12-letter words containing c, r, a, s, h
- shatter cone — a cone-shaped fragment of rock, probably formed by violent shock waves, as from meteoritic impact or atomic explosions
- shawl collar — a rolled collar and lapel in one piece that curves from the back of the neck down to the front closure of a single-breasted or double-breasted garment.
- sheet anchor — Nautical. a large anchor used only in cases of emergency.
- shellcracker — redear sunfish.
- shirt jacket — a shirtlike jacket.
- 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.
- shrimp sauce — a sauce made from shrimps
- shuttlecraft — space shuttle.
- skirt chaser — a womanizer.
- skirt-chaser — a womanizer.
- sociographic — the branch of sociology that uses statistical data to describe social phenomena.
- soft chancre — chancroid.
- sophomorical — characteristic of a sophomore
- 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.
- space charge — a distribution of an excess of electrons or ions over a three-dimensional region, in contrast to the distribution of an electric charge over the surface of a conductor.
- space heater — the heating of a limited area, as a room, by means of a heater (space heater) within the area.
- spanish rice — rice prepared with chopped onions, tomatoes, green peppers, and sometimes diced ham, seasoned with cayenne pepper and mixed with butter.
- spectrograph — a spectroscope for photographing or producing a representation of a spectrum.
- speech maker — a person who makes a formal speech
- speech organ — any part of the body, as the tongue, velum, diaphragm, or lungs, that participates, actively or passively, voluntarily or involuntarily, in the production of the sounds of speech.
- 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
- sprachgefuhl — a sensitivity to language, especially for what is grammatically or idiomatically acceptable in a given language.
- sprechgesang — a vocal style intermediate between speech and singing but without exact pitch intonation.
- 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
- star chamber — a former court of inquisitorial and criminal jurisdiction in England that sat without a jury and that became noted for its arbitrary methods and severe punishments, abolished 1641.
- 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.
- starchedness — the condition or quality of being starched
- state church — established church.
- stenographic — the art of writing in shorthand.
- stern chaser — a cannon mounted at or near the stern of a sailing ship, facing aft.
- stern-chaser — a cannon mounted at or near the stern of a sailing ship, facing aft.
- stickhandler — a hockey or lacrosse player, esp. one who is talented at stickhandling.
- stomach worm — a nematode, Haemonchus contortus, parasitic in the stomach of sheep, cattle, and related animals.
- straightneck — a variety of summer squash related to the crookneck but not having a recurved neck.
- stretch mark — a silvery streak occurring typically on the abdomen or thighs and caused by stretching of the skin over a short period of time, as during pregnancy or rapid weight gain.
- stretchmarks — marks that remain visible on the abdomen after its distension, esp in pregnancy
- strip-search — to search (a suspect who has been required to remove all clothing) especially for concealed weapons, contraband, or evidence of drug abuse.
- stylographic — of or relating to a stylograph.
- subarachnoid — of, relating to, or situated below the arachnoid membrane.
- 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