13-letter words containing sh
- sportsmanship — the character, practice, or skill of a sportsman.
- sprint finish — the end of a long race in which competitors speed up as they approach the finish line
- squash ladder — a list showing the relative order of merit of a set of squash players determined by the winning player in each match taking the higher of the two players' positions
- squash player — a person who plays squash
- squash racket — a light long-handled racket used in the game of squash
- staffordshire — a county in central England. 1154 sq. mi. (2715 sq. km). County seat: Stafford.
- statesmanship — the ability, qualifications, or practice of a statesman; wisdom and skill in the management of public affairs.
- steve's shell — (operating system) (ssh) A Unix shell with many csh- and ksh-like features, by Steve Baker <[email protected]> and Thomas Moore. Version 1.7 has been ported to Sequent, Sun, NeXT, Ultrix, BSDI and is available from comp.sources.unix volume 26.
- sticker shock — unpleasant surprise on learning of an unexpectedly high price for an item.
- stirlingshire — Also called Stirlingshire [stur-ling-sheer, -sher] /ˈstɜr lɪŋˌʃɪər, -ʃər/ (Show IPA). a historic county in central Scotland.
- stop the show — (of a stage act, etc) to receive so much applause as to interrupt the performance
- stuffed shirt — a pompous, self-satisfied, and inflexible person.
- styling brush — a hairbrush used to style or neaten hair
- subeditorship — the position or office of a subeditor
- successorship — the position or state of a successor
- summer squash — any of several squashes of the variety Cucurbita pepo melopepo, that mature in the late summer or early autumn and are used as a vegetable in an unripe state, before the rind and seeds become hard.
- swash letters — italic capital letters formed with long tails and flourishes
- swashbuckling — characteristic of or behaving in the manner of a swashbuckler.
- swindle sheet — an expense account.
- thermal shock — a fluctuation in temperature causing stress in a material. It often results in fracture, esp in brittle materials such as ceramics
- thunder sheet — a large sheet of metal that can be shaken to produce a noise resembling thunder as a sound effect for a theatrical production
- thundershower — a shower accompanied by thunder and lightning.
- to fall short — If someone or something is or stops short of a place, they have not quite reached it. If they are or fall short of an amount, they have not quite achieved it.
- to go apeshit — to become crazy, enraged, or out of control
- toothbrushing — the act or method of cleaning the teeth with a toothbrush.
- tortoiseshell — a horny substance of a mottled brown and yellow coloration, composing the laminae that cover the inner body plates of the carapace of certain tortoises or turtles, especially the hawksbill, used for making combs and ornamental articles, inlaying, etc.
- township line — Surveying. one of two parallel lines running east and west that define the north and south borders of a township. Compare range line, township (def 2).
- tracking shot — dolly shot.
- trailer trash — poor white person
- training ship — a ship equipped for training novices in seamanship, as for naval service.
- training shoe — Training shoes are the same as trainers.
- transhumanism — a philosophy that explores human transcendence above or beyond organic, corporeal limitations through technological and philosophical evolution.
- transshipping — to transfer from one ship, truck, freight car, or other conveyance to another.
- trash farming — cultivation by leaving stubble, etc, on the surface of the soil to serve as a mulch
- trash-talking — disparaging or boastful language used especially to demoralize or intimidate opponents: trash-talking in the locker room.
- treasurership — a person in charge of treasure or a treasury.
- tropical fish — any of numerous small, usually brightly colored fishes, indigenous to the tropics, and often kept and bred in home aquariums.
- trout fishing — angling to catch trout
- tsinling shan — a mountain range in central China: highest peak over 12,000 feet (3660 meters).
- tsutsugamushi — any of various rickettsial disease, including scrub typhus
- turban squash — a turban-shaped variety of winter squash, Cucurbita maxima turbaniformis.
- turkish pound — the Turkish lira.
- turkish towel — a thick cotton towel with a long nap usually composed of uncut loops.
- twin camshaft — A twin camshaft is an arrangement of two parallel camshafts for each set of cylinders in an engine. Usually one operates the intake valve and the other the exhaust valve.
- underfinished — (of a farm animal) not having developed enough flesh
- undershepherd — a person who herds, tends, and guards sheep.
- undiminishing — to make or cause to seem smaller, less, less important, etc.; lessen; reduce.
- undishonoured — not dishonoured; not disgraced or disrespected
- unembellished — to beautify by or as if by ornamentation; ornament; adorn.
- unestablished — not established.