15-letter words containing sh
- lake washington — a lake in W Washington, forming the E boundary of the city of Seattle: linked by canal with Puget Sound. Length: about 32 km (20 miles). Width: 6 km (4 miles)
- landeshauptmann — the head of government in an Austrian state
- least killifish — a fish, Heterandria formosa, of coastal swamps from South Carolina to Florida, that feeds on mosquito larvae.
- lick into shape — to pass the tongue over the surface of, as to moisten, taste, or eat (often followed by up, off, from, etc.): to lick a postage stamp; to lick an ice-cream cone.
- life membership — the fact or condition of being a life member
- light and shade — If you say that there is light and shade in something such as a performance, you mean you like it because different parts of it are different in tone or mood.
- locomotive shed — a shed in which locomotives are kept
- longshore drift — beach drift.
- magic mushrooms — a mushroom, Psilocybe mexicana, of Mexico and the southwestern U.S., containing the hallucinogen psilocybin.
- man-of-war fish — a small, tropical fish, Nomeus gronovii, that lives among the tentacles of the Portuguese man-of-war.
- manx shearwater — a European oceanic bird, Puffinus puffinus, with long slender wings and black-and-white plumage: family Procellariidae (shearwaters)
- marsh andromeda — a low-growing pink-flowered ericaceous evergreen shrub, Andromeda polifolia, that grows in peaty bogs of northern regions
- mashed potatoes — potatoes that have been boiled and then crushed into a soft pulpy mass
- meadow mushroom — any of various fleshy fungi including the toadstools, puffballs, coral fungi, morels, etc.
- membership pack — a collection of documents, information leaflets, cards, etc, that is given to members, especially new ones
- mesh connection — (in a polyphase system) an arrangement in which the end of each phase is connected to the beginning of the next, forming a ring, each junction being connected to a terminal
- mexican spanish — Spanish as used in Mexico. Abbreviation: MexSp.
- micropublishing — the publishing of material in microfilm
- mishnaic hebrew — the Hebrew language as used from about a.d. 70 to 500.
- montgomeryshire — a historic county in Powys, in central Wales.
- moreton bay ash — an Australian eucalyptus tree, E. tessellaris, having drooping branches and grey bark
- mushroom anchor — a stockless anchor having a bowlike head, used chiefly for semipermanent moorings.
- mushroom growth — rapid increase or growth
- mystery shopper — a person who is employed, often by the owners, to visit shops, hotels, etc, incognito, and assess the quality of the service offered
- natural english — Programming in normal, spoken English. [Sammet 1969, p.768].
- natural varnish — a preparation consisting of resinous matter, as copal or lac, dissolved in an oil (oil varnish) or in alcohol (spirit varnish) or other volatile liquid. When applied to the surface of wood, metal, etc., it dries and leaves a hard, more or less glossy, usually transparent coating.
- nearly-new shop — a shop that sells secondhand clothes and other objects
- new hampshirite — of New Hampshire
- no great shakes — to move or sway with short, quick, irregular vibratory movements.
- non-diminishing — to make or cause to seem smaller, less, less important, etc.; lessen; reduce.
- non-shareholder — a holder or owner of shares, especially in a company or corporation.
- nonpartisanship — The quality of not being partisan, of remaining politically independent.
- north bay shore — a city on S Long Island, in SE New York.
- north yorkshire — a county in NE England. 3208 sq. mi. (8309 sq. km).
- not give a shit — to not care at all
- nottinghamshire — a county in central England. 854 sq. mi. (2210 sq. km).
- novokuibyshevsk — a city in the SW Russian Federation in Europe, SW of Kuibyshev.
- old-established — established for a long time
- on a shoestring — If you do something or make something on a shoestring, you do it using very little money.
- on short notice — with little warning
- ordinary shares — British. a share of common stock.
- outdoorsmanship — a person devoted to outdoor sports and recreational activities, as hiking, hunting, fishing, or camping.
- oyster mushroom — oyster cap.
- oyster toadfish — See under toadfish (def 1).
- parish magazine — a magazine containing news and articles of interest to the people of a particular parish church or the local area
- parish register — the register of the christenings, marriages, and burials in a parish.
- pattypan squash — a flat, whitish variety of squash, Cucurbita pepo melopepo, having a scalloped edge.
- pedagoguishness — the quality of being pedagoguish
- penshurst place — a 14th-century mansion near Tunbridge Wells in Kent: birthplace of Sir Philip Sidney; gardens laid out from 1560
- pepin the short — ("Pepin the Short") died a.d. 768, king of the Franks 751–768 (father of Charlemagne).