12-letter words containing a, c, h, e, s, t
- scratch file — A scratch file is a temporary computer file which you use as a work area or as a store while a program is operating.
- scratch line — a line that marks the start of a race.
- scratch race — a race in which all contestants start on equal terms
- scratch tape — a magnetic tape that is used for temporary storage, which may be erased and re-used
- scratch test — a test for a suspected allergy in which the skin is scratched and an allergen applied to the area, redness indicating a positive reaction.
- scratchplate — a plastic or metal plate attached to the front of a guitar to protect it from pick scratches
- screw thread — Also called worm. the helical ridge of a screw.
- search party — a group of persons conducting an organized search for someone or something lost or hidden.
- section hand — a person who works on a section gang.
- semiattached — partially attached; semidetached.
- semidetached — partly detached.
- set the pace — a rate of movement, especially in stepping, walking, etc.: to walk at a brisk pace of five miles an hour.
- shatter cone — a cone-shaped fragment of rock, probably formed by violent shock waves, as from meteoritic impact or atomic explosions
- sheet anchor — Nautical. a large anchor used only in cases of emergency.
- shell jacket — a close-fitting, semiformal jacket, with a short back, worn in the tropics in place of a tuxedo.
- shield match — a cricket match for the Sheffield Shield
- shirt jacket — a shirtlike jacket.
- short-change — to give less than the correct change to.
- shortchanged — to give less than the correct change to.
- shuttlecraft — space shuttle.
- sivapithecus — a genus of extinct Miocene primates of Asia that resemble the modern orangutan.
- skirt chaser — a womanizer.
- skirt-chaser — a womanizer.
- slash pocket — a pocket set into a garment, especially below the waistline, to which easy access is provided by an exterior, vertical or diagonal slit.
- slot machine — a gambling machine operated by inserting coins into a slot and pulling a handle that activates a set of spinning symbols on wheels, the final alignment of which determines the payoff that is released into a receptacle at the bottom.
- smallclothes — men's close-fitting knee breeches of the 18th and 19th centuries
- smooth-faced — beardless; smooth-shaven.
- snowshoe cat — a breed of cat with soft short hair, blue eyes, an inverted V-shaped marking on the face, and white feet
- soft chancre — chancroid.
- sophisticate — a sophisticated person.
- space flight — journey into outer space
- space heater — the heating of a limited area, as a room, by means of a heater (space heater) within the area.
- space helmet — a helmet worn by astronauts while in outer space
- spectrograph — a spectroscope for photographing or producing a representation of a spectrum.
- spermaphytic — able to produce seeds
- sphacelation — the process of mortification
- sphericality — the state of being a sphere
- sphincterial — relating to a sphincter
- spinach beet — chard, a plant cultivated for its edible leaves
- spirochaetal — resulting from spirochaetes
- st.-eustache — a town in S Quebec, in E Canada.
- stacked heel — a shoe heel constructed from several layers of material.
- star chamber — a former court of inquisitorial and criminal jurisdiction in England that sat without a jury and that became noted for its arbitrary methods and severe punishments, abolished 1641.
- starchedness — the condition or quality of being starched
- state church — established church.
- state school — A state school is a school that is controlled and funded by the government or a local authority, and which children can attend without having to pay.
- steeplechase — a horse race over a turf course furnished with artificial ditches, hedges, and other obstacles over which the horses must jump.
- stenographic — the art of writing in shorthand.
- stern chaser — a cannon mounted at or near the stern of a sailing ship, facing aft.
- stern-chaser — a cannon mounted at or near the stern of a sailing ship, facing aft.