11-letter words containing o, r, i, s, h
- 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.
- stasimorphy — structural modification by arrested development
- stenohygric — able to withstand only a narrow range of humidity
- stichometry — the practice of writing a prose text in lines, often of slightly differing lengths, that correspond to units of sense and indicate phrasal rhythms.
- strike home — to deliver an effective blow
- sub-chronic — constant; habitual; inveterate: a chronic liar.
- subchloride — a chloride containing a relatively small proportion of chlorine, as mercurous chloride.
- subharmonic — an oscillation that has a frequency which is an integral submultiple of the frequency of a related oscillation.
- sun-worship — the act of worshipping the sun as a deity
- superheroic — Also, heroical. of, relating to, or characteristic of a hero or heroine.
- 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
- switch over — If you switch over when you are watching television, you change to another channel.
- switchboard — a structural unit on which are mounted switches and instruments necessary to complete telephone circuits manually.
- sword fight — duel with long-bladed weapons
- symposiarch — the president, director, or master of a symposium.
- synchoresis — the act or an instance of conceding an argument in order to make a stronger one
- synchromism — a movement of the early 20th century led by American artists and manifested in their experimentation with nonfigurative or entirely abstract paintings containing shapes and volumes of pure color. Compare Orphism (def 2).
- synchronise — to cause to indicate the same time, as one timepiece with another: Synchronize your watches.
- synchronism — coincidence in time; contemporaneousness; simultaneousness.
- synchronize — to cause to indicate the same time, as one timepiece with another: Synchronize your watches.
- terpsichore — Classical Mythology. the Muse of dancing and choral song.
- the cornish — the natives or inhabitants of Cornwall
- the forties — the numbers 40–49 in a particular century, esp the 20th century
- the tropics — that part of the earth's surface between the tropics of Cancer and Capricorn; the Torrid Zone
- theodorakis — Mikis (ˈmikis). born 1925, Greek composer, who wrote the music for the films Zorba the Greek (1965) and Serpico (1973): imprisoned (1967–70) for his opposition to the Greek military government
- there is no — If you say there is no doing a particular thing, you mean that it is very difficult or impossible to do that thing.
- thermionics — the branch of physics that deals with thermionic phenomena.
- thermolysis — Physiology. the dispersion of heat from the body.
- thermotaxis — Biology. movement of an organism toward or away from a source of heat.
- third house — a legislative lobby.
- thrasonical — boastful; vainglorious.
- thrift shop — a retail store that sells secondhand goods at reduced prices.
- throw aside — If you throw aside a way of life, a principle, or an idea, you abandon it or reject it.
- thuriferous — producing frankincense
- thyroiditis — inflammation of the thyroid gland.
- tischendorf — Lobegott Friedrich Konstantin von [loh-buh-gawt free-drikh kawn-stahn-teen fuh n] /ˈloʊ bəˌgɔt ˈfri drɪx ˌkɔn stɑnˈtin fən/ (Show IPA), 1815–74, German Biblical critic.
- torsiograph — a graph indicating vibrating movements
- traitorship — a person who betrays another, a cause, or any trust.
- transphobia — unreasoning hostility, aversion, etc., toward transgender people.
- trial horse — an opponent who performs against a superior foe in a workout or exhibition.
- trichinosis — a disease resulting from infestation with Trichinella spiralis, occurring in humans, caused by ingestion of infested, undercooked pork, and characterized by fever, muscle weakness, and diarrhea.
- trimorphism — Zoology. the occurrence of three forms distinct in structure, coloration, etc., among animals of the same species.
- triphibious — employing or involving land, naval, and air forces in a combined operation.
- triphyllous — having three leaves.
- tristichous — arranged in three rows.
- ulotrichous — belonging to a group of people having woolly or crisply curly hair.
- unnourished — to sustain with food or nutriment; supply with what is necessary for life, health, and growth.
- unrighteous — not righteous; not upright or virtuous; wicked; sinful; evil: an unrighteous king.
- warehousing — an act or instance of a person or company that warehouses something.