16-letter words containing r, e, s, h, a
- saint-john perse — (Alexis Saint-Léger Léger) 1887–1975, French diplomat and poet: Nobel Prize in literature 1960.
- schaumburg-lippe — a former state in NW Germany.
- schiff's reagent — a solution of rosaniline and sulfurous acid in water, used to test for the presence of aldehydes.
- schmaltz herring — herring caught just before spawning, when it has much fat
- schoolteacherish — showing characteristics thought to be typical of a schoolteacher, as strictness and primness.
- sclerenchymatous — supporting or protective tissue composed of thickened, dry, and hardened cells.
- scratch hardness — resistance of a material, as a stone or metal, to scratching by one of several other materials, the known hardnesses of which are assembled into a standard scale, as the Mohs' scale of minerals.
- scratch together — to assemble with difficulty
- scrovegni chapel — Arena Chapel.
- sea fish farming — the farming of saltwater fish
- sealyham terrier — one of a Welsh breed of small terriers having short legs, a docked tail, and a wiry, mostly white coat.
- secondary growth — an increase in the thickness of the shoots and roots of a vascular plant as a result of the formation of new cells in the cambium.
- secondary phloem — phloem derived from the cambium during secondary growth.
- secondary school — a high school or a school of corresponding grade, ranking between a primary school and a college or university.
- secular humanism — any set of beliefs that promotes human values without specific allusion to religious doctrines.
- seleucia trachea — an ancient city in SE Asia Minor, on the River Calycadnus (modern Goksu Nehri): captured by the Turks in the 13th century; site of present-day Silifke (Turkey)
- semi-hibernation — Zoology. to spend the winter in close quarters in a dormant condition, as bears and certain other animals. Compare estivate.
- shaft horsepower — the horsepower delivered to the driving shaft of an engine, as measured by a torsion meter. Abbreviation: shp, SHP.
- shag pile carpet — a large piece of thick material with a nap of long rough strands that you put on a floor
- shakedown cruise — extortion, as by blackmail or threats of violence.
- shaker and mover — mover and shaker
- share and enjoy! — 1. Commonly found at the end of software release announcements and README files, this phrase indicates allegiance to the hacker ethic of free information sharing (see hacker ethic). 2. The motto of the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation (the ultimate gaggle of incompetent suits) in Douglas Adams's "Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy". The irony of using this as a cultural recognition signal appeals to freeware hackers.
- share repurchase — A share repurchase is a situation in which a company buys back its own shares.
- shared ownership — (in Britain) a form of house purchase whereby the purchaser buys a proportion of the dwelling, usually from a local authority or housing association, and rents the rest
- shared resources — the sharing of peripherals among several terminals
- shark repellents — any tactic used by a corporation to prevent a takeover by a corporate raider.
- sharpe's grysbok — either of two small, usually solitary antelopes of southern Africa, Raphicerus melanotis, or R. sharpei (Sharpe's grysbok) having a light to dark reddish-brown coat speckled with white.
- sheet-web weaver — any of numerous spiders of the family Linyphiidae, characterized by a closely woven, sheetlike web.
- shemini atzereth — a Jewish festival celebrated on the 22nd day of Tishri, being the 8th day of Sukkoth: marked by a memorial service for the dead and prayers for rain in Israel.
- shepherd's plaid — a checkered black and white pattern
- shifting spanner — an adjustable spanner
- shirring elastic — elastic used for shirring
- shit-eating grin — a sly, knowing, or self-satisfied grin
- shoemaker's shop — a shop where shoes are repaired, or made
- shoemaker-levy 9 — a comet that was captured into an orbit around Jupiter and later broke up, the fragments colliding with Jupiter in July 1995
- shoestring catch — a catch of a ball on the fly, made close to the ground while running.
- shooting gallery — a place equipped with targets and used for practice in shooting.
- shorthand writer — a person trained to write in shorthand
- shot in the dark — a discharge of a firearm, bow, etc.
- shotgun marriage — a wedding occasioned or precipitated by pregnancy.
- shoulder harness — the part of a seat belt that goes over the shoulder and diagonally across the chest.
- show cause order — a court order issued to a party in a lawsuit, directing that party to appear to give reasons why a certain action should not be put into effect by the court.
- showcase project — a project designed to attract attention and show off the abilities of the people involved in it
- showy crab apple — a large Japanese bush or tree, Malus floribunda, of the rose family, having red fruit and rose-colored flowers that fade to white.
- shuttle armature — a simple H-shaped armature used in small direct-current motors
- siberian mammoth — a shaggy-coated mammoth, Mammuthus primigenius, that lived in cold regions across Eurasia and North America during the Ice Age, known from fossils, cave paintings, and well-preserved frozen carcasses.
- silky flycatcher — any of several passerine birds of the family Ptilogonatidae, of the southwestern U.S. to Panama, related to the waxwings.
- simonyi, charles — Charles Simonyi
- sir herbert read — George, 1733–98, American political leader: served in the Continental Congress 1774–77.
- sleeping draught — any drink containing a drug or agent that induces sleep