11-letter words containing s, a, l, h
- riefenstahl — Leni [ley-nee] /ˈleɪ ni/ (Show IPA), 1902–2003, German film director.
- royal flush — the five highest cards of a suit.
- 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).
- saddle shoe — an oxford with a saddle of contrasting color.
- saddlecloth — Horse Racing. a cloth placed over the saddle of a racehorse bearing the horse's number.
- sales check — sales slip.
- sales pitch — promotional talk
- salt shaker — a container for salt with a perforated top to allow the salt to be shaken out.
- saltchucker — a saltwater angler
- saltishness — the condition of being saltish
- sam hold of — to collect; gather up
- sarcophagal — related to or depicted on sarcophagi
- scape wheel — escape wheel.
- scarlet hat — a cardinal's hat
- sceuophylax — a keeper of sacred vessels
- schecklaton — a gilded leather used for embroidering jacks
- schematical — based on a scheme or structured arrangement
- schizopodal — pertaining to a split-foot or appendage
- scholarship — learning; knowledge acquired by study; the academic attainments of a scholar.
- schollander — Donald ("Don") born 1946, U.S. swimmer.
- school meal — lunch served at educational institution
- 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.
- schoolma'am — schoolmarm.
- 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).
- scopophilia — the obtaining of sexual pleasure by looking at nude bodies, erotic photographs, etc.
- 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.
- second-half — happening in the second half of a game
- sei (whale) — a rorqual (Balaenoptera borealis) with a light-gray or bluish back, found in all seas
- self-hating — harbouring feelings of self-hatred
- self-hatred — the feeling of one who hates; intense dislike or extreme aversion or hostility.
- self-taught — taught to oneself or by oneself to be (as indicated) without the aid of a formal education: self-taught typing; a self-taught typist.
- shacklebone — the wrist
- shade cloth — a covering made of cloth or plastic, especially one used to control the amount of sunlight to which plants are exposed.
- shadow play — a show in which shadows of puppets, flat figures, or live actors are projected onto a lighted screen.
- 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.
- shaft alley — an enclosure on a ship for housing a propeller shaft and a walk for oilers.
- shake a leg — an act or instance of shaking, rocking, swaying, etc.
- shall i say — You use shall I say and shall we say in order to warn someone that what you are about to say may cause offence or be surprising.
- shallowness — of little depth; not deep: shallow water.
- shamelessly — lacking any sense of shame: immodest; audacious.
- 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