11-letter words containing s, h, i, y
- polychasium — a form of cymose inflorescence in which each axis produces more than two lateral axes.
- polychroism — the ability of a crystal to absorb different wavelengths of light and thus to display multiple colours
- polyhistory — the quality of a polyhistor
- polylithism — (programming) A property of a data-object that can exist in many shapes and sizes, but not simultaneously; which distinguishes it from a union. It is often implemented as a set of classes (or structs) derived from a common base class (or with a common header, as in the case of structs), typically without any methods. It has been loosely described as polymorphic data.
- polyphonist — a musical composer of or theorist in polyphony
- postholiday — occurring after a holiday
- posttyphoid — occurring as a sequela of typhoid fever.
- prickly ash — Also called Northern prickly ash, toothache tree. a citrus shrub or small tree, Zanthoxylum americanum, having aromatic leaves and usually prickly branches.
- prophesying — to foretell or predict.
- prophylaxis — Medicine/Medical. the preventing of disease. the prevention of a specific disease, as by studying the biological behavior, transmission, etc., of its causative agent and applying a series of measures against it.
- psaligraphy — the art of cutting out silhouettes
- psilophytic — (of a plant) that grows well in the dry savannah
- psychedelia — the realm or artifacts of psychedelic drugs, art, writings, or the like.
- psychedelic — of or noting a mental state characterized by a profound sense of intensified sensory perception, sometimes accompanied by severe perceptual distortion and hallucinations and by extreme feelings of either euphoria or despair.
- psychiatric — the practice or science of diagnosing and treating mental disorders.
- psychic bid — a bid designed to mislead one's opponents that is not based on the strength of one's hand or of the suit named but rather on one's feeling that not bidding would be more costly.
- psychically — of or relating to the human soul or mind; mental (opposed to physical).
- psychobilly — loud frantic rockabilly music
- psychodelia — the production of, or the culture associated with, psychedelic experiences
- psychogenic — having origin in the mind or in a mental condition or process: a psychogenic disorder.
- psychologic — of or relating to psychology.
- psychonomic — of or relating to psychonomics
- psychophily — the pollination of flowers by butterflies
- psychotoxic — toxic or harmful to the mind or personality.
- quasi-happy — delighted, pleased, or glad, as over a particular thing: to be happy to see a person.
- ravishingly — extremely beautiful or attractive; enchanting; entrancing.
- resynthesis — the combining of the constituent elements of separate material or abstract entities into a single or unified entity (opposed to analysis, ) the separating of any material or abstract entity into its constituent elements.
- rhinoplasty — plastic surgery of the nose.
- righteously — characterized by uprightness or morality: a righteous observance of the law.
- rugby shirt — a knitted pullover sport shirt usually in bold horizontal stripes and having a white collar and neckline placket, styled after the shirts traditionally worn by the members of Rugby teams.
- rush family — the plant family Juncaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants having narrow, grasslike leaves, small and greenish flowers, and capsular fruit with three compartments, comprising the true rushes.
- rye whiskey — rye1 (defs 4, 5).
- saprophytic — any organism that lives on dead organic matter, as certain fungi and bacteria.
- say kaddish — to be a mourner
- schistosity — of, resembling, or in the form of schist.
- schizophyte — any of the Schizophyta, a group of organisms comprising the schizomycetes and the schizophyceous algae, characterized by a simple structure and reproduction by simple fission or spores.
- scorchingly — in a scorching manner
- scripophily — the collecting by hobbyists of old stock certificates and bonds that have no intrinsic value other than their aesthetic appeal or relative rarity.
- scyphistoma — a stage in the life cycle of a jellyfish or other scyphozoan when it is fixed in place and reproduces asexually to produce free-swimming medusas.
- searchingly — examining carefully or thoroughly: a searching inspection.
- semimonthly — made, occurring, done, or published twice a month.
- semishrubby — somewhat resembling a shrub; shrubby in some respects; having characteristics somewhat like those of a shrub; partly covered in shrubs
- sex hygiene — a branch of hygiene concerned with sex and sexual behavior as they relate to individual and community well-being.
- seychellois — a native or inhabitant of Seychelles.
- shabby chic — Shabby Chic is a style of decorating the inside of a house in which the furniture and house look slightly used or old in a way that is attractive.
- shall i say — You use shall I say and shall we say in order to warn someone that what you are about to say may cause offence or be surprising.
- shelbyville — a city in central Indiana.
- sheriffalty — shrievalty.
- shifty-eyed — having the appearance of being dishonest, esp as signified by a lack of eye contact
- shiveringly — in a shivering manner, usually from cold or fright