11-letter words containing s, h, o, u
- puppet show — an entertainment, as a play or musical revue, in which the performers are puppets.
- push around — to press upon or against (a thing) with force in order to move it away.
- push-button — operated by or as if by push buttons: push-button tuning.
- pythonesque — denoting a kind of humour that is absurd and unpredictable; zany; surreal
- quonset hut — A Quonset hut is a military hut made of metal. The walls and roof form the shape of a semi-circle.
- ramgunshoch — surly; bad-tempered; rude
- ranch house — the house of the owner of a ranch, usually of one story and with a low-pitched roof.
- reupholster — to provide (chairs, sofas, etc.) with coverings, cushions, stuffing, springs, etc.
- rhabdovirus — any of various RNA-containing viruses of the family Rhabdoviridae, including the rabies virus.
- rhamnaceous — belonging to the Rhamnaceae, the buckthorn family of plants.
- rhizanthous — bearing flowers directly from the root.
- rhizomatous — a rootlike subterranean stem, commonly horizontal in position, that usually produces roots below and sends up shoots progressively from the upper surface.
- rhomboideus — either of two back muscles that function to move the scapula.
- righteously — characterized by uprightness or morality: a righteous observance of the law.
- rock thrush — any of several Old World thrushes of the genus Monticola, usually having bluish plumage, especially M. saxatilis, of Europe.
- rough edges — lack of refinement
- rough music — (formerly) a loud cacophony created with tin pans, drums, etc, esp as a protest or demonstration of indignation outside someone's house
- rough stuff — violence, as physical assault, torture or shooting.
- rough-house — rough, disorderly playing, especially indoors.
- royal flush — the five highest cards of a suit.
- russophobia — an intense and often irrational hatred for Russia, or esp the former Soviet Union, its political system, etc
- sam houston — Sam(uel) 1793–1863, U.S. soldier and political leader: president of the Republic of Texas 1836–38 and 1841–44.
- sarcophagus — a stone coffin, especially one bearing sculpture, inscriptions, etc., often displayed as a monument.
- scaramouche — a stock character in commedia dell'arte and farce who is a cowardly braggart, easily beaten and frightened.
- scarborough — a seaport in North Yorkshire, in NE England.
- sceuophylax — a keeper of sacred vessels
- schaffhouse — a town in N Switzerland, capital of Schaffhausen canton, on the Rhine. Pop: 33 628 (2000)
- school fund — the money provided by a government or raised by parents and teachers to finance the running of a school
- schoolhouse — a building in which a school is conducted.
- 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.
- scuffle hoe — a hoe with a flat blade, pushed back and forth through the surface soil, as to weed
- see through — Also, see-thru [see-throo] /ˈsiˌθru/ (Show IPA). transparent: a see-through blouse.
- see-through — Also, see-thru [see-throo] /ˈsiˌθru/ (Show IPA). transparent: a see-through blouse.
- sepulchrous — of the nature of a sepulchre
- set up shop — a retail store, especially a small one.
- shaft house — a structure housing machinery and other equipment at the top of a mine shaft.
- shine up to — to give forth or glow with light; shed or cast light.
- shogun bond — a bond sold on the Japanese market by a foreign institution and denominated in a foreign currency
- shoot'em-up — a book, film, TV show, video game, etc. characterized by much violent content, gunplay, etc., esp. one in the western, crime, or war genres
- shoot-em-up — A shoot-em-up is a computer game that involves shooting and killing characters.
- shootaround — an informal match or practice session
- shop around — compare prices
- shot putter — a sportsperson who competes in the shot put
- shot-putter — a participant in shot put.
- show around — guide round a new place
- show jumper — A show jumper is a person who takes part in the sport of show jumping.
- shower unit — fitted shower
- showjumping — horseriding event
- shroud-laid — noting a fiber rope of four strands laid right-handed with or without a heart.
- shroud-line — a cloth or sheet in which a corpse is wrapped for burial.