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11-letter words containing n, e, d, h

  • second-hand — the hand that indicates the seconds on a clock or watch.
  • sedan chair — an enclosed vehicle for one person, borne on poles by two bearers and common during the 17th and 18th centuries.
  • servanthood — the condition of being a servant
  • seventh-day — designating certain Christian denominations that make Saturday their chief day of rest and religious observance: Seventh-Day Adventists.
  • shade-grown — grown in the shade, especially in artificial shade, as under a cloth.
  • shaggedness — the state or quality of being shaggy
  • shake hands — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
  • share index — A share index is a number that indicates the state of a stock market. It is based on the combined share prices of a set of companies.
  • shared line — a telephone number that is assigned to more than one person, for example in an office. When somebody calls the number, all of the phones will ring until somebody picks up their phone to answer the call
  • sharp-nosed — having a thin, pointed nose.
  • sharpbender — an organization that has been underperforming its competitors but suddenly becomes more successful, often as a result of new management or changes in its business strategy
  • shell gland — a gland in certain invertebrates that secretes the components required for forming the shell of an egg
  • shepherding — a person who herds, tends, and guards sheep.
  • shield fern — any of numerous ferns of the genera Dryopteris and Polystichum, having shield-shaped indusia.
  • shroud-line — a cloth or sheet in which a corpse is wrapped for burial.
  • single-hand — to sail (a craft) without help from others.
  • sleuthhound — a bloodhound.
  • snapshotted — an informal photograph, especially one taken quickly by a handheld camera.
  • sound check — an on-the-spot rehearsal by a band before a gig to enable the sound engineer to set up the mixer
  • south devon — a breed of large red cattle originally from South Devon
  • south ogden — a town in N Utah.
  • southlander — a person from the south
  • spendthrift — a person who spends possessions or money extravagantly or wastefully; prodigal.
  • stickhandle — (in hockey and lacrosse) to control and skillfully maneuver the ball or puck with the stick.
  • stonewashed — to wash (cloth) with pebbles or stones so as to give the appearance of wear.
  • studentship — the state or condition of being a student.
  • sub-heading — a title or heading of a subdivision, as in a chapter, essay, or newspaper article.
  • superharden — harden (def 6).
  • sure-handed — using the hands with skill and confidence; dexterous.
  • switched on — turned-on (def 1).
  • switched-on — turned-on (def 1).
  • synecdochic — a figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole or the whole for a part, the special for the general or the general for the special, as in ten sail for ten ships or a Croesus for a rich man.
  • synthesised — to form (a material or abstract entity) by combining parts or elements (opposed to analyze): to synthesize a statement.
  • synthesized — Synthesized sounds are produced electronically using a synthesizer.
  • tented arch — a particular arch-like pattern in a fingerprint
  • tenth grade — (in the US) the tenth year of school, when students are 15 or 16 years old
  • tetrahedron — Geometry. a solid contained by four plane faces; a triangular pyramid.
  • the dansant — a tea dance.
  • the defence — the action of protecting oneself, one's goal, or one's allotted part of the playing area against an opponent's attacks
  • the dolphin — the constellation Delphinus
  • the islands — the islands of the South Pacific
  • the needful — money or funds
  • the old one — a jocular name for Satan
  • the top end — the northern part of the Northern Territory
  • the tynwald — the Parliament of the Isle of Man, consisting of the crown, lieutenant governor, House of Keys, and legislative council
  • the windies — the international cricket team of the West Indies
  • the wounded — persons wounded, esp. in warfare
  • theatreland — the main theatre district of a city, esp in the West End of London
  • thedominion — New Zealand
  • thin-lipped — having mean-looking thin lips
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