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11-letter words containing s, t, a, n, h, o

  • schecklaton — a gilded leather used for embroidering jacks
  • scotch snap — a rhythmic pattern consisting of a short note followed by a long one
  • scotchwoman — Scotswoman.
  • senatorship — the office or position of a senator
  • servanthood — the condition of being a servant
  • shake on it — to shake hands in agreement, reconciliation, etc
  • shanty town — ghetto, slum
  • shootaround — an informal match or practice session
  • short-range — having a limited extent, as in distance or time: a short-range shot; a short-range plan.
  • shortchange — to give less than the correct change to.
  • sir anthonySir Anthony, Van Dyck, Sir Anthony.
  • smart phone — a device that combines a cell phone with a handheld computer, typically offering Internet access, data storage, email capability, etc.
  • 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 launch — the launch of a website in stages, with regular updating
  • solar month — month (def 4).
  • solar-month — Also called calendar month. any of the twelve parts, as January or February, into which the calendar year is divided.
  • sonofabitch — an abusive term of address or of description
  • soothsaying — the practice or art of foretelling events.
  • 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)
  • 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.
  • southlander — a person from the south
  • sponge bath — a bath in which the bather is cleaned by a wet sponge or washcloth dipped in water, without getting into a tub of water.
  • stag's horn — the antlers of a stag used as a material for carved implements
  • standoffish — somewhat aloof or reserved; cold and unfriendly.
  • stenobathic — of or relating to marine or freshwater life that can tolerate only limited changes in depth (opposed to eurybathic).
  • stenography — the art of writing in shorthand.
  • stenohaline — (of an aquatic organism) unable to withstand wide variation in salinity of the surrounding water.
  • stephanotis — any vine belonging to the genus Stephanotis, of the milkweed family, having fragrant, waxy, white flowers and leathery leaves.
  • stockhausen — Karlheinz [kahrl-hahynts] /ˈkɑrlˌhaɪnts/ (Show IPA), 1928–2007, German composer.
  • stone china — hard earthenware containing china stone.
  • stonewashed — to wash (cloth) with pebbles or stones so as to give the appearance of wear.
  • sycophantic — a self-seeking, servile flatterer; fawning parasite.
  • syngnathous — (of fish) having a tubular snout, e.g. pipefish, seahorse
  • talent show — a theatrical show in which a series of usually amateur or aspiring singers, dancers, comedians, instrumentalists, etc., perform in the hope of gaining recognition.
  • taphonomist — a specialist in taphonomy
  • technospeak — any abstruse technical jargon
  • thanatopsis — a view or contemplation of death.
  • the narrows — strait between Upper & Lower New York Bay, separating Staten Island & Long Island
  • the nations — the non-Jewish nations; Gentiles
  • the-seasons — an oratorio (1801) by Franz Joseph Haydn.
  • theophanous — a manifestation or appearance of God or a god to a person.
  • thermonasty — a nastic movement in response to a temperature change, as occurs in the opening of certain flowers
  • thorvaldsen — Albert Bertal [ahl-bert bar-tuh l] /ˈɑl bɛrt ˈbær təl/ (Show IPA), 1770–1844, Danish sculptor.
  • thrasonical — boastful; vainglorious.
  • tongue-lash — to reprimand severely; scold
  • transphobia — unreasoning hostility, aversion, etc., toward transgender people.
  • unseaworthy — constructed, outfitted, manned, and in all respects fitted for a voyage at sea.
  • with reason — a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.: the reason for declaring war.
  • yachtswoman — a woman who owns or sails a yacht, or who is devoted to yachting.
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