11-letter words containing s, h, e, l, a
- 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
- 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
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
- shareholder — a holder or owner of shares, especially in a company or corporation.
- sharonville — a town in SW Ohio.
- sharpeville — a town in E South Africa: scene of riots in 1960 (when 69 demonstrators died), 1984, and 1985 (when 19 died)
- shaving gel — product that softens hair growth for shaving
- sheet glass — glass in sheet form produced by drawing or by the cylinder glass process.
- sheet metal — metal in sheets or thin plates.
- shelf angle — an angle iron attached to or suspended from a girder to carry masonry or the ends of a number of joists.
- shelf paper — paper used for covering shelves, especially those of a cupboard or kitchen cabinet.
- shelf space — amount of room on shelves
- shelftalker — a promotional sign used by a retailer to draw attention to a featured product on the shelf
- shell gland — a gland in certain invertebrates that secretes the components required for forming the shell of an egg
- shell steak — a cut of steak from the short loin
- shellacking — lac that has been purified and formed into thin sheets, used for making varnish.
- sheriffalty — shrievalty.
- sherlockian — pertaining to or characteristic of the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes, known for his skill in solving mysteries through deductive reasoning.
- shingle oak — an oak, Quercus imbricaria, yielding a wood used for shingles, clapboards, etc.
- shinplaster — a plaster for the shin or leg.
- shore leave — permission to spend time ashore, usually 48 hours or more, granted a member of a ship's company.