10-letter words containing s, h, y
- set theory — the branch of mathematics that deals with relations between sets.
- seychelles — a republic consisting of 115 islands in the Indian Ocean, NE of Madagascar: a member of the Commonwealth of Nations. 175 sq. mi. (455 sq. km). Capital: Victoria.
- shaggy cap — an edible inky-cap mushroom, Coprinus comatus, having an elongated, shaggy pileus.
- shaggymane — an edible and elongated fungus or mushroom, Coprinus comatus, with shaggy scales across the cap and black spores
- shakyamuni — Sakyamuni.
- shamefully — causing shame: shameful behavior.
- shandrydan — an old-fashioned hooded chaise.
- shandygaff — a mixed drink of beer with ginger beer.
- shantytown — a section, as of a city or town, characterized by shanties and crudely built houses.
- sharp-eyed — having keen sight or perception.
- sheepberry — a North American shrub or small tree, Viburnum lentago, of the honeysuckle family, having flat-topped clusters of small white flowers and edible, berrylike black drupes.
- sheepishly — embarrassed or bashful, as by having done something wrong or foolish.
- shellycoat — a mythical creature dressed in shells who haunts rivers and streams
- ship money — a tax levied to finance the fitting out of warships: abolished 1640
- ship's boy — a male attendant, as a cabin boy, steward, etc., employed to wait on a ship's passengers or officers.
- shockingly — causing intense surprise, disgust, horror, etc.
- short-stay — available or valid for a limited time
- shoutingly — by way of shouting
- shrewsbury — a city now part of Shrewsbury and Atcham, in Salop, in W England.
- shrievalty — the office, term, or jurisdiction of a sheriff.
- shylockian — a relentless and revengeful moneylender in Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice.
- shylocking — a relentless and revengeful moneylender in Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice.
- sixth year — (in Scotland) the most senior class in a secondary school to which pupils, usually above the legal leaving age, may proceed to take sixth-year studies, retake or take additional Highers, etc
- skylighted — having or illuminated by a skylight.
- slap happy — severely befuddled; punch-drunk: a slaphappy boxer.
- slap-happy — severely befuddled; punch-drunk: a slaphappy boxer.
- slaughtery — a slaughterhouse
- sleepyhead — a sleepy person.
- sluggishly — indisposed to action or exertion; lacking in energy; lazy; indolent: a sluggish disposition.
- smashingly — impressive or wonderful: a smashing display.
- smoky hill — a river flowing E from E Colorado to the Republican River in central Kansas. 540 miles (870 km) long.
- snappishly — in a sharp or irritable manner
- sneakishly — in a stealthy or underhanded manner
- sniffishly — in a sniffy or disdainful manner
- snobbishly — of, relating to, or characteristic of a snob: snobbish ideas about rank.
- sociopathy — a person with a psychopathic personality whose behavior is antisocial, often criminal, and who lacks a sense of moral responsibility or social conscience.
- solar myth — a myth explaining or allegorizing the origin or movement of the sun
- sonography — the medical diagnostic imaging technique used to see internal organs, muscles, etc
- soothingly — that soothes: a soothing voice.
- soothsayer — a person who professes to foretell events.
- sophrosyne — moderation; discretion; prudence.
- southernly — southerly.
- sparkishly — in a sparkish manner
- speech day — In some British schools, speech day is a day, usually at the end of the school year, when prizes are presented to pupils and speeches are made by guest speakers and the head teacher.
- sphericity — a spherical state or form.
- spherocyte — an abnormal blood cell
- sporophyll — a modified leaf that bears sporangia.
- sporophyte — the form of a plant in the alternation of generations that produces asexual spores.
- spreaghery — the activity or crime of raiding cattle
- spycatcher — a person who works in counterintelligence to detect enemy espionage activities