or ability of a showman.
- showrooming — the practice of looking at an item of merchandise in a shop, often using a smartphone app to compare its price elsewhere, before buying it from an online distributor
- shunamitism — the rejuvenation of an old man by sleeping with a young woman, although not necessarily having sex with her
- simethicone — an active ingredient in many antacid preparations that causes small mucus-entrapped air bubbles in the intestines to coalesce into larger bubbles that are more easily passed.
- siphonogamy — a mode of pollination in which pollen tubes develop to facilitate the passage of male cells to eggs
- smithereens — If something is smashed or blown to smithereens, it breaks into very small pieces.
- smithsonite — a native carbonate of zinc, ZnCO 3 , that is an important ore of the metal.
- southernism — a pronunciation, expression, or behavioral trait characteristic of the U.S. South.
- sphinx moth — hawk moth.
- subchairman — a subordinate or substitute chairman.
- subharmonic — an oscillation that has a frequency which is an integral submultiple of the frequency of a related oscillation.
- symphonious — harmonious; in harmonious agreement or accord.
- synchromism — a movement of the early 20th century led by American artists and manifested in their experimentation with nonfigurative or entirely abstract paintings containing shapes and volumes of pure color. Compare Orphism (def 2).
- synchronism — coincidence in time; contemporaneousness; simultaneousness.
- taphonomist — a specialist in taphonomy
- the moonies — the Unification Church
- thermionics — the branch of physics that deals with thermionic phenomena.
- this minute — immediately, without delay
- tinsmithing — the craft of the tinsmith
- train smash — a disaster or serious setback (esp in the phrase it's not a train smash)
- unblemished — to destroy or diminish the perfection of: The book is blemished by those long, ineffective descriptions.
- unlightsome — without light; dark
- utnapishtim — the favorite of the gods, who survived the great flood and became immortal.
- whimperings — Plural form of whimpering.
- wimpishness — The state or quality of being wimpish.
- wind chimes — mobile that makes a tinkling sound
- wisenheimer — a wiseacre or smart aleck.
- workmanship — the art or skill of a workman or workwoman.