12-letter words containing a, s, i, g, h
- stenographic — the art of writing in shorthand.
- stinking ash — hoptree.
- straight bat — a bat held vertically
- straight man — an entertainer who plays the part of a foil for a comic partner.
- straight off — without a bend, angle, or curve; not curved; direct: a straight path.
- straight out — thoroughgoing: a straight-out Democrat.
- straight pin — pin (sense 2)
- straight-arm — Football. to push (a potential tackler) away by holding the arm out straight; stiff-arm.
- straight-out — without a bend, angle, or curve; not curved; direct: a straight path.
- straightaway — straight onward, without turn or curve, as a racecourse.
- 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.
- 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.
- straightways — in a direct course
- stratigraphy — a branch of geology dealing with the classification, nomenclature, correlation, and interpretation of stratified rocks.
- stringhalted — afflicted with stringhalt
- stylographic — of or relating to a stylograph.
- superheating — Superheating of steam is raising its temperature to well above boiling point.
- superhighway — a highway designed for travel at high speeds, having more than one lane for each direction of traffic, a safety strip dividing the two directions, and cloverleaves to route the traffic on and off the highway. Compare expressway.
- switch grass — a North American grass, Panicum virgatum, having an open, branching inflorescence.
- 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.
- that's right — that is correct
- the dingbats — delirium tremens
- thereagainst — in opposition to; in a contrary manner
- thermalgesia — pain caused by heat.
- 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.
- twitch grass — couch grass.
- typographist — a person skilled in the art of typography
- ubangi-shari — former name of the Central African Republic.
- undischarged — gun: not let off
- unhesitating — without hesitation; not delayed by uncertainty: an unhesitating decision.
- upright bass — double bass
- vanga shrike — any of several birds of the family Vangidae, endemic to Madagascar, some of which resemble shrikes, with great diversity in size, color, and bill shape.
- vereshchagin — Vasili Vasilievich [vuh-syee-lyee vuh-syee-lyi-vyich] /vʌˈsyi lyi vʌˈsyi lyɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1842–1904, Russian painter.
- waking hours — Your waking hours are the times when you are awake rather than asleep.
- walking fish — any of various fishes able to survive and move about for short periods of time on land, as the mudskipper or climbing perch.
- walking shoe — a sturdy comfortable shoe worn by hillwalkers, etc
- warning shot — gunshot fired into the air
- wash drawing — a watercolor painting executed by applying a series of monochrome washes one over the other.
- washing line — cord for hanging laundry to dry
- washing soda — sodium carbonate (def 2).
- washingtonia — either of two fan palm species from the genus Washingtonia
- west chicago — a town in NE Illinois.
- whaling ship — a ship engaged in whaling
- whereagainst — against which