11-letter words containing n, p, h, a
- senatorship — the office or position of a senator
- 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
- sheep-shank — a kind of knot, hitch, or bend made on a rope to shorten it temporarily.
- shinplaster — a plaster for the shin or leg.
- shop around — compare prices
- showmanship — the skill or ability of a showman.
- shrink wrap — transparent film for wrapping food
- shrink-wrap — to wrap and seal (a book, a food product, etc.) in a flexible film of plastic that, when exposed to a heating process, shrinks to the contour of the merchandise.
- siphonogamy — a mode of pollination in which pollen tubes develop to facilitate the passage of male cells to eggs
- smart phone — a device that combines a cell phone with a handheld computer, typically offering Internet access, data storage, email capability, etc.
- 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.
- snobography — an account or description of snobs
- soda siphon — fizzy water dispenser
- sonographer — a diagnostic technician who operates a sonograph
- 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.
- spaghettini — pasta in the form of long thin strings
- spanish fir — a species of fir native to S Spain and N Morocco, Abies pinsapo
- spanish fly — Also called cantharides. a preparation of powdered blister beetles, especially the Spanish fly, used medicinally as a counterirritant, diuretic, and aphrodisiac.
- sphagnology — the study of sphagna
- spinachlike — resembling or characteristic of spinach
- 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.
- staphylinid — rove beetle.
- stench trap — a trap in a sewer that by means of a water seal prevents the upward passage of foul-smelling gases
- stenography — the art of writing in shorthand.
- step change — A step change is a sudden or major change in the way that something happens or the way that someone behaves.
- stephanotis — any vine belonging to the genus Stephanotis, of the milkweed family, having fragrant, waxy, white flowers and leathery leaves.
- stevengraph — a small picture woven in colored silk thread: introduced in 1879 and mass-produced on a Jacquard-type loom.
- strap hinge — a hinge having a flap, especially a long one, attached to one face of a door or the like.
- strap-hinge — a hinge having a flap, especially a long one, attached to one face of a door or the like.
- straphanger — a passenger who stands in a crowded bus or subway train and holds onto a strap or other support suspended from above.
- stump ranch — (in British Columbia) an undeveloped ranch in the bush where animals graze among the stumps of felled trees
- superharden — harden (def 6).
- sycophantic — a self-seeking, servile flatterer; fawning parasite.
- synthespian — a computer-generated image of a film actor, esp used in place of the real actor when shooting special effects or stunts
- tailhopping — the act of hopping to lift the tails of the skis off the ground while flexing the knees into a crouching position
- taphonomist — a specialist in taphonomy
- tautophonic — having or repeating the same sound
- technospeak — any abstruse technical jargon
- tehuantepec — Isthmus of, an isthmus in S Mexico, between the Gulf of Tehuantepec and the Gulf of Campeche. 125 miles (200 km) wide at its narrowest point.
- tenorrhaphy — suture of a tendon.
- tephromancy — the seeking of the future using ashes
- tertianship — (in the Jesuit order) a period of strict discipline before the taking of final vows, beginning one or two years after ordination.
- thanatopsis — a view or contemplation of death.
- the permian — the Permian period or rock system
- the spanish — Spaniards collectively
- theophanous — a manifestation or appearance of God or a god to a person.
- thorn apple — any poisonous plant belonging to the genus Datura, of the nightshade family, the species of which bear capsules covered with prickly spines, especially the jimson weed, D. stramonium.
- thumb piano — any of various African boxlike musical instruments, such as the kalimba or mbira, having tuned strips of metal or wood that vibrate when played with the thumbs.