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11-letter words containing r, u, s, h

  • rhizanthous — bearing flowers directly from the root.
  • rhizomatous — a rootlike subterranean stem, commonly horizontal in position, that usually produces roots below and sends up shoots progressively from the upper surface.
  • rhomboideus — either of two back muscles that function to move the scapula.
  • right stuff — the necessary or ideal qualities or capabilities, as courage, confidence, dependability, toughness, or daring (usually preceded by the).
  • righteously — characterized by uprightness or morality: a righteous observance of the law.
  • rock thrush — any of several Old World thrushes of the genus Monticola, usually having bluish plumage, especially M. saxatilis, of Europe.
  • rough edges — lack of refinement
  • rough music — (formerly) a loud cacophony created with tin pans, drums, etc, esp as a protest or demonstration of indignation outside someone's house
  • rough stuff — violence, as physical assault, torture or shooting.
  • rough-house — rough, disorderly playing, especially indoors.
  • royal flush — the five highest cards of a suit.
  • rubbish bag — a plastic bag for the disposal of household rubbish
  • rubbish bin — trash can
  • rubbish tip — dump for refuse
  • rudesheimer — any of the Rheingau wines from the vineyards near Rüdesheim, a town on the Rhine River in W Germany.
  • rugby shirt — a knitted pullover sport shirt usually in bold horizontal stripes and having a white collar and neckline placket, styled after the shirts traditionally worn by the members of Rugby teams.
  • 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.
  • russophobia — an intense and often irrational hatred for Russia, or esp the former Soviet Union, its political system, etc
  • saltchucker — a saltwater angler
  • sarcophagus — a stone coffin, especially one bearing sculpture, inscriptions, etc., often displayed as a monument.
  • saurischian — any herbivorous or carnivorous dinosaur of the order Saurischia, having a three-pronged pelvis resembling that of a crocodile. Compare ornithischian.
  • scaramouche — a stock character in commedia dell'arte and farce who is a cowardly braggart, easily beaten and frightened.
  • scarborough — a seaport in North Yorkshire, in NE England.
  • schrödinbug — (jargon, programming)   /shroh'din-buhg/ (MIT, from the Schrödinger's Cat thought-experiment in quantum physics) A design or implementation bug that doesn't manifest until someone reading the source code or using the program in an unusual way notices that it never should have worked, at which point it stops working until fixed. Though (like bit rot) this sounds impossible, it happens; some programs have harboured schrödinbugs for years. Compare heisenbug, Bohr bug, mandelbug.
  • schweinfurt — a city in N Bavaria, in S central Germany, on the Main River.
  • scrub brush — a brush with stiff, short bristles for scrubbing.
  • see through — Also, see-thru [see-throo] /ˈsiˌθru/ (Show IPA). transparent: a see-through blouse.
  • see-through — Also, see-thru [see-throo] /ˈsiˌθru/ (Show IPA). transparent: a see-through blouse.
  • semishrubby — somewhat resembling a shrub; shrubby in some respects; having characteristics somewhat like those of a shrub; partly covered in shrubs
  • sepulchrous — of the nature of a sepulchre
  • shaftesbury — Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of, 1621–83, English statesman.
  • share issue — When there is a share issue, shares in a company are made available for people to buy.
  • sharksucker — any of several remoras, as Echeneis naucrates, usually found attached to sharks.
  • shea butter — a solid, greenish, yellowish, or whitish fat derived from the seeds of the shea tree, used for food and in the manufacture of soaps and candles.
  • shipbuilder — a person whose occupation is the designing or constructing of ship.
  • shootaround — an informal match or practice session
  • shop around — compare prices
  • shot putter — a sportsperson who competes in the shot put
  • shot-putter — a participant in shot put.
  • show around — guide round a new place
  • show jumper — A show jumper is a person who takes part in the sport of show jumping.
  • shower unit — fitted shower
  • shroud-laid — noting a fiber rope of four strands laid right-handed with or without a heart.
  • shroud-line — a cloth or sheet in which a corpse is wrapped for burial.
  • shrubberied — having a shrubbery
  • shuddersome — tending to shudder
  • shunt motor — A shunt motor is a direct current motor whose two windings are in parallel, with the same voltage across each.
  • shutter-bug — an amateur photographer, especially one who is greatly devoted to the hobby.
  • shutterless — lacking a shutter
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