11-letter words containing n, o, h, e
- short novel — a prose narrative midway between the novel and the short story in length and scope
- short-range — having a limited extent, as in distance or time: a short-range shot; a short-range plan.
- shortchange — to give less than the correct change to.
- shower unit — fitted shower
- showeriness — the state or quality of being showery
- shroud-line — a cloth or sheet in which a corpse is wrapped for burial.
- 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.
- single-shot — (of a firearm) requiring loading before each shot; not having or using a cartridge magazine.
- sleuthhound — a bloodhound.
- smart phone — a device that combines a cell phone with a handheld computer, typically offering Internet access, data storage, email capability, etc.
- smithsonite — a native carbonate of zinc, ZnCO 3 , that is an important ore of the metal.
- snapshooter — an amateur photographer, especially one who takes snapshots with a simple camera.
- snapshotted — an informal photograph, especially one taken quickly by a handheld camera.
- snowshoeing — the activity of taking part in cross-country walks over snow
- soft hyphen — a hyphen that is used only in breaking a word at the end of a line of text.
- solenoglyph — any poisonous snake of the viper family with hollow, paired, erectile fangs
- sonographer — a diagnostic technician who operates a sonograph
- sottishness — the state of being sottish
- 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.
- south yemen — Yemen (def 3).
- southernism — a pronunciation, expression, or behavioral trait characteristic of the U.S. South.
- southernize — to make or become southern
- southlander — a person from the south
- sphingosine — a basic unsaturated amino alcohol, C 1 8 H 3 3 (OH) 2 NH 2 , produced by the hydrolysis of sphingomyelin or gangliosides.
- sponge bath — a bath in which the bather is cleaned by a wet sponge or washcloth dipped in water, without getting into a tub of water.
- springhouse — a small storehouse built over a spring or part of a brook, for keeping such foods as meat and dairy products cool and fresh.
- stench bomb — a small bomb made to emit a foul smell on exploding.
- stenobathic — of or relating to marine or freshwater life that can tolerate only limited changes in depth (opposed to eurybathic).
- stenochrome — a printed design made using stenochromy
- stenochromy — the art of printing designs made of more than one colour using a single impression
- stenography — the art of writing in shorthand.
- stenohaline — (of an aquatic organism) unable to withstand wide variation in salinity of the surrounding water.
- stenohygric — able to withstand only a narrow range of humidity
- stephanotis — any vine belonging to the genus Stephanotis, of the milkweed family, having fragrant, waxy, white flowers and leathery leaves.
- stereophony — the state or condition of being stereophonic.
- stockhausen — Karlheinz [kahrl-hahynts] /ˈkɑrlˌhaɪnts/ (Show IPA), 1928–2007, German composer.
- stone china — hard earthenware containing china stone.
- stone sheep — a wild sheep found in the Yukon and the northern Rocky Mountains
- stone shoot — a long steeply sloping line of loose boulder-strewn scree
- stonewashed — to wash (cloth) with pebbles or stones so as to give the appearance of wear.
- sure enough — free from doubt as to the reliability, character, action, etc., of something: to be sure of one's data.
- sure-enough — real; genuine.
- surgeonfish — any tropical, coral-reef fish of the family Acanthuridae, with one or more sharp spines near the base of the tail fin.
- surgeonship — the position or responsibility of a surgeon
- switched on — turned-on (def 1).
- switched-on — turned-on (def 1).
- symphonette — a small symphony orchestra that usually specializes in playing short, familiar classical works or salon music.
- synchoresis — the act or an instance of conceding an argument in order to make a stronger one