11-letter words containing s, h, a
- athleticism — Athleticism is someone's fitness and ability to perform well at sports or other physical activities.
- athwartship — having a position across a vessel from side to side at right angles to the keel
- atmosphered — having an intellectual or psychological climate or feeling
- atmospheres — Plural form of atmosphere.
- atmospheric — Atmospheric is used to describe something which relates to the Earth's atmosphere.
- attachments — Plural form of attachment.
- attophysics — the physics of structures and artefacts with dimensions in the attometre range or of devices, such as lasers, capable of producing pulses with a duration measured in attoseconds
- audiophiles — Plural form of audiophile.
- auditorship — the position or function of auditor
- authorising — Present participle of authorise.
- authorities — the power to determine, adjudicate, or otherwise settle issues or disputes; jurisdiction; the right to control, command, or determine.
- autochthons — Plural form of autochthon.
- autophagous — self-consuming or devouring of itself
- autophanous — illuminated by a self-contained power source
- autotheists — Plural form of autotheist.
- awash-river — a river in E Ethiopia, flowing NE through the Great Rift Valley to near the Djibouti border. 500 miles (805 km) long.
- axanthopsia — a defect of vision in which the retina fails to respond to yellow.
- azores high — a subtropical high centered near the Azores.
- baby shower — gift-giving party for unborn baby
- babyishness — The state or quality of being babyish.
- bacchylides — flourished 5th century b.c, Greek poet.
- bachelorism — bachelorhood
- back-stitch — stitching or a stitch in which the thread is doubled back on the preceding stitch.
- backbenches — The backbenches are the seats in the British House of Commons where backbenchers sit. The Members of Parliament who sit on the backbenches are also referred to as the backbenches.
- backhanders — Plural form of backhander.
- backlashing — a sudden, forceful backward movement; recoil.
- backscratch — a favour done for someone in return for another
- backslashed — Simple past tense and past participle of backslash.
- backslashes — Plural form of backslash.
- backstretch — the part of a racetrack farthest from the grandstand and opposite and parallel to the homestretch
- backwashing — A form of water treatment in which water is pumped backwards through the filter media, sometimes with intermittent use of compressed air.
- bahia grass — a grass, Paspalum notatum, of tropical America, grown in the southern United States for lawns and pasturage.
- bailiffship — the office of a bailiff
- baking dish — a usually ceramic dish in which items can be baked
- ballet shoe — a flexible, lightweight shoe designed for ballet dancing; typically made of leather or silk, and often fastened with ribbons
- balloonfish — a porcupinefish, Diodon holacanthus, inhabiting tropical and subtropical waters.
- baluchistan — a mountainous region of SW Asia, in SW Pakistan and SE Iran
- bangladeshi — Bangladeshi means belonging to or relating to Bangladesh, or to its people or culture.
- barber shop — A barber shop is a shop where a barber works.
- barber-shop — Also called, especially British, barber's shop. the place of business of a barber.
- barbershops — Plural form of barbershop.
- baresthesia — the sense or perception of pressure.
- barrelheads — Plural form of barrelhead.
- barrelhouse — a cheap and disreputable drinking establishment
- barthianism — the theological doctrines and principles of Karl Barth and his followers, especially in reference to neoorthodoxy.
- baryshnikov — Mikhail. born 1948, Soviet-born ballet dancer, who defected (1974) to the West while on tour with the Kirov Ballet: director (1980–90) of the American Ballet Theatre
- bas mitzvah — bat mitzvah
- basehearted — having a low, mean, or contemptible nature or character; meanspirited.
- bashfulness — The quality or property of being bashful; shyness; reserve; timidity.
- bashibazouk — (in the 19th century) one of a group of irregular Turkish soldiers notorious for their brutality