11-letter words containing s, t, h, r
- in strength — If a group turns out in strength, they arrive in large numbers.
- in the wars — (esp of a child) hurt or knocked about, esp as a result of quarrelling and fighting
- inhabitress — a female inhabitant
- inheritress — Female inheritor.
- intermeshed — Simple past tense and past participle of intermesh.
- intermeshes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of intermesh.
- internships — Plural form of internship.
- interparish — involving, or occurring between, two or more parishes
- interschool — Occurring or taking place between two or more schools.
- intraschool — Within a single school.
- irish tweed — a sturdy woolen fabric of light warp and dark filling, made in Ireland and used in suits and coats.
- iron sights — conventional non-telescopic sights on a rifle
- isallotherm — a line on a weather map or chart connecting points having equal temperature variations within a given period of time.
- isogeotherm — an imaginary line connecting all points within the earth having the same mean temperature.
- isorhythmic — a structural feature characteristic of the Ars Nova motet, consisting of a single rhythmic phrase pattern repeated, usually in the tenor, throughout the composition.
- israelitish — of or relating to the Israelites; Hebrew.
- issacharite — a member of the tribe of Issachar.
- janitorship — the office of janitor
- john sutter — John Augustus, 1803–80, U.S. frontiersman: owner of Sutter's Mill.
- joshua tree — an evergreen tree, Yucca brevifolia, growing in arid or desert regions of the southwestern U.S., having long, twisted branches.
- katharevusa — the puristic Modern Greek literary language (distinguished from Demotic).
- kirby-smith — Edmund, 1824–93, Confederate general in the American Civil War.
- kosher salt — a coarse-grained salt with no additives, used especially to draw out the blood from meat to make it kosher.
- kurdaitchas — Plural form of kurdaitcha.
- lanternfish — any of several small, deep-sea fishes of the family Myctophidae, having rows of luminous organs along each side, certain species of which migrate to the surface at night.
- laser light — light which is generated by a laser
- laser sight — a device on a firearm that uses a laser to pinpoint impact.
- last breath — When someone takes their last breath, they die.
- last hurrah — a politician's final campaign.
- latchstring — a string passed through a hole in a door, for raising the latch from the outside.
- least shrew — a small, brownish shrew, Cryptotis parva, of grassy regions of the eastern U.S.
- leatherfish — a filefish.
- lectureship — the office of lecturer.
- lethiferous — lethal.
- letterheads — Plural form of letterhead.
- light horse — cavalry carrying light arms and equipment.
- light verse — verse that is written to entertain, amuse, or please, often by the subtlety of its form rather than by its literary quality.
- lightstruck — (of beer) Spoiled by exposure to light, which causes riboflavin to react with and break down the isohumulones.
- lindenhurst — a village on central Long Island, in SE New York.
- listen here — You say listen here when you are going to say something important to someone, especially when you are angry at what they have done or said.
- lithographs — Plural form of lithograph.
- lithosphere — the solid portion of the earth (distinguished from atmosphere, hydrosphere).
- lithotripsy — the pulverization and removal of urinary calculi using a lithotripter.
- lower sixth — the first year of the sixth form
- lutheranism — of or relating to Luther, adhering to his doctrines, or belonging to one of the Protestant churches that bear his name.
- lythraceous — belonging to the Lythraceae, the loosestrife family of plants.
- machinators — Plural form of machinator.
- macrophytes — Plural form of macrophyte.
- maharashtra — a state in W central India. 118,800 sq. mi. (307,690 sq. km). Capital: Mumbai.
- marsh tacky — a small, sometimes half-wild horse of the coastal marshes.