12-letter words containing c, h, u, r, s
- refuse chute — a chute in a building which rubbish and waste is thrown down to the main refuse bins, etc
- reichsfuhrer — the title of the chief of the Schutzstaffel.
- rescheduling — the act of changing the time, date, or schedule of
- rhizocarpous — having the root perennial but the stem annual, as perennial herbs.
- sarcophagous — carnivorous.
- school hours — the period of the day when school is open
- schopenhauer — Arthur [ahr-too r] /ˈɑr tʊər/ (Show IPA), 1788–1860, German philosopher.
- schussboomer — a skier who is skilled at schussing.
- scratchbuild — to build a scale model of something from scratch, that is, from raw materials like wood, clay or paper
- scratchbuilt — describing something which has been constructed by scratchbuilding
- scrophularia — a member of a genus of flowering plants which have a square stem and are known as figworts
- scrub typhus — an acute febrile disease characterized by severe headache, skin rash, chills, and swelling of the lymph nodes, caused by the bite of mites infected with the microorganism Rickettsia tsutsugamushi: occurs mainly in Asia, Australia, and the islands of the western Pacific
- scutch grass — Bermuda grass.
- secure shell — (operating system) (ssh) A Unix shell program for logging into, and executing commands on, a remote computer. ssh is intended to replace rlogin and rsh, and provide secure encrypted communications between two untrusted hosts over an insecure network. X11 connections and arbitrary TCP/IP ports can also be forwarded over the secure channel.
- short column — a column whose relative dimensions ensure that when it is overloaded it fails by crushing, rather than buckling
- shortcutting — to cause to be shortened by the use of a shortcut.
- shrimp sauce — a sauce made from shrimps
- shuttlecraft — space shuttle.
- skeuomorphic — an ornament or design on an object copied from a form of the object when made from another material or by other techniques, as an imitation metal rivet mark found on handles of prehistoric pottery.
- 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.
- sprachgefuhl — a sensitivity to language, especially for what is grammatically or idiomatically acceptable in a given language.
- squash court — an enclosed court used in the game of squash
- starch syrup — glucose (def 2).
- starch-syrup — a sugar, C 6 H 12 O 6 , having several optically different forms, the common dextrorotatory form (dextroglucose, or -glucose) occurring in many fruits, animal tissues and fluids, etc., and having a sweetness about one half that of ordinary sugar, and the rare levorotatory form (levoglucose, or -glucose) not naturally occurring.
- state church — established church.
- subarachnoid — of, relating to, or situated below the arachnoid membrane.
- sucker punch — to strike (someone) with an unexpected blow.
- sucker-punch — to strike (someone) with an unexpected blow.
- sun-drenched — Sun-drenched places have a lot of hot sunshine.
- supercharged — equipped with a supercharger.
- supercharger — a mechanism for forcing air into an internal-combustion engine in order to increase engine power.
- superhelical — of, relating to, or consisting of a superhelix
- swashbuckler — a swaggering swordsman, soldier, or adventurer; daredevil.
- synchro unit — a type of alternating-current motor designed to maintain continuously, at some remote location, the same rotational angle that may be imposed by force upon the electrically connected rotating element of a similar motor.
- tech support — an advising and troubleshooting service provided by a manufacturer, typically a software or hardware developer, to its customers, often online or on the telephone.
- the jurassic — the Jurassic period or rock system
- the pictures — a cinema or film show
- therapeutics — a therapeutic substance.
- thiosulfuric — of or derived from thiosulfuric acid.
- thumb-sucker — a person who habitually sucks a thumb.
- thunderstick — bull-roarer.
- touch screen — a touch-sensitive display screen on a computer or other electronic device: touching different portions of the screen with a finger or stylus will cause the device to take actions determined by a computer program.
- touch-screen — using touch-sensitive screen
- trachomatous — a chronic, contagious infection of the conjunctiva and cornea, characterized by the formation of granulations and scarring and caused by the bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis.
- trachypterus — a dealfish or ribbonfish
- transhumance — the seasonal migration of livestock, and the people who tend them, between lowlands and adjacent mountains.
- tricephalous — with three heads
- trichotomous — division into three parts, classes, categories, etc.
- trichuriasis — intestinal infestation with the roundworm Trichuris trichiura, producing nausea, abdominal discomfort, and diarrhea, common in tropical areas with poor sanitation.
- ubermenschen — superman (def 2).