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13-letter words containing sh

  • nonce-bashing — violent attacks against rapists, child molesters, or sexual offenders, esp inside a prison
  • nonmembership — the fact or condition of being a nonmember
  • nonperishable — not subject to rapid deterioration or decay: A supply of nonperishable food was kept for emergencies.
  • nonpunishable — Not punishable; of an act, for which no punishment has been authorized; of a person, beyond the reach of punishment.
  • nonshrinkable — incapable of being shrunk
  • nonunion shop — a shop or business in which the employer fixes terms and conditions of employment unilaterally without recognizing or dealing with a union.
  • norton shores — a city in W Michigan, on Lake Michigan.
  • ocean sunfish — a brown and gray mola, Mola mola, inhabiting tropical and temperate seas, having the posterior half of the body sharply truncated behind the elongated dorsal and anal fins.
  • off the shelf — readily available from merchandise in stock.
  • off-the-shelf — readily available from merchandise in stock.
  • offshore dock — a floating dock moored to pilings, dolphins, etc., used for cleaning and repairing medium-sized vessels.
  • old-fashioned — of a style or kind that is no longer in vogue: an old-fashioned bathing suit.
  • ombudsmanship — The position or office of an ombudsman.
  • on the parish — receiving parochial relief
  • one-stop shop — an establishment where many different services or products are available
  • one-upmanship — the art or practice of achieving, demonstrating, or assuming superiority in one's rivalry with a friend or opponent by obtaining privilege, status, status symbols, etc.: the one-upmanship of getting into the president's car pool.
  • open and shut — immediately obvious upon consideration; easily decided: an open-and-shut case of murder.
  • open-and-shut — immediately obvious upon consideration; easily decided: an open-and-shut case of murder.
  • orange squash — an orange-flavoured drink made from fruit juice, sugar, and water
  • otherworldish — characterized by otherworldliness
  • outwash plain — Geology. a broad, sloping landform built of coalesced deposits of outwash.
  • over-shipment — an act or instance of shipping freight or cargo.
  • overembellish — Make (something) too ornate or complicated.
  • overhead-shot — over one's head; aloft; up in the air or sky, especially near the zenith: There was a cloud overhead.
  • overnourished — to sustain with food or nutriment; supply with what is necessary for life, health, and growth.
  • paisley shawl — a shawl made from paisley fabric
  • pandora shell — any marine bivalve of the genus Pandora, having a scimitar-shaped shell with a pronounced ridge along the hinge.
  • paper-pushing — a person who has a routine desk job.
  • paper-shelled — having a thin, easily broken shell: paper-shelled nuts.
  • paradise fish — any small freshwater fish of the genus Macropodus, of southeastern Asia, often kept in aquariums.
  • parish church — local place of worship
  • parish priest — local church minister
  • parnell shout — a social occasion where each person in a group pays for his or her own entertainment or meal
  • parthian shot — a sharp, telling remark, act, gesture, etc., made in departing.
  • pedal pushers — women's short trousers
  • pembrokeshire — a historic county in Dyfed, in SW Wales.
  • pencil pusher — a person, as a clerk or bookkeeper, whose work involves a considerable amount of writing, record-keeping, etc.
  • pencil-pusher — a person, as a clerk or bookkeeper, whose work involves a considerable amount of writing, record-keeping, etc.
  • pepper shaker — container that dispenses pepper
  • perishability — subject to decay, ruin, or destruction: perishable fruits and vegetables.
  • phong shading — (graphics)   A model of how light is reflected from surfaces used extensively in three dimensional graphics to generate visually realistic images.
  • photo-sharing — the publishing of digital photographs on the internet
  • photofinisher — a person whose profession is photofinishing
  • physharmonica — a keyboard musical instrument fitted with free reeds, and which is an early form of harmonium
  • physicianship — the position, function, or office of a physician.
  • piece of shit — despicable person
  • piked dogfish — the spiny dogfish.
  • pistol shrimp — any common shrimp of the family Alphaeidae, distinguished by the snapping sound made by its enlarged claw.
  • platform shoe — a shoe with a platform.
  • point shaving — (especially in basketball) the illegal practice, by one or more bribed players, of deliberately limiting the number of points scored to conform to the desires of corrupt gamblers.
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