11-letter words containing s, o, r, e, t, h
- short title — an abridged listing in a catalog or bibliography, giving only such essential information as the author's name and the book's title, publisher, and date and place of publication.
- short-dated — (of a gilt-edged security) having less than five years to run before redemption
- short-lived — living or lasting only a little while.
- short-order — of, relating to, or specializing in short orders: a short-order cook; short-order diner.
- short-range — having a limited extent, as in distance or time: a short-range shot; a short-range plan.
- short-sheet — to fold and tuck in the top sheet of (a bed) so that it simulates both the top and bottom sheets: when the victim of this joke enters the bed, his or her legs are obstructed by the fold.
- short-timer — a person, as a soldier, who has a short period of time left to serve on a tour of duty.
- shortchange — to give less than the correct change to.
- shorthaired — (of an animal) having hair that is short and lies close to the body.
- shortweight — to give less than the weight charged for: The firm is accused of shortweighting grain.
- shot putter — a sportsperson who competes in the shot put
- shot-putter — a participant in shot put.
- shower unit — fitted shower
- showstopper — Theater. a performer or performance that wins enthusiastic or prolonged applause.
- six-shooter — a revolver from which six shots can be fired without reloading.
- smart phone — a device that combines a cell phone with a handheld computer, typically offering Internet access, data storage, email capability, etc.
- smooth over — free from projections or unevenness of surface; not rough: smooth wood; a smooth road.
- snapshooter — an amateur photographer, especially one who takes snapshots with a simple camera.
- softhearted — very sympathetic or responsive; generous in spirit: a soft-hearted judge.
- solo mother — a mother with a dependent child or dependent children and no spouse
- somersworth — a town in SE New Hampshire.
- somewhither — to some unspecified place; somewhere.
- sophistries — Sophistries are clever arguments that sound convincing but are in fact false.
- sore throat — a painful or sensitive condition of the throat exaggerated by swallowing or talking, usually caused by bacteria or viruses; laryngitis; pharyngitis; tonsillitis.
- sothic year — the fixed year of the ancient Egyptians, determined by the heliacal rising of Sirius, and equivalent to 365 days.
- 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 river — a borough in central New Jersey.
- 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
- southlander — a person from the south
- southwester — a wind, gale, or storm from the southwest.
- spermophyte — spermatophyte.
- spherometer — an instrument for measuring the curvature of spheres and curved surfaces.
- spheroplast — a Gram-negative bacterial cell with a cell wall that has been altered or is partly missing, resulting in a spherical shape.
- spirochaete — any of various spiral-shaped motile bacteria of the family Spirochaetaceae, certain species, as Treponema, Leptospira, and Borrelia, being pathogenic to humans and other animals, and other species being free-living, saprophytic, or parasitic.
- stadtholder — stadholder.
- stake horse — a horse that is regularly entered in stake races.
- stakeholder — the holder of the stakes of a wager.
- stallholder — A stallholder is a person who sells goods at a stall in a market.
- statehooder — a person who supports or advocates the attainment of statehood for a territory, colony, or the like, especially for Puerto Rico.
- steatorrhea — the presence of excess fat in the stools, usually caused by disease of the pancreas or intestine, and characterized by chronic diarrhea and weight loss.
- stenochrome — a printed design made using stenochromy
- stenochromy — the art of printing designs made of more than one colour using a single impression
- stenography — the art of writing in shorthand.
- stenohygric — able to withstand only a narrow range of humidity
- stepbrother — one's stepfather's son or stepmother's son by a previous marriage.
- stereograph — a single or double picture for a stereoscope.
- stereophony — the state or condition of being stereophonic.