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

  • saint hubert — a borough in S Quebec, Canada, just E of Montreal.
  • saint-hubert — town in S Quebec, Canada: part of metropolitan Montreal: pop. 77,000
  • say the word — If someone says the word, they give their approval as a sign that something should start to happen.
  • scatter shot — shot prepared for a weapon having a rifled bore or barrel.
  • scattergraph — a graphic representation of bivariate data as a set of points in the plane that have Cartesian coordinates equal to corresponding values of the two variates.
  • schoolmaster — a man who presides over or teaches in a school.
  • scratch file — A scratch file is a temporary computer file which you use as a work area or as a store while a program is operating.
  • scratch line — a line that marks the start of a race.
  • scratch race — a race in which all contestants start on equal terms
  • scratch tape — a magnetic tape that is used for temporary storage, which may be erased and re-used
  • scratch test — a test for a suspected allergy in which the skin is scratched and an allergen applied to the area, redness indicating a positive reaction.
  • scratchplate — a plastic or metal plate attached to the front of a guitar to protect it from pick scratches
  • screw thread — Also called worm. the helical ridge of a screw.
  • search party — a group of persons conducting an organized search for someone or something lost or hidden.
  • sepher torah — a scroll of the Torah, typically of parchment, from which the designated Parashah is chanted or read on the prescribed days.
  • sergeantfish — the cobia, Rachycentron canadum.
  • set straight — to give the correct facts to; inform properly
  • shamateurism — a sports term referring to a state in which an athlete is classified as an amateur but acts like a professional, usually by raising money
  • share market — a highly organized market facilitating the purchase and sale of securities and operated by professional stockbrokers and market makers according to fixed rules
  • share option — A share option is an opportunity for the employees of a company to buy shares at a special price.
  • shareability — the state or property of being able to be shared
  • 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.
  • sharp-witted — having or showing mental acuity; intellectually discerning; acute.
  • sharpshooter — a person skilled in shooting, especially with a rifle.
  • shatter cone — a cone-shaped fragment of rock, probably formed by violent shock waves, as from meteoritic impact or atomic explosions
  • shatterproof — designed or made to resist shattering: shatterproof glass in automobile windows.
  • shear stress — the external force acting on an object or surface parallel to the slope or plane in which it lies; the stress tending to produce shear.
  • sheet anchor — Nautical. a large anchor used only in cases of emergency.
  • shelf talker — a cardboard, paper, or plastic advertisement of a product designed to be attached to a shelf on which the product is exhibited for sale.
  • shirt jacket — a shirtlike jacket.
  • shirt-tailed — (of a garment) having a shirt-tail
  • shirtwaister — a tailored blouse or shirt worn by women.
  • shoe leather — treated animal skin used for shoes
  • 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-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.
  • shuttlecraft — space shuttle.
  • 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
  • soft chancre — chancroid.
  • soft-hearted — very sympathetic or responsive; generous in spirit: a soft-hearted judge.
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