11-letter words containing s, h, o, r
- archilochus — 7th century bc, Greek poet of Paros, notable for using his own experience as subject matter
- armory show — an international art show held in a New York City armory in 1913: considered a landmark in the public and critical acceptance of modern art.
- aron kodesh — Holy Ark.
- arsonphobia — Pyrophobia.
- art history — study of art through the ages
- arthrodesis — the fusion of bones in a joint through surgery which causes immobility of the joint
- arthrograms — Plural form of arthrogram.
- arthroscope — a tubular instrument that is inserted into the capsule of a joint to examine the joint, extract tissue, etc
- arthroscopy — the use of an arthroscope to diagnose an injury to or disease of a joint or to perform minor surgery on a joint.
- arthrospore — a sporelike cell of ascomycetous fungi and some algae produced by a breaking of the hyphae
- asphyxiator — to produce asphyxia in.
- astraphobia — a fear of thunder and lightning
- astrography — The art of describing or delineating the stars; a description or mapping of the heavens.
- astrophobia — A fear of stars and celestial space.
- astrophyton — The giant basket star, an early Mesozoic invertebrate.
- astrosphere — the part of the aster excluding the centrosome
- athermanous — capable of stopping radiant heat or infrared radiation
- atmosphered — having an intellectual or psychological climate or feeling
- atmospheres — Plural form of atmosphere.
- atmospheric — Atmospheric is used to describe something which relates to the Earth's atmosphere.
- auditorship — the position or function of auditor
- authorising — Present participle of authorise.
- authorities — the power to determine, adjudicate, or otherwise settle issues or disputes; jurisdiction; the right to control, command, or determine.
- azores high — a subtropical high centered near the Azores.
- baby shower — gift-giving party for unborn baby
- bachelorism — bachelorhood
- barber shop — A barber shop is a shop where a barber works.
- barber-shop — Also called, especially British, barber's shop. the place of business of a barber.
- barbershops — Plural form of barbershop.
- barrelhouse — a cheap and disreputable drinking establishment
- baryshnikov — Mikhail. born 1948, Soviet-born ballet dancer, who defected (1974) to the West while on tour with the Kirov Ballet: director (1980–90) of the American Ballet Theatre
- basset horn — an obsolete woodwind instrument of the clarinet family
- bathometers — Plural form of bathometer.
- beanshooter — peashooter
- behaviorism — Behaviorism is the belief held by some psychologists that the only valid method of studying the psychology of people or animals is to observe how they behave.
- behaviorist — the theory or doctrine that human or animal psychology can be accurately studied only through the examination and analysis of objectively observable and quantifiable behavioral events, in contrast with subjective mental states.
- biomorphism — a painted, drawn, or sculptured free form or design suggestive in shape of a living organism, especially an ameba or protozoan: The paintings of Joan Miró are often notable for their playful, bright-colored biomorphs.
- bioresearch — the investigation of the nature of living organisms; biological research.
- bletcherous — /blech'*-r*s/ Disgusting in design or function; aesthetically unappealing. This word is seldom used of people. "This keyboard is bletcherous!" (Perhaps the keys don't work very well, or are misplaced.) The term bletcherous applies to the esthetics of the thing so described; similarly for cretinous. By contrast, something that is "losing" or "bagbiting" may be failing to meet objective criteria.
- blogosphere — In computer technology, the blogosphere or the blogsphere is all the weblogs on the Internet, considered collectively.
- body search — If a person is body searched, someone such as a police officer searches them while they remain clothed. Compare strip-search.
- body-search — to search all parts of the body of: Police ordered the suspects to strip and then body-searched them for hidden caches of narcotics.
- bone shaker — an early-model bicycle, especially one with hard rubber tires.
- bone-shaker — an early-model bicycle, especially one with hard rubber tires.
- bonus share — a share from stock given by a company to existing shareholders
- book rights — the legal right to make use of the text of a printed book
- boorishness — of or like a boor; unmannered; crude; insensitive.
- bottlebrush — a cylindrical brush on a thin shaft, used for cleaning bottles
- brachiosaur — any of a genus (Brachiosaurus) of huge Jurassic sauropods having longer forelegs than hind legs and nostrils high on the forehead
- brachyurous — shorttailed, as a crab (opposed to macrurous).