10-letter words containing s, h, e, f
- news flash — flash (def 6).
- night safe — a safe built into the outside wall of a bank, in which customers can deposit money at times when the bank is closed
- numbfishes — Plural form of numbfish.
- oafishness — The state of being oafish.
- offishness — Quality of being offish.
- open flash — a photographic technique employing a flash fired while the camera shutter is held open.
- open-shelf — open-stack.
- oysterfish — the oyster toadfish. See under toadfish (def 1).
- paddlefish — a large ganoid fish, Polyodon spathula, of the Mississippi River and its larger tributaries, having a long, flat, paddlelike snout.
- priestfish — blue rockfish.
- queer fish — strange person
- redshifted — (of radiation) having undergone a redshift.
- refinisher — a person who professionally refinishes or restores buildings or antique furniture
- refreshing — having the power to restore freshness, vitality, energy, etc.: a refreshing nap.
- rifle shot — sound of shotgun fire
- river fish — a freshwater fish
- rudderfish — any of various fishes having the habit of following behind ships, as a pilot fish.
- safe haven — an area near a combat zone that is maintained as being free from military attack.
- safe house — a dwelling or building whose conventional appearance makes it a safe or inconspicuous place for hiding, taking refuge, or carrying on clandestine activities.
- satchelful — the amount a satchel will hold
- schefflera — any of various tropical trees or shrubs belonging to the genus Schefflera, of the ginseng family, having glossy, palmately compound leaves and often cultivated as a houseplant.
- schlieffen — Alfred (ˈalfreːt), Count von Schlieffen. 1833–1913, German field marshal, who devised the Schlieffen Plan (1905): it was intended to ensure German victory over a Franco-Russian alliance by holding off Russia with minimal strength and swiftly defeating France by a massive flanking movement through the Low Countries. In a modified form, it was unsuccessfully employed in World War I (1914)
- schrieffer — John Robert, born 1931, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1972.
- self-worth — the sense of one's own value or worth as a person; self-esteem; self-respect.
- send forth — to be a source of; cause to appear; give out or forth; produce, emit, utter, etc.
- shamefaced — modest or bashful.
- shamefully — causing shame: shameful behavior.
- sheep farm — place where sheep are raised
- sheep-fold — an enclosure for sheep.
- sheet feed — the part of a computer printer where sheets of paper can be inserted and are then fed through the machine one at a time
- sheet film — a flat piece of film cut to a required size before being loaded into a camera.
- shelf life — the term or period during which a stored commodity remains effective, useful, or suitable for consumption: Many medicines have a very short shelf life.
- shelf mark — a symbol indicating the location of a work on a shelf.
- shellproof — protected against the explosive effect of shells or bombs.
- shipfitter — a person who forms plates, shapes, etc., of ship according to plans, patterns, or molds.
- shit-faced — very drunk.
- shopfitter — a worker who makes and installs fittings for commercial premises
- shoplifter — a person who steals goods from the shelves or displays of a retail store while posing as a customer.
- shorefront — land along a shore.
- short fuse — a quick temper: A person with a short fuse has to be handled diplomatically.
- short-life — not designed to last
- silverfish — a white or silvery goldfish, Carassius auratus.
- smithfield — a town in N Rhode Island.
- soft wheat — a wheat characterized by soft, starchy kernels that yield a flour used in making pastry, breakfast cereals, etc.
- soft-shell — Also, soft-shelled. having a soft, flexible, or fragile shell, as a crab that has recently molted.
- softheaded — stupid or foolish
- southfield — a city in SE Michigan, W of Detroit.
- starfished — lying with arms and legs outstretched; spread-eagled
- stealthful — secret, clandestine, or surreptitious procedure.
- stepfather — the husband of one's mother by a later marriage.