10-letter words containing s, h, i, b
- shabbiness — impaired by wear, use, etc.; worn: shabby clothes.
- sheathbill — either of two white sea birds, Chionis alba or C. minor, of the colder parts of the Southern Hemisphere: so called from the horny sheath covering the base of the upper bill.
- shebagging — the practice by a female passenger on public transport of placing a bag on the seat beside her, so denying it to another passenger
- shibboleth — a peculiarity of pronunciation, behavior, mode of dress, etc., that distinguishes a particular class or set of persons.
- shield bug — any shield-shaped herbivorous heteropterous insect of the superfamily Pentamoidea, esp any of the family Pentatomidae
- shikibuton — futon.
- ship's boy — a male attendant, as a cabin boy, steward, etc., employed to wait on a ship's passengers or officers.
- ship-bread — hardtack.
- shore bird — a bird that frequents seashores, estuaries, etc., as the snipe, sandpiper, plover, and turnstone; a limicoline bird.
- short bill — a bill of exchange that is payable at sight, on demand, or within less than ten days
- short ribs — the rib ends of beef from the forequarter, next to the plate
- sinophobia — a fear or dislike of China, or Chinese people, their language or culture
- sitophobia — abnormal aversion to food.
- sleigh bed — a bed resembling a sleigh in shape, with curved boards at the head and foot
- snobbishly — of, relating to, or characteristic of a snob: snobbish ideas about rank.
- sobhuza ii — 1899–1982, king of Swaziland 1921–82.
- stablished — establish.
- stillbirth — the birth of a dead child or organism.
- subheading — a subordinate division of a title or heading.
- subhepatic — of or relating to the liver.
- subphrenic — underneath the diaphragm
- sunbathing — to take a sunbath.
- superbitch — an exceptionally spiteful woman, a very bitchy person
- switch box — a box, usually of metal, containing one or more electric switches.
- switchable — a slender, flexible shoot, rod, etc., used especially in whipping or disciplining.
- switchback — a highway, as in a mountainous area, having many hairpin curves.
- the buskin — tragic drama
- the rabbis — the early Jewish scholars whose teachings are recorded in the Talmud
- third base — the third in counterclockwise order of the bases from home plate.
- thrombosis — intravascular coagulation of the blood in any part of the circulatory system, as in the heart, arteries, veins, or capillaries.
- thumbikins — thumbscrews
- tipu sahib — 1750–99, sultan of Mysore 1782–99.
- unbanished — to expel from or relegate to a country or place by authoritative decree; condemn to exile: He was banished to Devil's Island.
- unblushing — showing no shame or remorse; shameless: an unblushing confession.
- washbasins — Plural form of washbasin.
- whirlblast — a blast of wind
- whiskbroom — A small hand broom, with a short handle, for brushing clothes.
- white bass — an edible freshwater fish, Morone chrysops, of the Great Lakes and Mississippi River drainage, silvery with yellow below and having the sides streaked with blackish lines.
- whizzbangs — Plural form of whizzbang.
- wire brush — tool with steel bristles
- wire-brush — to clean or remove with a wire brush.
- zebra fish — any of various fishes with barred, zebralike markings; often, specif., a danio (Danio rerio) that is kept in aquariums and used in genetic research