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12-letter words containing a, t, r, h, s

  • shirtwaister — a tailored blouse or shirt worn by women.
  • shoe leather — treated animal skin used for shoes
  • shooting war — open conflict between hostile nations involving direct military engagements.
  • shop steward — commerce: union rep
  • shore patrol — (often initial capital letters) members of an organization in the U.S. Navy having police duties similar to those performed by military police. Abbreviation: SP.
  • short ballot — a ballot containing only candidates for the most important legislative and executive posts, leaving judicial and lesser administrative posts to be filled by appointment.
  • 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-change — to give less than the correct change to.
  • short-haired — having short hair
  • short-handed — not having the usual or necessary number of workers, helpers, etc.
  • shortchanged — to give less than the correct change to.
  • shower stall — an individual compartment or self-contained unit, having a single shower and accommodating one person.
  • shrimp plant — a small, sprawling shrub, Justicia brandegeana (or Beloperone guttata), of the acanthus family, native to Mexico, having small white flowers protruding from a series of overlapping reddish bracts and often cultivated as a houseplant.
  • shuttlecraft — space shuttle.
  • 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.
  • sixth-grader — a pupil in their sixth US school year after kindergarten, who is usually around 11 or 12 years old
  • skeeter hawk — mosquito hawk.
  • skirt chaser — a womanizer.
  • skirt-chaser — a womanizer.
  • slaughterman — a person employed to kill animals in a slaughterhouse
  • slaughterous — murderous; destructive.
  • slipper bath — a bath in the shape of a slipper, with a covered end
  • smart growth — People such as architects and environmentalists use smart growth to refer to the construction of new buildings and roads within a town or city so that they are close to people's workplaces and mass transit systems and so that open spaces are not built on.
  • soft chancre — chancroid.
  • soft-hearted — very sympathetic or responsive; generous in spirit: a soft-hearted judge.
  • solway firth — an arm of the Irish Sea between SW Scotland and NW England. 38 miles (61 km) long.
  • sought after — that is in demand; desirable: a sought-after speaker.
  • sought-after — that is in demand; desirable: a sought-after speaker.
  • 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 korean — a country in E Asia: formed 1948 after the division of the former country of Korea at 38° N. 36,600 sq. mi. (94,795 sq. km). Capital: Seoul. Compare Korea.
  • south orange — a city in NE New Jersey.
  • southeastern — from the south east
  • space heater — the heating of a limited area, as a room, by means of a heater (space heater) within the area.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • spectrograph — a spectroscope for photographing or producing a representation of a spectrum.
  • spermaphytic — able to produce seeds
  • sphericality — the state of being a sphere
  • sphincterial — relating to a sphincter
  • sphragistics — the scientific study of seals or signet rings.
  • spirochaetal — resulting from spirochaetes
  • spring catch — a catch for an interior or cabinet door that has a bolt operated by a spring.
  • squash court — an enclosed court used in the game of squash
  • squat thrust — an exercise in which the hands are kept on the floor with the arms held straight while the legs are straightened out behind and quickly drawn in towards the body again
  • st. gotthard — a mountain range in S Switzerland; a part of the Alps; highest peak, 10,490 feet (3195 meters).
  • stabilograph — an instrument for measuring body sway.
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