10-letter words containing w, h, s
- shake-down — an act or instance of shaking, rocking, swaying, etc.
- shallowest — of little depth; not deep: shallow water.
- shantytown — a section, as of a city or town, characterized by shanties and crudely built houses.
- sharawadgi — a form of Chinese landscape architecture known for its irregular and asymmetrical plantings
- shawinigan — a city in S Quebec, in E Canada.
- shearwater — any of several long-winged petrels of the genus Puffinus that appear to shear the water with their wing tips when flying low.
- sheet down — (of rain) to fall heavily in sheets
- shield law — a law protecting journalists from forced disclosure of confidential sources of information.
- shieldwall — a protective wall formed by interlocking the shields of foot soldiers
- shift down — When you shift down, you move the gear lever in the vehicle you are driving in order to use a lower gear.
- shipwright — a person who builds and launches wooden vessels or does carpentry work in connection with the building and launching of steel or iron vessels.
- shirtwaist — a tailored blouse or shirt worn by women.
- shock wave — a region of abrupt change of pressure and density moving as a wave front at or above the velocity of sound, caused by an intense explosion or supersonic flow over a body.
- shoot down — the act of shooting with a bow, firearm, etc.
- shopwalker — a floorwalker.
- shopwindow — a window used for display of merchandise.
- short wave — Electricity. a radio wave, shorter than that used in AM broadcasting, corresponding to frequencies of over 1600 kilohertz: used for long-distance reception or transmission.
- short-wave — Electricity. a radio wave, shorter than that used in AM broadcasting, corresponding to frequencies of over 1600 kilohertz: used for long-distance reception or transmission.
- shortsword — a short-bladed sword
- shot tower — a tower from the top of which finely divided streams of molten lead are dropped down a central well, breaking up into spherical drops during their fall to be quenched and hardened in a tank of water at the bottom.
- shout down — silence by speaking more loudly than
- show a leg — to get up in the morning
- show house — theater (def 1).
- show trial — (especially in a totalitarian state) the public trial of a political offender conducted chiefly for propagandistic purposes, as to suppress further dissent against the government by making an example of the accused.
- show-place — an estate, mansion, or the like, usually open to the public, renowned for its beauty, excellent design and workmanship, historical interest, etc.
- showboater — a boat, especially a paddle-wheel steamer, used as a traveling theater.
- showcasing — a glass case for the display and protection of articles in shops, museums, etc.
- shower cap — a plastic cap worn in the shower to keep the hair dry
- shower gel — liquid soap product
- shower tea — kitchen tea.
- showerhead — a brief fall of rain or, sometimes, of hail or snow.
- showerless — without showers; rain-free
- showground — outdoor events venue
- shrew mole — a grayish-black mole, Neurotrichus gibbsii, of the western coast of the U.S. and Canada, that grows to a length of about 3 inches (7.6 cm).
- shrewdness — astute or sharp in practical matters: a shrewd politician.
- shrewmouse — a shrew.
- shrewsbury — a city now part of Shrewsbury and Atcham, in Salop, in W England.
- side-wheel — having a paddle wheel on each side, as a steamboat.
- sleep with — to take the rest afforded by a suspension of voluntary bodily functions and the natural suspension, complete or partial, of consciousness; cease being awake.
- slide show — a presentation of photographic slides, or images on a transparent base, placed in a projector and viewed sequentially on a screen.
- slow coach — a slowpoke.
- slow march — a march in slow time
- slow match — a slow-burning match or fuse, often consisting of a rope or cord soaked in a solution of saltpeter.
- slow pitch — a variety of softball in which the ball is pitched with an underhand motion at moderate speed in an arc that rises at least six feet above the ground
- slow-pitch — a type of softball with ten players per side and in which each pitch must travel in an arc from three to ten feet high.
- smartwatch — a computing device that resembles a wristwatch and is attached to a band worn around the wrist: Get email and text message notifications on your smartwatch.
- smash down — If you smash down a door, building, or other large heavy object, you hit it hard and break it until it falls on the ground.
- snow-broth — melted snow.
- snow-white — white as snow.
- snowplough — A snowplough is a vehicle which is used to push snow off roads or railway lines.