11-letter words containing s, h, o, u
- shuddersome — tending to shudder
- shuffle off — to walk without lifting the feet or with clumsy steps and a shambling gait.
- shunt motor — A shunt motor is a direct current motor whose two windings are in parallel, with the same voltage across each.
- shunt-wound — noting a motor or a generator that has the field circuit connected in parallel with the armature winding.
- shuttlecock — Also called shuttle. the object that is struck back and forth in badminton and battledore, consisting of a feathered cork head and a plastic crown.
- silhouetted — a two-dimensional representation of the outline of an object, as a cutout or configurational drawing, uniformly filled in with black, especially a black-paper, miniature cutout of the outlines of a person's face in profile.
- sit through — endure the whole of
- sleep rough — to spend the night in the open; be without a home or without shelter
- sleuthhound — a bloodhound.
- slough over — to gloss over; minimize
- small hours — pre-dawn
- smash-mouth — designating or of a style of football characterized by rough, aggressive play and, typically, strong offensive rushing
- smoothhound — a smooth dogfish, especially Mustelus mustelus, inhabiting waters along the coast of Europe.
- so much for — So much for is used to indicate that you have finished talking about a subject.
- soft launch — the launch of a website in stages, with regular updating
- soho square — a formerly fashionable residential district of London, England.
- solar house — a house designed to absorb and store solar heat.
- solid south — the states of the southern U.S. that traditionally supported the Democratic Party after the Civil War.
- song thrush — a common, European songbird, Turdus philomelos.
- sound check — an on-the-spot rehearsal by a band before a gig to enable the sound engineer to set up the mixer
- sound shift — a gradual alteration or series of alterations in the pronunciation of a set of sounds, esp of vowels
- sour cherry — a cherry, Prunus cerasus, characterized by gray bark and the spreading habit of its branches.
- south devon — a breed of large red cattle originally from South Devon
- south downs — a range of low hills, from Hampshire to East Sussex, in S England.
- south korea — a country in E Asia: formed 1948 after the division of the former country of Korea at 38° N. 36,600 sq. mi. (94,795 sq. km). Capital: Seoul. Compare Korea.
- south miami — a town in S Florida.
- south ogden — a town in N Utah.
- south river — a borough in central New Jersey.
- south sudan — a landlocked republic in NE Africa, in the Sahel region; formerly part of Sudan: became independent after a referendum in 2011, following a long civil war. Languages: English, Arabic. Religions: Christian, animist. Currency: South Sudanese Pound. Capital: Juba. Pop: 11 090 104 (2013 est). Area: 644 329 sq km (248 777 sq miles)
- south tyrol — a former part of the Austrian state of Tyrol: ceded to Italy in 1919, becoming the Bolzano and Trento provinces of the Trentino-Alto Adige Autonomous Region. Area: 14 037 sq km (5420 sq miles)
- south wales — an area of Wales bordered by England and the Bristol Channel to the east and south, and Mid Wales and West Wales to the north and west. Includes the capital city, Cardiff, as well as Swansea and Newport. Welsh name: De Cymru
- south yemen — Yemen (def 3).
- southampton — Henry Wriothesley [rahy-uh ths-lee] /ˈraɪ əθs li/ (Show IPA), 3rd Earl of, 1573–1624, English nobleman, soldier, and patron of writers, including William Shakespeare.
- southbridge — a town in S Massachusetts.
- southeaster — a wind or storm from the southeast.
- 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.
- southlander — a person from the south
- southwardly — toward the south
- southwester — a wind, gale, or storm from the southwest.
- spathaceous — of the nature of or resembling a spathe.
- 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.
- state house — the building in which the legislature of a state sits; the capitol of a state.
- steak house — A steak house is a restaurant that serves mainly steaks.
- stockhausen — Karlheinz [kahrl-hahynts] /ˈkɑrlˌhaɪnts/ (Show IPA), 1928–2007, German composer.
- stop chorus — a solo during which the rhythm section plays only the first beat of each phrase of music
- storm house — a storm cellar.
- stretch out — lie down, sprawl
- sub-chronic — constant; habitual; inveterate: a chronic liar.