11-letter words containing s, h, e, l
- black sheep — If you describe someone as the black sheep of their family or of a group that they are a member of, you mean that they are considered bad or worthless by other people in that family or group.
- blank shell — a shotgun shell containing powder but no shot.
- blasphemers — to speak impiously or irreverently of (God or sacred things).
- blasphemies — impious utterance or action concerning God or sacred things.
- blaspheming — to speak impiously or irreverently of (God or sacred things).
- blasphemous — You can describe someone who shows disrespect for God or a religion as blasphemous. You can also describe what they are saying or doing as blasphemous.
- blastochyle — the fluid in a blastocoel
- bleak house — a novel (1852) by Charles Dickens.
- blemishment — a flaw or blemish
- blepharitis — inflammation of the eyelids
- bletcherous — /blech'*-r*s/ Disgusting in design or function; aesthetically unappealing. This word is seldom used of people. "This keyboard is bletcherous!" (Perhaps the keys don't work very well, or are misplaced.) The term bletcherous applies to the esthetics of the thing so described; similarly for cretinous. By contrast, something that is "losing" or "bagbiting" may be failing to meet objective criteria.
- bleu cheese — blue cheese
- block house — Stock Exchange. a firm that specializes in block trades.
- blogosphere — In computer technology, the blogosphere or the blogsphere is all the weblogs on the Internet, considered collectively.
- blue cheese — cheese containing a blue mould, esp Stilton, Roquefort, or Danish blue
- blue cohosh — either of two unrelated plants of the eastern U.S., Cimicifuga racemosa (black cohosh) of the buttercup family, or Caulophyllum thalictroides (blue cohosh) of the barberry family, both used medicinally.
- blue schist — a metamorphic rock formed under conditions of high pressure and relatively low temperature
- blue shield — Blue Cross and Blue Shield.
- blushlessly — in a manner without blushing, shamelessly
- body shield — a small bulletproof shield attached to the arm for fending off projectiles, especially in a riot situation.
- bottle shop — A bottle shop is a shop which sells wine, beer, and other alcoholic drinks.
- bottlebrush — a cylindrical brush on a thin shaft, used for cleaning bottles
- breadthless — the measure of the second largest dimension of a plane or solid figure; width.
- breathalyse — to apply a Breathalyser test to (someone)
- brittlebush — any of several composite plants of the genus Encelia, of desert regions of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico, having alternate leaves and yellow ray flowers with a yellow or purple center.
- bullshitter — nonsense, lies, or exaggeration.
- burnt shale — carbonaceous shale formed by destructive distillation of oil shale or by spontaneous combustion of shale after it has been some years in a tip: sometimes used in road making
- bus shelter — A bus shelter is a bus stop that has a roof and at least one open side.
- bush clover — any of several plants or shrubs belonging to the genus Lespedeza, of the legume family, having pinnately trifoliate leaves and heads of pink, purple, cream, or white flowers.
- bush lawyer — any of several prickly trailing plants of the genus Rubus
- bush league — In baseball, a bush league is the same as a minor league.
- bush parole — an escape from prison.
- bush-league — inferior or amateurish; mediocre: a bush-league theatrical performance.
- bushelwoman — a woman who alters clothes
- butt chisel — any woodworking chisel having a blade less than 4 inches (10 cm) long.
- calisthenic — Of, or relating to calisthenics.
- cape helles — a cape in NW Turkey, at the S end of the Gallipoli Peninsula
- capiz shell — whitish, translucent shell of the Philippines, used in making lamp shades, decorative articles, etc.
- cardholders — Plural form of cardholder.
- cash letter — a deposit list from one bank to another containing items to be credited to the account of the depositing bank.
- castlereagh — a district of E Northern Ireland, in Co Down. Pop: 66 076 (2003 est). Area: 85 sq km (33 sq miles)
- catch flies — any of various plants, especially of the genera Silene and Lychnis, having a viscid secretion on the stem and calyx in which small insects are sometimes caught.
- catechismal — Of or pertaining to a catechism; having the form of questions and answers; catechical.
- cattle shed — a shed for cattle
- cattle show — a competitive event at which farmers show their best cattle
- cavalierish — like a cavalier
- cellar sash — a window sash of relatively small size, having two or three panes horizontally arranged.
- cephalopods — Plural form of cephalopod.
- chaenomeles — any of a genus of deciduous shrubs within the family Rosaceae, native to East Asia
- chainplates — Plural form of chainplate.