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11-letter words containing s, u, h, a

  • beauty bush — a hardy shrub (Kolkwitzia amabilis) of the honeysuckle family, having tubular pink flowers with white bristly hairs on the ovary
  • beauty shop — A beauty shop is the same as a beauty parlour.
  • beauty-bush — a Chinese shrub, Kolkwitzia amabilis, of the honeysuckle family, having showy, pinkish flowers and grown as an ornamental.
  • bhubaneswar — an ancient city in E India, the capital of Odisha (formerly Orissa) state: many temples built between the 7th and 16th centuries. Pop: 647 302 (2001)
  • bicephalous — having two heads
  • black house — a type of thatched house, usually made of turf, formerly found in the highlands and islands of Scotland
  • blasphemous — You can describe someone who shows disrespect for God or a religion as blasphemous. You can also describe what they are saying or doing as blasphemous.
  • bleak house — a novel (1852) by Charles Dickens.
  • bonus share — a share from stock given by a company to existing shareholders
  • brachiosaur — any of a genus (Brachiosaurus) of huge Jurassic sauropods having longer forelegs than hind legs and nostrils high on the forehead
  • brachyurous — shorttailed, as a crab (opposed to macrurous).
  • broad-brush — A broad-brush approach, strategy, or solution deals with a problem in a general way rather than concentrating on details.
  • brush aside — If you brush aside or brush away an idea, remark, or feeling, you refuse to consider it because you think it is not important or useful, even though it may be.
  • brush maker — a manufacturer or crafter of brushes
  • buffalofish — any of several freshwater North American hump-backed cyprinoid fishes of the genus Ictiobus: family Catostomidae (suckers)
  • bunch grass — any of various grasses that grow in tufts
  • burnt shale — carbonaceous shale formed by destructive distillation of oil shale or by spontaneous combustion of shale after it has been some years in a tip: sometimes used in road making
  • bush ballad — an old Australian bush poem in a ballad metre dealing with aspects of life and characters in the bush
  • bush jacket — a casual jacket or shirt having four patch pockets and a belt
  • bush lawyer — any of several prickly trailing plants of the genus Rubus
  • bush league — In baseball, a bush league is the same as a minor league.
  • bush parole — an escape from prison.
  • bush-league — inferior or amateurish; mediocre: a bush-league theatrical performance.
  • bushbashing — the process of forcing a path through the bush
  • bushelwoman — a woman who alters clothes
  • bushmanship — the skills necessary for survival in the bush; bushcraft
  • bushranging — the life of a bushranger
  • bushwalking — an expedition on foot in the bush
  • bushwhacker — a person who travels around or lives in thinly populated woodlands
  • buzz phrase — a phrase that comes into vogue in the same way as a buzz word
  • cacophonous — If you describe a mixture of sounds as cacophonous, you mean that they are loud and unpleasant.
  • cactus moth — a moth, Cactoblastis cactorum, native to South America and introduced into Australia to control prickly pear cactus, on which the larvae feed.
  • calico bush — mountain laurel
  • callimachus — late 5th century bc, Greek sculptor, reputed to have invented the Corinthian capital
  • calochortus — any plant of the genus Calochortus, of the lily family, as the mariposa lily and the sego lily.
  • calycanthus — any of several shrubs of the genus Calycanthus, found in North America
  • can crusher — a device which presses empty metal food containers in order to reduce their volume before they are disposed of
  • cardophagus — a donkey
  • carpophorus — an epithet of both Demeter and her daughter, Persephone, meaning “fruit-bearer.”.
  • catechumens — Plural form of catechumen.
  • ch'iungshan — Qiongshan.
  • champertous — a sharing in the proceeds of litigation by one who agrees with either the plaintiff or defendant to help promote it or carry it on.
  • chart house — a room or deckhouse for storing and working with charts, navigational instruments, etc.
  • chart music — songs that feature in the music charts
  • chartaceous — of the nature of paper; papery
  • chartbuster — A popular singer or group that makes a best-selling recording.
  • chauvinists — zealous and aggressive patriotism or blind enthusiasm for military glory.
  • chelsea bun — a rolled yeast currant bun decorated with sugar
  • chiaroscuro — Chiaroscuro is the use of light and shade in a picture, or the effect produced by light and shade in a place.
  • chilaquiles — (in Mexican cooking) a dish of fried tortilla strips typically topped with a spicy tomato sauce and cheese.
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