11-letter words containing m, t, h, s
- short money — (in Britain) the annual payment made to Opposition parties in the House of Commons to help them pay for certain services necessary to the carrying out of their parliamentary duties; established in 1975
- short-timer — a person, as a soldier, who has a short period of time left to serve on a tour of duty.
- shortcoming — a failure, defect, or deficiency in conduct, condition, thought, ability, etc.: a social shortcoming; a shortcoming of his philosophy.
- shunamitism — the rejuvenation of an old man by sleeping with a young woman, although not necessarily having sex with her
- shunt motor — A shunt motor is a direct current motor whose two windings are in parallel, with the same voltage across each.
- sight rhyme — agreement in spelling, but not in sound, of the ends of words or of lines of verse, as in have, grave.
- silversmith — a person whose occupation is making and repairing articles of silver.
- 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.
- slant rhyme — rhyme in which either the vowels or the consonants of stressed syllables are identical, as in eyes, light; years, yours.
- small white — a small white butterfly, Artogeia rapae, with scanty black markings, the larvae of which feed on brassica leaves
- smart phone — a device that combines a cell phone with a handheld computer, typically offering Internet access, data storage, email capability, etc.
- smash-mouth — designating or of a style of football characterized by rough, aggressive play and, typically, strong offensive rushing
- smear-sheet — a newspaper, magazine, or other periodical specializing in gossip, scandal, malicious innuendo, etc.
- 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.
- smooth away — to remove (difficulties, obstacles, etc.)
- smooth down — make flat and even
- smooth over — free from projections or unevenness of surface; not rough: smooth wood; a smooth road.
- smooth-talk — to persuade by flattery, cajolery, coaxing, or the like: We smooth-talked the company into a huge donation.
- smoothhound — a smooth dogfish, especially Mustelus mustelus, inhabiting waters along the coast of Europe.
- solar month — month (def 4).
- solar-month — Also called calendar month. any of the twelve parts, as January or February, into which the calendar year is divided.
- solo mother — a mother with a dependent child or dependent children and no spouse
- somersworth — a town in SE New Hampshire.
- somewhither — to some unspecified place; somewhere.
- south miami — a town in S Florida.
- south yemen — Yemen (def 3).
- southampton — Henry Wriothesley [rahy-uh ths-lee] /ˈraɪ əθs li/ (Show IPA), 3rd Earl of, 1573–1624, English nobleman, soldier, and patron of writers, including William Shakespeare.
- southernism — a pronunciation, expression, or behavioral trait characteristic of the U.S. South.
- spermaphyte — the placenta of a plant
- spermatheca — a small sac or cavity in female or hermaphroditic invertebrates used to store sperm for fertilizing eggs, as in the queen bee.
- spermophyte — spermatophyte.
- spherometer — an instrument for measuring the curvature of spheres and curved surfaces.
- sphinx moth — hawk moth.
- stasimorphy — structural modification by arrested development
- steam ahead — If an economy or company steams ahead, it becomes stronger and more successful.
- steam chest — the chamber from which steam enters the cylinder of an engine.
- steam-chest — the chamber from which steam enters the cylinder of an engine.
- stench bomb — a small bomb made to emit a foul smell on exploding.
- stenochrome — a printed design made using stenochromy
- stenochromy — the art of printing designs made of more than one colour using a single impression
- stethometer — an instrument for measuring the expansion of the chest and abdomen during respiration.
- stichometry — the practice of writing a prose text in lines, often of slightly differing lengths, that correspond to units of sense and indicate phrasal rhythms.
- stomachache — pain in the stomach or abdomen; colic.
- stomachless — lacking or not having a stomach
- storm house — a storm cellar.
- storm watch — watch (def 20).
- strike home — to deliver an effective blow
- stump ranch — (in British Columbia) an undeveloped ranch in the bush where animals graze among the stumps of felled trees
- supersmooth — exceptionally smooth