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11-letter words containing o, r, t, h

  • sefer torah — Sepher Torah.
  • senatorship — the office or position of a senator
  • serotherapy — therapy by means of injections of a serum obtained especially from an immune animal.
  • servanthood — the condition of being a servant
  • shameworthy — deserving shame; denoting something a person ought to be ashamed of
  • shergottite — a type of igneous rock or meteorite thought to originate on Mars
  • sherringtonSir Charles Scott, 1861–1952, English physiologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1932.
  • shirt front — the front of a shirt, especially the part that is exposed when a jacket or vest is worn.
  • shock front — the forward boundary surface of a shock wave.
  • shoe-string — a shoelace.
  • shoot craps — to play this game
  • shootaround — an informal match or practice session
  • short field — the area of the infield between third base and second, covered by the shortstop.
  • short hairs — pubic hair.
  • short jenny — an in-off into a middle pocket
  • short metre — a stanza form, used esp for hymns, consisting of four lines, the third of which has eight syllables, while the rest have six
  • short money — (in Britain) the annual payment made to Opposition parties in the House of Commons to help them pay for certain services necessary to the carrying out of their parliamentary duties; established in 1975
  • short novel — a prose narrative midway between the novel and the short story in length and scope
  • short score — a condensed version of the score for a musical composition, usually written for piano
  • short sight — myopia
  • short snort — a quick drink of liquor
  • short story — a piece of prose fiction, usually under 10,000 words.
  • short title — an abridged listing in a catalog or bibliography, giving only such essential information as the author's name and the book's title, publisher, and date and place of publication.
  • short-dated — (of a gilt-edged security) having less than five years to run before redemption
  • short-lived — living or lasting only a little while.
  • short-order — of, relating to, or specializing in short orders: a short-order cook; short-order diner.
  • short-range — having a limited extent, as in distance or time: a short-range shot; a short-range plan.
  • short-sheet — to fold and tuck in the top sheet of (a bed) so that it simulates both the top and bottom sheets: when the victim of this joke enters the bed, his or her legs are obstructed by the fold.
  • short-timer — a person, as a soldier, who has a short period of time left to serve on a tour of duty.
  • shortchange — to give less than the correct change to.
  • shortcoming — a failure, defect, or deficiency in conduct, condition, thought, ability, etc.: a social shortcoming; a shortcoming of his philosophy.
  • shorthaired — (of an animal) having hair that is short and lies close to the body.
  • shortweight — to give less than the weight charged for: The firm is accused of shortweighting grain.
  • shot putter — a sportsperson who competes in the shot put
  • shot-putter — a participant in shot put.
  • shower unit — fitted shower
  • showstopper — Theater. a performer or performance that wins enthusiastic or prolonged applause.
  • shunt motor — A shunt motor is a direct current motor whose two windings are in parallel, with the same voltage across each.
  • sightworthy — worth seeing
  • sir anthonySir Anthony, Van Dyck, Sir Anthony.
  • sit through — endure the whole of
  • six-shooter — a revolver from which six shots can be fired without reloading.
  • sixth chord — an inversion of a triad in which the second note (next above the root) is in the bass.
  • smart phone — a device that combines a cell phone with a handheld computer, typically offering Internet access, data storage, email capability, etc.
  • smooth over — free from projections or unevenness of surface; not rough: smooth wood; a smooth road.
  • snapshooter — an amateur photographer, especially one who takes snapshots with a simple camera.
  • softhearted — very sympathetic or responsive; generous in spirit: a soft-hearted judge.
  • solar month — month (def 4).
  • solar-month — Also called calendar month. any of the twelve parts, as January or February, into which the calendar year is divided.
  • solo mother — a mother with a dependent child or dependent children and no spouse
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