11-letter words containing s, t, h, r
- geostrophic — of or relating to the balance between the Coriolis force and the horizontal pressure force in the atmosphere.
- ghost story — a tale in which such elements as ghostly visitations and supernatural intervention are used to further the plot and a chilling, suspenseful atmosphere.
- ghost train — a small train at an amusement park that travels through a dark tunnel in which sounds, lights, and mechanized objects are used to scare the people in the train
- ghost-write — If a book or other piece of writing is ghost-written, it is written by a writer for another person, for example a politician or sportsman, who then publishes it as his or her own work.
- ghostbuster — A person who claims to be able to banish ghosts and poltergeists.
- ghostscript — (graphics, tool) The GNU interpreter for PostScript and PDF, with previewers for serval systems and many fonts. Ghostscript was originally written by L. Peter Deutsch <[email protected]> of Aladdin Enterprises. The first public release was v1.0 on 1988-08-11.
- ghostwriter — A person whose job it is to write material for someone else who is the named author.
- go straight — without a bend, angle, or curve; not curved; direct: a straight path.
- goldthreads — Plural form of goldthread.
- grade sheet — a piece of paper on which a student's grades are recorded
- grass cloth — a cloth made from plant fibres, such as jute or hemp
- greenhearts — Plural form of greenheart.
- greenschist — schist colored green by an abundance of chlorite, epidote, or actinolite.
- groatsworth — the amount that is, or may be, bought or sold for a groat
- groundsheet — a waterproof sheet of plastic, canvas, or other durable material spread on the ground, as under a sleeping bag or in a tent, for protection against moisture.
- growthiness — the quality of being growthy
- h-stretcher — a stretcher having the form of an H .
- hair stroke — a fine line in writing or printing.
- hairstreaks — Plural form of hairstreak.
- hairstyling — a person who designs and arranges hair styles.
- hairstylist — A person who cuts and styles people's hair professionally.
- halberstadt — a town in central Germany, in Saxony-Anhalt: industrial centre noted for its historic buildings. Pop: 40 014 (2003 est)
- half sister — sister (def 2).
- half-sister — sister (def 2).
- hammersmith — a borough of Greater London, England.
- hammerstein — Oscar, 1847?–1919, U.S. theatrical manager, born in Germany.
- hammerstone — an ancient stone tool used as a hammer, as for chipping flint, processing food, or breaking up bones.
- hamstringed — (in humans and other primates) any of the tendons that bound the ham of the knee.
- handicrafts — Plural form of handicraft.
- harassments — Plural form of harassment.
- hard by sth — If one thing is hard by another, it is very close to it.
- hard sector — (storage) An archaic floppy disk format employing multiple synchronisation holes in the media to define the sectors.
- hard-fisted — stingy; miserly; closefisted.
- hare's-foot — a leguminous annual plant, Trifolium arvense, that grows on sandy soils in Europe and NW Asia and has downy heads of white or pink flowers
- harem pants — a kind of baggy trousers worn by women, made of lightweight fabric and closefitting at the ankles
- harmonicist — Someone who plays the harmonica.
- harmonistic — pertaining to a harmonist or harmony.
- hartebeests — Plural form of hartebeest.
- haruspicate — of or relating to a haruspex
- harvest fly — cicada
- harvestable — Also, harvesting. the gathering of crops.
- harvestfish — a butterfish of the genus Peprilus, especially P. alepidotus of Atlantic waters.
- harvesttime — the time of year when a crop or crops are harvested, especially autumn.
- hatemongers — Plural form of hatemonger.
- hattiesburg — a city in SE Mississippi.
- hawes water — a lake in NW England, in the Lake District: provides part of Manchester's water supply; extended by damming from 4 km (2.5 miles) to 6 km (4 miles)
- hazel crest — a town in NE Illinois.
- head-strict — (theory) A head-strict function will not necessarily evaluate every cons cell of its (list) argument, but whenever it does evaluate a cons cell it will also evaluate the element in the head of that cell. An example of a head-strict function is beforeZero :: [Int] -> [Int] beforeZero [] = [] beforeZero (0:xs) = [] beforeZero (x:xs) = x : beforeZero xs which returns a list up to the first zero. This pattern of evaluation is important because it is common in functions which operate on a list of inputs. See also tail-strict, hyperstrict.
- headhunters — Plural form of headhunter.
- headmasters — Plural form of headmaster.