12-letter words containing a, s, h, t, n, g
- sharp tongue — If you say that someone has a sharp tongue, you are critical of the fact that they say things which are unkind though often clever.
- shawl tongue — kiltie (def 3).
- shooting war — open conflict between hostile nations involving direct military engagements.
- 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-change — to give less than the correct change to.
- shortchanged — to give less than the correct change to.
- shot on goal — a shot that enters the goal or would have entered the goal if it had not been blocked by the goalkeeper or another defensive player.
- slant height — (of a right circular cone) the distance from the vertex to any point on the circumference of the base.
- slaughterman — a person employed to kill animals in a slaughterhouse
- snaggletooth — a tooth growing out beyond or apart from others.
- snapshotting — an informal photograph, especially one taken quickly by a handheld camera.
- south orange — a city in NE New Jersey.
- south-facing — facing towards the south
- spring catch — a catch for an interior or cabinet door that has a bolt operated by a spring.
- stag hunting — the act of hunting or chasing and killing stags
- starry night — a painting (1889) by Vincent van Gogh.
- steganograph — a piece of coded writing; cipher
- stenographer — a person who specializes in taking dictation in shorthand.
- stenographic — the art of writing in shorthand.
- stenophagous — (of an animal) feeding on a limited variety of foods (opposed to euryphagous).
- stinking ash — hoptree.
- straight man — an entertainer who plays the part of a foil for a comic partner.
- straight pin — pin (sense 2)
- straightneck — a variety of summer squash related to the crookneck but not having a recurved neck.
- straightness — without a bend, angle, or curve; not curved; direct: a straight path.
- stranglehold — Wrestling. an illegal hold by which an opponent's breath is choked off.
- stringhalted — afflicted with stringhalt
- superheating — Superheating of steam is raising its temperature to well above boiling point.
- sympathizing — to be in sympathy or agreement of feeling; share in a feeling (often followed by with).
- talking shop — If you say that a conference or a committee is just a talking shop, you disapprove of it because nothing is achieved as a result of what is discussed.
- thanksgiving — the act of giving thanks; grateful acknowledgment of benefits or favors, especially to God.
- the dingbats — delirium tremens
- the-stranger — French L'Étranger. a novel (1942) by Albert Camus.
- thereagainst — in opposition to; in a contrary manner
- thymus gland — a ductless, butterfly-shaped gland lying at the base of the neck, formed mostly of lymphatic tissue and aiding in the production of T cells of the immune system: after puberty, the lymphatic tissue gradually degenerates.
- time sharing — to use or occupy by time-sharing.
- time-sharing — time-sharing (def 2).
- trapshooting — the sport of shooting at clay pigeons hurled into the air from a trap.
- unhesitating — without hesitation; not delayed by uncertainty: an unhesitating decision.
- warning shot — gunshot fired into the air
- washingtonia — either of two fan palm species from the genus Washingtonia
- whereagainst — against which
- whitewashing — Present participle of whitewash.
- withstanding — to stand or hold out against; resist or oppose, especially successfully: to withstand rust; to withstand the invaders; to withstand temptation.