11-letter words containing s, h, i, n, u
- lutheranism — of or relating to Luther, adhering to his doctrines, or belonging to one of the Protestant churches that bear his name.
- machineguns — Plural form of machinegun.
- minus sight — a foresight used in leveling.
- monochasium — a form of cymose inflorescence in which the main axis produces only a single branch.
- monorhinous — having a single, median nostril, as the cyclostomes.
- mumpishness — the state or quality of being mumpish
- mushrooming — any of various fleshy fungi including the toadstools, puffballs, coral fungi, morels, etc.
- nailbrushes — Plural form of nailbrush.
- native bush — indigenous forest
- naughtiness — disobedient; mischievous (used especially in speaking to or about children): Weren't we naughty not to eat our spinach?
- neuroethics — The ethics of neuroscience and neurotechnology.
- neutrophils — Plural form of neutrophil.
- night nurse — a nurse whose duty is to look after a patient or patients during the night
- nourishable — able to be nourished; benefiting from nourishment
- nourishment — something that nourishes; food, nutriment, or sustenance.
- nudibranchs — Plural form of nudibranch.
- nunnishness — the condition of relating to or having a similarity to a nun
- ornithosaur — an extinct flying reptile
- overnourish — to sustain with food or nutriment; supply with what is necessary for life, health, and growth.
- phitsanulok — a city in central Thailand.
- phosphonium — the positively charged group PH 4 + .
- publishings — the activities or business of a publisher, especially of books or periodicals: He plans to go into publishing after college.
- publishment — publication.
- puckishness — the state of being puckish
- rhizanthous — bearing flowers directly from the root.
- rubbish bin — trash can
- saurischian — any herbivorous or carnivorous dinosaur of the order Saurischia, having a three-pronged pelvis resembling that of a crocodile. Compare ornithischian.
- schizanthus — any of several plants of the genus Schizanthus, native to Chile, having numerous variously colored flowers resembling small orchids.
- 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.
- schuschnigg — Kurt von [kurt von;; German koort fuh n] /kɜrt vɒn;; German kurt fən/ (Show IPA) (1897–1977), Austrian statesman in the U.S.: Chancellor of Austria 1934–38.
- schweinfurt — a city in N Bavaria, in S central Germany, on the Main River.
- shanhaiguan — a city in NE Hebei province, in NE China, on the Gulf of Liaodong: strategically located at the E end of the Great Wall.
- shine up to — to give forth or glow with light; shed or cast light.
- shower unit — fitted shower
- showjumping — horseriding event
- shroud-line — a cloth or sheet in which a corpse is wrapped for burial.
- shufflingly — in the manner of a shuffle
- shunamitism — the rejuvenation of an old man by sleeping with a young woman, although not necessarily having sex with her
- single-hung — (of a window) having two sashes, only one of which is movable.
- sound shift — a gradual alteration or series of alterations in the pronunciation of a set of sounds, esp of vowels
- southernism — a pronunciation, expression, or behavioral trait characteristic of the U.S. South.
- southernize — to make or become southern
- southington — a town in central Connecticut.
- springhouse — a small storehouse built over a spring or part of a brook, for keeping such foods as meat and dairy products cool and fresh.
- square inch — a unit of area measurement equal to a square measuring one inch on each side; 6.452 square centimeters. 2 , sq. in. Abbreviation: in.
- squishiness — soft and wet: The ground was squishy from the rain.
- studentship — the state or condition of being a student.
- sub-chronic — constant; habitual; inveterate: a chronic liar.
- sub-heading — a title or heading of a subdivision, as in a chapter, essay, or newspaper article.
- subchairman — a subordinate or substitute chairman.