11-letter words containing s, t, h, r, i
- pro-british — of or relating to Great Britain or its inhabitants.
- proctorship — a person appointed to keep watch over students at examinations.
- prognathism — having protrusive jaws; having a gnathic index over 103.
- prosthetics — an artificial body part; a prosthesis: Hundreds of amputees volunteered to test the new prosthetics.
- prosthetist — a person skilled in making or fitting prosthetic devices.
- provostship — the office of a provost
- psychiatric — the practice or science of diagnosing and treating mental disorders.
- quitchgrass — Elymus repens.
- rabbitbrush — any of several composite shrubs of the genus Chrysothamnus, of the western U.S. and Mexico, having whitish, hairy branches and yellow flowers.
- rankshifted — that has been shifted from one linguistic rank to another
- reason with — If you try to reason with someone, you try to persuade them to do or accept something by using sensible arguments.
- redshirting — a high-school or college athlete kept out of varsity competition for one year to develop skills and extend eligibility. a child held back from starting kindergarten for one year, the practice of which is believed by some parents to give the child academic, athletic, and social advantages.
- reestablish — to found, institute, build, or bring into being on a firm or stable basis: to establish a university; to establish a medical practice.
- resynthesis — the combining of the constituent elements of separate material or abstract entities into a single or unified entity (opposed to analysis, ) the separating of any material or abstract entity into its constituent elements.
- retail shop — a shop which sells goods to individual customers
- rh positive — See under Rh factor.
- rh-positive — See under Rh factor.
- rheotropism — the effect of a current of water upon the direction of plant growth.
- rhinestoned — adorned with rhinestones
- rhinoplasty — plastic surgery of the nose.
- 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.
- riefenstahl — Leni [ley-nee] /ˈleɪ ni/ (Show IPA), 1902–2003, German film director.
- right stage — the part of the stage that is right of center as one faces the audience.
- right stuff — the necessary or ideal qualities or capabilities, as courage, confidence, dependability, toughness, or daring (usually preceded by the).
- righteously — characterized by uprightness or morality: a righteous observance of the law.
- rightsizing — to adjust to an appropriate size: Layoffs will be necessary to rightsize our workforce.
- riot shield — Riot shields are pieces of equipment made of transparent plastic which are used by the police to protect themselves against angry crowds.
- rocket ship — a rocket-propelled aircraft or spacecraft.
- roosterfish — a large, edible fish, Nematistius pectoralis, inhabiting the warmer waters of the Pacific Ocean, having the first dorsal fin composed of brightly colored filamentous rays.
- rope stitch — (in embroidery) a stitch formed from the entwining of stitches.
- rubbish tip — dump for refuse
- rugby shirt — a knitted pullover sport shirt usually in bold horizontal stripes and having a white collar and neckline placket, styled after the shirts traditionally worn by the members of Rugby teams.
- saprophytic — any organism that lives on dead organic matter, as certain fungi and bacteria.
- school trip — educational outing
- schorlomite — a mineral that is black in colour and belongs to the garnet group
- schweinfurt — a city in N Bavaria, in S central Germany, on the Main River.
- scots-irish — Scotch-Irish
- scratch hit — a batted ball, usually poorly hit, barely enabling the batter to reach base safely: a scratch hit off the end of the bat.
- scratch wig — a short wig, especially one that covers only part of the head.
- searchlight — a device, usually consisting of a light and reflector, for throwing a beam of light in any direction.
- senatorship — the office or position of a senator
- shergottite — a type of igneous rock or meteorite thought to originate on Mars
- sheriffalty — shrievalty.
- sherrington — Sir Charles Scott, 1861–1952, English physiologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1932.
- shift gears — change speed manually in a vehicle
- shift lever — the lever mounted on the steering column or floor of a vehicle that enables the driver to shift gears.
- shinplaster — a plaster for the shin or leg.
- shirt front — the front of a shirt, especially the part that is exposed when a jacket or vest is worn.
- shirt-dress — shirtwaist (def 2).