10-letter words containing n, i, s, h
- sphenopsid — equisetoid.
- sphinxlike — like the Sphinx; enigmatic or inscrutable
- spit-shine — a shoeshine in which a fluid, such as water, saliva, or lighter fluid, is used to impart a high gloss.
- splanchnic — of or relating to the viscera or entrails; visceral.
- springhaas — a leaping and burrowing rodent, Pedetes capensis, native to southern Africa, having kangaroolike legs and long, pointed ears.
- springhalt — stringhalt.
- springhare — a leaping and burrowing rodent, Pedetes capensis, native to southern Africa, having kangaroolike legs and long, pointed ears.
- springhead — a spring or fountainhead from which a stream flows.
- squelching — to strike or press with crushing force; crush down; squash.
- stag night — man's bachelor party prior to marriage
- stanchions — an upright bar, beam, post, or support, as in a window, stall, ship, etc.
- staphyline — having a form resembling a bunch of grapes
- stephanite — a mineral, silver antimony sulfide, Ag 5 SbS 4 : an ore of silver.
- stephen ii — died a.d. 757, pope 752–757.
- stephen iv — died a.d. 817, pope 816–817.
- stephen ix — died 1058, pope 1057–58.
- stephen vi — died a.d. 897, pope 896–897.
- sticharion — a white tunic of silk or linen, corresponding to the alb, worn by deacons, priests, and bishops.
- still hunt — the hunting of game by stalking or ambushing
- still-hunt — to pursue or ambush by a still hunt.
- stink with — to emit a strong offensive smell.
- stitchings — the act of a person or thing that stitches.
- stracchino — a soft cheese from North Italy
- straighten — make straight
- stretching — the activity of straightening the arms and legs and tightening the muscles
- stringhalt — a nerve disorder in horses, causing exaggerated flexing movements of the hind legs in walking.
- strychnine — Pharmacology. a colorless, crystalline poison, C 2 1 H 2 2 N 2 O 2 , obtained chiefly by extraction from the seeds of nux vomica, formerly used as a central nervous system stimulant.
- subheading — a subordinate division of a title or heading.
- subphrenic — underneath the diaphragm
- sulphonium — the hypothetical univalent radical -SH3
- sun-shield — something put over the windscreen of a car to keep the sun out
- sunbathing — to take a sunbath.
- sungchiang — Older Spelling. Songjiang.
- sure thing — something that is or is supposed to be a certain success, as a bet or a business venture: He thinks that real estate is a sure thing.
- sylphidine — resembling a sylph
- symphonion — a 19th-century mechanical music player
- symphonist — a composer who writes symphonies.
- symphonize — to play or sound together harmoniously.
- synchronic — having reference to the facts of a linguistic system as it exists at one point in time without reference to its history: synchronic analysis; synchronic dialectology.
- synthesise — to form (a material or abstract entity) by combining parts or elements (opposed to analyze): to synthesize a statement.
- synthesist — the combining of the constituent elements of separate material or abstract entities into a single or unified entity (opposed to analysis, ) the separating of any material or abstract entity into its constituent elements.
- synthesize — to form (a material or abstract entity) by combining parts or elements (opposed to analyze): to synthesize a statement.
- synthetics — You can refer to synthetic clothing, fabric, or materials as synthetics.
- synthetism — the symbolism of Gauguin and the Nabis, who reacted against the impressionists and realists by seeking to produce brightly coloured abstractions of their inner experience
- technicism — a technical term or phrase
- technicist — a technician
- tenantship — the state of being a tenant
- teschenite — a coarse-grained igneous rock consisting of plagioclase, olivine, and augite.
- tetchiness — irritable; touchy.
- thalassian — a sea turtle