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11-letter words containing s, h, i, n, d

  • old spanish — the Spanish language of the 12th to the 16th centuries. Abbreviation: OSp.
  • on the side — one of the surfaces forming the outside of or bounding a thing, or one of the lines bounding a geometric figure.
  • ornithopods — Plural form of ornithopod.
  • preadmonish — to admonish or warn beforehand
  • prefinished — coated or treated before use or sale: prefinished wood.
  • radnorshire — a historic county in Powys, in E Wales.
  • rain shadow — a region in the lee of mountains that receives less rainfall than the region windward of the mountains.
  • rankshifted — that has been shifted from one linguistic rank to another
  • redshirting — a high-school or college athlete kept out of varsity competition for one year to develop skills and extend eligibility. a child held back from starting kindergarten for one year, the practice of which is believed by some parents to give the child academic, athletic, and social advantages.
  • replenished — to make full or complete again, as by supplying what is lacking, used up, etc.: to replenish one's stock of food.
  • rhinestoned — adorned with rhinestones
  • ridesharing — of or relating to the sharing of rides or transportation, especially among commuters: The agency was set up to devise a ridesharing program.
  • sandringham — a village in N Norfolk, England: site of Sandringham House, Royal Family mansion.
  • sandwiching — two or more slices of bread or the like with a layer of meat, fish, cheese, etc., between each pair.
  • sash window — A sash window is a window which consists of two frames placed one above the other. The window can be opened by sliding one frame over the other.
  • schrödinbug — (jargon, programming)   /shroh'din-buhg/ (MIT, from the Schrödinger's Cat thought-experiment in quantum physics) A design or implementation bug that doesn't manifest until someone reading the source code or using the program in an unusual way notices that it never should have worked, at which point it stops working until fixed. Though (like bit rot) this sounds impossible, it happens; some programs have harboured schrödinbugs for years. Compare heisenbug, Bohr bug, mandelbug.
  • schrodinger — Erwin [er-vin] /ˈɛr vɪn/ (Show IPA), 1887–1961, German physicist: Nobel prize 1933.
  • sedan chair — an enclosed vehicle for one person, borne on poles by two bearers and common during the 17th and 18th centuries.
  • share index — A share index is a number that indicates the state of a stock market. It is based on the combined share prices of a set of companies.
  • 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
  • shepherding — a person who herds, tends, and guards sheep.
  • shield fern — any of numerous ferns of the genera Dryopteris and Polystichum, having shield-shaped indusia.
  • shop window — storefront display
  • shop-window — a window used for display of merchandise.
  • show window — a display window in a store.
  • shroud-line — a cloth or sheet in which a corpse is wrapped for burial.
  • single-hand — to sail (a craft) without help from others.
  • soda siphon — fizzy water dispenser
  • sound shift — a gradual alteration or series of alterations in the pronunciation of a set of sounds, esp of vowels
  • spendthrift — a person who spends possessions or money extravagantly or wastefully; prodigal.
  • standoffish — somewhat aloof or reserved; cold and unfriendly.
  • staphylinid — rove beetle.
  • stickhandle — (in hockey and lacrosse) to control and skillfully maneuver the ball or puck with the stick.
  • studentship — the state or condition of being a student.
  • sub-heading — a title or heading of a subdivision, as in a chapter, essay, or newspaper article.
  • switched on — turned-on (def 1).
  • switched-on — turned-on (def 1).
  • synecdochic — a figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole or the whole for a part, the special for the general or the general for the special, as in ten sail for ten ships or a Croesus for a rich man.
  • synthesised — to form (a material or abstract entity) by combining parts or elements (opposed to analyze): to synthesize a statement.
  • synthesized — Synthesized sounds are produced electronically using a synthesizer.
  • the islands — the islands of the South Pacific
  • the windies — the international cricket team of the West Indies
  • thistledown — the mature, silky pappus of a thistle.
  • tischendorf — Lobegott Friedrich Konstantin von [loh-buh-gawt free-drikh kawn-stahn-teen fuh n] /ˈloʊ bəˌgɔt ˈfri drɪx ˌkɔn stɑnˈtin fən/ (Show IPA), 1815–74, German Biblical critic.
  • unabolished — not abolished or revoked
  • unblemished — to destroy or diminish the perfection of: The book is blemished by those long, ineffective descriptions.
  • unburnished — to polish (a surface) by friction.
  • unchastised — not chastised or reprimanded
  • uncherished — to hold or treat as dear; feel love for: to cherish one's native land.
  • under-sight — the power or faculty of seeing; perception of objects by use of the eyes; vision.
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