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12-letter words containing a, h, i, s, t, o

  • prehistorian — an authority on or specialist in prehistory
  • psammophytic — relating to psammophytes
  • psychoactive — of or relating to a substance having a profound or significant effect on mental processes: a psychoactive drug.
  • psychopathic — of, relating to, or affected with psychopathy.
  • rachiotomies — Plural form of rachiotomy.
  • radiophonist — a person who produces radiophonic music
  • reality show — A reality show is a type of television program that aims to show how ordinary people behave in everyday life, or in situations, often created by the program makers, which are intended to represent everyday life.
  • red goatfish — a goatfish, Mullus auratus.
  • relationship — a connection, association, or involvement.
  • sail through — If someone or something sails through a difficult situation or experience, they deal with it easily and successfully.
  • saint john's — an island state comprising Antigua and two smaller islands: a member of the former West Indies Associated States; formerly a British crown colony; gained independence 1981. 171 sq. mi. (442 sq. km). Capital: St. John's.
  • saint joseph — a city in NW Missouri, on the Missouri River.
  • saint thomas — Saint Thomas ("the Angelic Doctor") 1225?–74, Italian scholastic philosopher: a major theologian of the Roman Catholic Church.
  • saprophytism — living and feeding on dead organic matter
  • satanophobia — a morbid fear of the devil or Satan
  • satin-smooth — pleasantly soft and smooth, like satin
  • scalding hot — that scalds; burning; too hot
  • schistosomal — relating to or characteristic of a schistosome or member of the genus Schistosoma
  • schizothymia — the condition of being schizoid or introverted. It encompasses elements of schizophrenia but does not involve the same depth of psychological disturbance
  • scoptophilia — the obtaining of sexual pleasure by looking at nude bodies, erotic photographs, etc.
  • scotch grain — a coarse, pebble-grained finish given to heavy leather, esp. for men's shoes
  • section hand — a person who works on a section gang.
  • share option — A share option is an opportunity for the employees of a company to buy shares at a special price.
  • shock tactic — Shock tactics are a way of trying to influence people's attitudes to a particular matter by shocking them.
  • shoot a line — to try to create a false image, as by boasting or exaggerating
  • shooting war — open conflict between hostile nations involving direct military engagements.
  • short radius — the perpendicular distance from the centre of a regular polygon to a side
  • short-acting — (of a drug) quickly effective, but requiring regularly repeated doses for long-term treatment, being rapidly absorbed, distributed in the body, and excreted
  • short-haired — having short hair
  • shostakovich — Dimitri Dimitrievich [dih-mee-tree di-mee-tree-uh-vich;; Russian dmyee-tryee dmyee-tryi-yi-vyich] /dɪˈmi tri dɪˈmi tri ə vɪtʃ;; Russian ˈdmyi tryi ˈdmyi tryɪ yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1906–75, Russian composer.
  • simhat torah — a Jewish festival, celebrated on the 23d day of Tishri, that marks the end of the annual cycle of Torah readings and the beginning of the next cycle
  • sinanthropus — the genus to which Peking man was formerly assigned.
  • 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.
  • snapshotting — an informal photograph, especially one taken quickly by a handheld camera.
  • solway firth — an arm of the Irish Sea between SW Scotland and NW England. 38 miles (61 km) long.
  • somaesthesia — sensory perception of bodily feelings like touch, pain, position of the limbs, etc
  • sophisticate — a sophisticated person.
  • south africa — Republic of, a country in S Africa; member of the Commonwealth of Nations until 1961. 472,000 sq. mi. (1,222,480 sq. km). Capitals: Pretoria and Cape Town.
  • south arabia — Protectorate of, a former protectorate of Great Britain in S Arabia, now part of the Republic of Yemen.
  • south island — the largest island of New Zealand. 58,093 sq. mi. (150,460 sq. km).
  • south-facing — facing towards the south
  • spanish foot — a carved pyramidal foot having fluted, concave sides usually ending in a scroll at the bottom.
  • spatiography — the study of the characteristics of space beyond the atmosphere, including the mapping of the movements of celestial bodies and the recording of electrical, magnetic, and gravitational effects, especially those likely to affect missiles and spacecraft.
  • sphacelation — the process of mortification
  • spirochaetal — resulting from spirochaetes
  • stabilograph — an instrument for measuring body sway.
  • stakhanovism — a method for increasing production by rewarding individual initiative, developed in the Soviet Union in 1935.
  • stakhanovite — a worker in the Soviet Union who regularly surpassed production quotas and was specially honored and rewarded.
  • stand-offish — If you say that someone is stand-offish, you mean that they behave in a formal and rather unfriendly way.
  • stenographic — the art of writing in shorthand.
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