10-letter words containing n, i, s, h
- sandwiched — two or more slices of bread or the like with a layer of meat, fish, cheese, etc., between each pair.
- sanmicheli — Michele [mee-ke-le] /miˈkɛ lɛ/ (Show IPA), 1484–1559, Italian architect and military engineer.
- sapphirine — consisting of sapphire; like sapphire, especially in color.
- sash chain — a chain for connecting a vertically sliding window sash with a counterweight.
- schalstein — a slate-like rock formed by shearing basaltic or andesitic tuff or lava
- scheduling — a plan of procedure, usually written, for a proposed objective, especially with reference to the sequence of and time allotted for each item or operation necessary to its completion: The schedule allows three weeks for this stage.
- schizogony — (in the asexual reproduction of certain sporozoans) the multiple fission of a trophozoite or schizont into merozoites.
- schlieffen — Alfred (ˈalfreːt), Count von Schlieffen. 1833–1913, German field marshal, who devised the Schlieffen Plan (1905): it was intended to ensure German victory over a Franco-Russian alliance by holding off Russia with minimal strength and swiftly defeating France by a massive flanking movement through the Low Countries. In a modified form, it was unsuccessfully employed in World War I (1914)
- schliemann — Heinrich [hahyn-rikh] /ˈhaɪn rɪx/ (Show IPA), 1822–90, German archaeologist: excavated ancient cities of Troy and Mycenae.
- schnitzler — Arthur [ahr-ther;; German ahr-too r] /ˈɑr θər;; German ˈɑr tʊər/ (Show IPA), 1862–1931, Austrian dramatist and novelist.
- schooligan — a person of school age who engages in acts of public disorder
- schtupping — to have sexual intercourse with.
- scratching — to break, mar, or mark the surface of by rubbing, scraping, or tearing with something sharp or rough: to scratch one's hand on a nail.
- screeching — causing or uttering screeches: screeching bats.
- scrimshank — to avoid one's obligations or share of work; shirk.
- sea urchin — any echinoderm of the class Echinoidea, having a somewhat globular or discoid form, and a shell composed of many calcareous plates covered with projecting spines.
- seamanship — knowledge and skill pertaining to the operation, navigation, management, safety, and maintenance of a ship.
- seannachie — a Gaelic storyteller in the Scottish Highlands or in Ireland
- see things — a material object without life or consciousness; an inanimate object.
- seethingly — to surge or foam as if boiling.
- seven-inch — a phonograph record seven inches in diameter, usually having one popular song on each side.
- seventieth — next after the sixty-ninth; being the ordinal number for 70.
- sextonship — the office of a sexton
- shabbiness — impaired by wear, use, etc.; worn: shabby clothes.
- shadow pin — a vertical pin set in an azimuth instrument or at the center of a compass card, indicating by the direction of its shadow the azimuth of the sun.
- shaganappi — thongs, straps, or lacings made of rawhide.
- shagginess — covered with or having long, rough hair.
- shahaptian — Sahaptian
- shakyamuni — Sakyamuni.
- shanghai's — Pinyin, Wade-Giles. a seaport and municipality in E China, near the mouth of the Chang Jiang.
- shanghaied — to enroll or obtain (a sailor) for the crew of a ship by unscrupulous means, as by force or the use of liquor or drugs.
- shanghaier — a person who shanghais
- 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.
- shankpiece — a piece of metal or fiber for giving form to the shank of a shoe.
- sharenting — the habitual use of social media to share news, images, etc of one’s children
- sharpening — the act of making the edge of something very thin or of making its end pointed
- shattering — to break (something) into pieces, as by a blow.
- shawinigan — a city in S Quebec, in E Canada.
- shebagging — the practice by a female passenger on public transport of placing a bag on the seat beside her, so denying it to another passenger
- shell pink — delicate whitish to yellow pink.
- shelliness — the state or quality of being covered with shells
- shenanigan — Usually, shenanigans. mischief; prankishness: Halloween shenanigans. deceit; trickery.
- shieldling — a person that is protected or guarded
- shift down — When you shift down, you move the gear lever in the vehicle you are driving in order to use a lower gear.
- shih ching — Book of Odes.
- shikibuton — futon.
- shimmering — a quivering or vibrating motion or image as produced by reflecting faint light or heat waves.
- shin guard — a protective covering, usually of leather or plastic and often padded, for the shins and sometimes the knees, worn chiefly by catchers in baseball and goalkeepers in ice hockey.
- ship canal — a canal navigable by ships.