11-letter words containing r, a, s, h, l
- rush candle — a candle made from a dried, partly peeled rush that has been dipped in grease.
- rush family — the plant family Juncaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants having narrow, grasslike leaves, small and greenish flowers, and capsular fruit with three compartments, comprising the true rushes.
- saddle horn — horn (def 19).
- salt shaker — a container for salt with a perforated top to allow the salt to be shaken out.
- saltchucker — a saltwater angler
- sarcophagal — related to or depicted on sarcophagi
- scarlet hat — a cardinal's hat
- scholarship — learning; knowledge acquired by study; the academic attainments of a scholar.
- schollander — Donald ("Don") born 1946, U.S. swimmer.
- school year — the months of the year during which school is open and attendance at school is required.
- schoolcraft — Henry Rowe [roh] /roʊ/ (Show IPA), 1793–1864, U.S. explorer, ethnologist, and author.
- schoolmarms — a female schoolteacher, especially of the old-time country school type, popularly held to be strict and priggish.
- schoolwards — in the direction of school
- schwarzwald — a wooded mountain region in SW Germany. Highest peak, Feldberg, 4905 feet (1495 meters).
- scratch awl — an awllike device for scribing wood.
- scratchless — to break, mar, or mark the surface of by rubbing, scraping, or tearing with something sharp or rough: to scratch one's hand on a nail.
- sea leather — the skin of sharks, porpoises, dogfishes, etc., prepared and used for the same purposes as ordinary leather.
- searchingly — examining carefully or thoroughly: a searching inspection.
- searchlight — a device, usually consisting of a light and reflector, for throwing a beam of light in any direction.
- self-hatred — the feeling of one who hates; intense dislike or extreme aversion or hostility.
- shadow roll — sheepskin that is placed just below the eyes of a pacing horse in order to prevent it from seeing moving shadows cast by its body.
- shared line — a telephone number that is assigned to more than one person, for example in an office. When somebody calls the number, all of the phones will ring until somebody picks up their phone to answer the call
- shareholder — a holder or owner of shares, especially in a company or corporation.
- sharonville — a town in SW Ohio.
- sharpeville — a town in E South Africa: scene of riots in 1960 (when 69 demonstrators died), 1984, and 1985 (when 19 died)
- shelf paper — paper used for covering shelves, especially those of a cupboard or kitchen cabinet.
- shelftalker — a promotional sign used by a retailer to draw attention to a featured product on the shelf
- sheriffalty — shrievalty.
- sherlockian — pertaining to or characteristic of the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes, known for his skill in solving mysteries through deductive reasoning.
- shinplaster — a plaster for the shin or leg.
- shore leave — permission to spend time ashore, usually 48 hours or more, granted a member of a ship's company.
- shovelboard — the game of shuffleboard.
- shroud-laid — noting a fiber rope of four strands laid right-handed with or without a heart.
- sialography — radiography of salivary glands once they have been injected with a contrast medium
- sialorrhoea — an abnormally high production of saliva
- silk thread — thread that is manufactured from silk
- silver hake — a common hake, Merluccius bilinearis, occurring off the Atlantic coast of North America and popular as a food fish.
- silver thaw — glaze (def 17).
- silverchair — Australian rock group (formed 1994): comprising Daniel Johns (born 1979; vocals, guitar), Ben Gillies (born 1979, drums) and Chris Joannou (born 1979, bass guitar); their albums include Frogstomp (1995) and Young Modern (2007)
- sir galahad — (in Arthurian legend) the most virtuous knight of the Round Table, destined to regain the Holy Grail; son of Lancelot and Elaine
- sir michael — Sir Michael (Kemp) 1905–98, British composer.
- sky marshal — an armed plainclothes federal marshal riding on an airliner to protect against skyjacking.
- slant rhyme — rhyme in which either the vowels or the consonants of stressed syllables are identical, as in eyes, light; years, yours.
- slaughtered — the killing or butchering of cattle, sheep, etc., especially for food.
- slaveholder — an owner of slaves.
- sling chair — any of several varieties of chairs having a seat and back formed from a single sheet of canvas, leather, or the like, hanging loosely in a frame.
- small hours — pre-dawn
- smallholder — owner of small plot of land
- solar house — a house designed to absorb and store solar heat.
- solar month — month (def 4).