15-letter words containing s, h, e, a
- distinguishable — to mark off as different (often followed by from or by): He was distinguished from the other boys by his height.
- docosahexaenoic — Of or pertaining to docosahexaenoic acid or its derivatives.
- doctoral thesis — a thesis written as part of a doctorate
- dorsibranchiate — having branchiae or gills along the back
- downheartedness — The characteristic of being downhearted; sadness.
- dress rehearsal — a rehearsal of a play or other performance in costume and with scenery, properties, and lights arranged and operated as for a performance: often the final rehearsal.
- drop handlebars — aerodynamic handlebars that drop down and curve towards the rider at the ends rather than turning upwards as on conventional bicycles
- dutchman's-pipe — a climbing vine, Aristolochia durior, of the birthwort family, having large, heart-shaped leaves and brownish-purple flowers of a curved form suggesting a tobacco pipe.
- early christian — denoting or relating to the style of architecture that started in Italy in the 3rd century ad and spread through the Roman empire until the 5th century
- ease the rudder — to reduce the angle the rudder makes with the fore-and-aft line so that the vessel will turn more gradually
- easy on the eye — pleasant to look at; attractive, esp sexually
- echinodermatous — belonging or pertaining to the echinoderms.
- echocardiograms — Plural form of echocardiogram.
- edriophthalmous — (of certain crustaceans) having stalkless eyes
- electric shaver — razor powered by electricity
- elephant's-foot — a monocotyledonous plant, Testudinaria elephantipes, of southern Africa, with a very large starchy tuberous stem, covered in corky scales: family Dioscoreaceae
- enantiomorphism — (chemistry) The relationship exhibited by a pair of enantiomorphs.
- enantiomorphous — Of or pertaining to enantiomorphs or enantiomorphism; enantiomorphic.
- enfranchisement — The act of enfranchising.
- english channel — waterway between England and France
- english sparrow — a small Eurasian weaverbird, Passer domesticus, now established in North America and Australia. It has a brown streaked plumage with grey underparts
- english speaker — a person who speaks English as a first, or second mother tongue
- enterohepatitis — dual inflammation of the intestine and liver
- erythema solare — inflammation of the skin caused by overexposure to the sun
- estuary english — a variety of standard British English in which the pronunciation reflects various features characteristic of London and the Southeast of England
- euphemistically — In a euphemistic manner.
- eustachian tube — part of the ear
- exchange server — Microsoft Exchange
- exhaustlessness — the quality of being exhaustless
- fahnestock clip — a type of terminal using a spring that clamps readily onto a connecting wire.
- faithworthiness — the quality of being faithworthy
- fallout shelter — protective bunker
- false buckthorn — a spiny shrub or small tree, Bumelia lanuginosa, of the sapodilla family, native to the southern U.S., having gummy, milky sap and white, bell-shaped flowers and yielding a hard, light-brown wood.
- false hellebore — any of various plants belonging to the genus Veratrum, of the lily family, especially a North American species, V. viride, which has clusters of yellowish-green flowers and is the source of substances used in certain medicines and insecticides.
- fashionableness — The state of being fashionable; stylishness; elegance.
- feast of lights — Hanukkah.
- featherstitched — Simple past tense and past participle of featherstitch.
- fetishistically — in a fetishistic manner
- fischer-dieskau — Dietrich [dee-trik;; German dee-trikh] /ˈdi trɪk;; German ˈdi trɪx/ (Show IPA), 1925–2012, German baritone.
- fish and brewis — a Newfoundland dish of cooked salt cod and soaked hard bread
- fish restaurant — a restaurant which serves mainly fish
- fishing village — a village in which fishing is the main industry
- five-star hotel — a top-quality hotel offering exceptional luxury
- flemish brabant — a province of central Belgium, formed in 1995 from the N part of Brabant province: densely populated and intensively farmed, with large industrial centres. Pop: 1 031 904 (2004 est). Area: 2106 sq km (813 sq miles)
- flesh and blood — offspring or relatives: one's own flesh and blood.
- flight of ideas — a rapid flow of thought, manifested by accelerated speech with abrupt changes from topic to topic: a symptom of some mental illnesses, especially manic disorder.
- flight sergeant — a noncommissioned officer in the Royal Air Force junior in rank to a master aircrew
- fluid mechanics — an applied science dealing with the basic principles of gaseous and liquid matter.
- fluorochemicals — Plural form of fluorochemical.
- fluorophosphate — a salt or ester of a fluorophosphoric acid.