13-letter words containing sh
- 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.
- polished rice — white rice polished or buffed by leather-covered cylinders during processing.
- porcupinefish — any of several fishes of the family Diodontidae, especially Diodon hystrix, of tropical seas, capable of inflating the body with water or air until it resembles a globe, with erection of the long spines covering the skin.
- possessorship — to have as belonging to one; have as property; own: to possess a house and a car.
- potato-masher — a kitchen implement used to crush or mash potatoes
- pound-foolish — not handling large sums of money wisely
- power-sharing — Power-sharing is a political arrangement in which different or opposing groups all take part in government together.
- pre-establish — to establish, set up, set out, arrange or make secure in advance or previously
- preceptorship — an instructor; teacher; tutor.
- premonishment — a forewarning
- presidentship — presidency.
- pretendership — the standing of a pretender
- principalship — first or highest in rank, importance, value, etc.; chief; foremost.
- professorship — the office or post of a professor.
- prosectorship — the position or responsibility of a prosector
- protectorship — a person or thing that protects; defender; guardian.
- queer-bashing — the activity of making vicious and unprovoked verbal or physical assaults upon homosexuals or supposed homosexuals
- radhakrishnan — Sir Sarvepalli [suhr-vuh-puhl-ee] /ˌsʌr vəˈpʌl i/ (Show IPA), 1888–1975, president of India 1962–67.
- rain or shine — regardless of the weather or circumstances; in any event: The concert will be held, rain or shine. He's always a reliable friend, rain or shine.
- ratushinskaya — Irina (ɪˈriːnə). born 1954, Russian poet and writer: imprisoned (1983–86) in a Soviet labour camp on charges of subversion. Her publications include Poems (1984), Grey is the Colour of Hope (1988), and The Odessans (1992)
- recovery ship — a naval vessel designed to participate in the retrieval of a satellite, instrument package, or spaceship after it has re-entered the atmosphere and landed in the ocean
- reestablished — to found, institute, build, or bring into being on a firm or stable basis: to establish a university; to establish a medical practice.
- refashionment — the act or state of being refashioned
- refurbishment — to furbish again; renovate; brighten: to refurbish the lobby.
- replenishable — able to be replenished
- replenishment — to make full or complete again, as by supplying what is lacking, used up, etc.: to replenish one's stock of food.
- requiem shark — any of numerous, chiefly tropical sharks of the family Carcharhinidae, including the tiger shark and soupfin shark.
- river fishing — the sport of fishing in rivers
- rocking shear — a shear having a curved blade that cuts with a rocking motion.
- rosh hashanah — a Jewish high holy day that marks the beginning of the Jewish New Year, celebrated on the first and second days of Tishri by Orthodox and Conservative Jews and only on the first day by Reform Jews.
- roxburghshire — a historic county in SE Scotland.
- rubbish chute — an inclined channel or vertical passage down which rubbish may be dropped for disposal
- rushed behind — a situation when the ball passes through the goalposts but was last touched by a defending player, causing the attacking team to win a point
- sage thrasher — a grayish-brown thrasher, Oreoscoptes montanus, of sagebrush regions of the western U.S.
- sargassumfish — an olive-brown and black frogfish, Histrio histrio, inhabiting tropical Atlantic and western Pacific seas among floating sargassum weed.
- scabbard fish — any of several marine fishes having a long, compressed, silvery body, especially a cutlassfish, Trichiurus lepturus, of the western Atlantic.
- scallop shell — the shell of a scallop
- scandal sheet — a newspaper or magazine that emphasizes scandal or gossip.
- scene shifter — a person who changes scenes during a play
- schoolgirlish — like or characteristic of a schoolgirl
- schoolmarmish — a female schoolteacher, especially of the old-time country school type, popularly held to be strict and priggish.
- scorpion fish — any of several tropical and temperate marine scorpaenid fishes, especially members of the genus Scorpaena, many having venomous dorsal spines.
- scottish fold — a breed of medium-sized short-haired cat with folded ears
- scottish rite — one of the two advanced divisions of Masonic membership, leading to the 33rd degree.
- scouring rush — any of certain horsetails, especially Equisetum hyemale, used for scouring and polishing.
- scratch sheet — a racing publication giving the betting odds and other information on the horses entered at a racetrack or racetracks during a racing day.
- scrivenership — the position of being a scrivener or scribe; scribing
- seashore test — a test of musical ability in which items measuring tonal memory, rhythm sense, etc., are presented to the subject by means of recordings.
- secretaryship — a person, usually an official, who is in charge of the records, correspondence, minutes of meetings, and related affairs of an organization, company, association, etc.: the secretary of the Linguistic Society of America.
- semifurnished — to supply (a house, room, etc.) with necessary furniture, carpets, appliances, etc.