12-letter words containing a, d, r, s, h
- short-handed — not having the usual or necessary number of workers, helpers, etc.
- shortchanged — to give less than the correct change to.
- shoulder bag — a handbag with shoulder strap attached.
- shoulder pad — clothing: insert in shoulder
- shoulder-bag — A shoulder-bag is a bag that has a long strap so that it can be carried on a person's shoulder.
- shovel-ready — of or relating to a construction project that is ready to start immediately
- shuffleboard — a game in which standing players shove or push wooden or plastic disks with a long cue toward numbered scoring sections marked on a floor or deck.
- siderography — the art or technique of engraving on steel.
- sixth-grader — a pupil in their sixth US school year after kindergarten, who is usually around 11 or 12 years old
- sledgehammer — a large heavy hammer wielded with both hands.
- slumbershade — sleep shade.
- sober-headed — characterized by clear, logical thinking; not fanciful or capricious.
- soft-hearted — very sympathetic or responsive; generous in spirit: a soft-hearted judge.
- spatter dash — roughcast (def 1).
- spatter-dash — Also called spatter dash. an exterior wall finish composed of mortar and fine pebbles mixed together and dashed against the wall. Compare pebble dash.
- spearheading — the sharp-pointed head that forms the piercing end of a spear.
- splash guard — a large flap behind a rear tire to prevent mud, water, etc., from being splashed on the following vehicle.
- st. gotthard — a mountain range in S Switzerland; a part of the Alps; highest peak, 10,490 feet (3195 meters).
- stadia-hairs — a method of surveying in which distances are read by noting the interval on a graduated rod intercepted by two parallel cross hairs (stadia hairs or stadia wires) mounted in the telescope of a surveying instrument, the rod being placed at one end of the distance to be measured and the surveying instrument at the other.
- stagger head — dropline.
- stakeholders — the holder of the stakes of a wager.
- starchedness — the condition or quality of being starched
- stepdaughter — a daughter of one's husband or wife by a previous marriage.
- stickhandler — a hockey or lacrosse player, esp. one who is talented at stickhandling.
- stonyhearted — unfeeling; pitiless; cruel
- storm-lashed — badly affected by storms
- stouthearted — brave and resolute; dauntless.
- straightbred — (of animals) purebred; having parents of the same breed
- straightedge — a bar or strip of wood, plastic, or metal having at least one long edge of sufficiently reliable straightness for use in drawing or testing straight lines, plane surfaces, etc.
- stranglehold — Wrestling. an illegal hold by which an opponent's breath is choked off.
- strike hands — to show agreement by clasping hands
- stringhalted — afflicted with stringhalt
- subarachnoid — of, relating to, or situated below the arachnoid membrane.
- supercharged — equipped with a supercharger.
- synarthrodia — synarthrosis.
- the ardennes — a wooded plateau in SE Belgium, Luxembourg, and NE France: scene of heavy fighting in both World Wars
- the herdsman — the constellation Boötes
- the nearside — the side of a vehicle normally nearer the kerb (in Britain, the left side)
- thermostated — a device, including a relay actuated by thermal conduction or convection, that functions to establish and maintain a desired temperature automatically or signals a change in temperature for manual adjustment.
- third estate — the third of the three estates or political orders: the commons in France or England. Compare estate (def 5).
- third stream — a style of music that uses features of both jazz and classical music in an attempt to develop a new and distinctive musical idiom.
- thitherwards — in that direction
- thomas hardy — Godfrey Harold, 1877–1947, English mathematician.
- thunderflash — a pyrotechnic device which is noisy, but not dangerous, and which is used in military exercises
- trade school — a high school giving instruction chiefly in the skilled trades.
- transit shed — a building located on or near a pier (piershed) or wharf (wharf shed) used for short-term storage of cargo in transit.
- triadelphous — (of stamens) united by the filaments into three sets or bundles.
- undischarged — gun: not let off
- unfranchised — a privilege of a public nature conferred on an individual, group, or company by a government: a franchise to operate a bus system.
- unmarshalled — a military officer of the highest rank, as in the French and some other armies. Compare field marshal.