11-letter words containing s, o, t, h, e
- 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.
- short field — the area of the infield between third base and second, covered by the shortstop.
- short jenny — an in-off into a middle pocket
- short metre — a stanza form, used esp for hymns, consisting of four lines, the third of which has eight syllables, while the rest have six
- short money — (in Britain) the annual payment made to Opposition parties in the House of Commons to help them pay for certain services necessary to the carrying out of their parliamentary duties; established in 1975
- short novel — a prose narrative midway between the novel and the short story in length and scope
- short score — a condensed version of the score for a musical composition, usually written for piano
- 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 effect — random fluctuations in the emission of electrons from a hot cathode, causing a hissing or sputtering sound (shot noise) in an audio amplifier and causing snow on a television screen.
- 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.
- 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.
- simethicone — an active ingredient in many antacid preparations that causes small mucus-entrapped air bubbles in the intestines to coalesce into larger bubbles that are more easily passed.
- single-shot — (of a firearm) requiring loading before each shot; not having or using a cartridge magazine.
- six-shooter — a revolver from which six shots can be fired without reloading.
- sketch book — a collection of essays and stories (1819–20) by Washington Irving.
- sketch show — a show, such as a TV show or public performance, consisting of a variety of short comedy scenes
- sleuthhound — a bloodhound.
- smart phone — a device that combines a cell phone with a handheld computer, typically offering Internet access, data storage, email capability, etc.
- smithsonite — a native carbonate of zinc, ZnCO 3 , that is an important ore of the metal.
- 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.
- snapshotted — an informal photograph, especially one taken quickly by a handheld camera.
- soft cheese — a type of cheese that is made in a relatively short time and has a soft, creamy or almost runny texture
- soft hyphen — a hyphen that is used only in breaking a word at the end of a line of text.
- soft-headed — foolish; stupid.
- 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.
- sottishness — the state of being sottish
- south devon — a breed of large red cattle originally from South Devon
- 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 ogden — a town in N Utah.