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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
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