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12-letter words containing e, l, s, h, i

  • side-wheeler — having a paddle wheel on each side, as a steamboat.
  • siderophilic — having characteristics of siderophile
  • silhouetting — a two-dimensional representation of the outline of an object, as a cutout or configurational drawing, uniformly filled in with black, especially a black-paper, miniature cutout of the outlines of a person's face in profile.
  • silhouettist — a creator of silhouette portraits
  • silver birch — tree with silvery-white bark
  • silver perch — Also called mademoiselle. Ichthyology. a drum, Bairdiella chrysoura, of southern U.S. waters.
  • simian shelf — a shelflike thickening along the inside of the mandible, characteristic of the anthropoid apes.
  • single rhyme — a rhyme of monosyllables, as in heart, part.
  • single-phase — noting or pertaining to a circuit having an alternating current with one phase or with phases differing by 180°.
  • siphonostele — a hollow tube of vascular tissue enclosing a pith and embedded in ground tissue.
  • skirt length — the length of someone's skirt
  • slant height — (of a right circular cone) the distance from the vertex to any point on the circumference of the base.
  • sleigh bells — a number of small, spherical bells fixed to the harness straps of an animal drawing a sleigh
  • slipper bath — a bath in the shape of a slipper, with a covered end
  • slobbishness — the state or characteristic of being a slob
  • slot machine — a gambling machine operated by inserting coins into a slot and pulling a handle that activates a set of spinning symbols on wheels, the final alignment of which determines the payoff that is released into a receptacle at the bottom.
  • smotheringly — in a smothering manner
  • solzhenitsyn — Alexander or Aleksandr (Isayevich) [al-ig-zan-der ee-sahy-uh-vich,, -zahn-;; Russian uh-lyi-ksahn-dr ee-sah-yi-vyich] /ˌæl ɪgˈzæn dər iˈsaɪ ə vɪtʃ,, -ˈzɑn-;; Russian ʌ lyɪˈksɑn dr iˈsɑ yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1918–2008, Russian novelist: Nobel prize 1970; in the U.S. 1974–94.
  • sothic cycle — (in the ancient Egyptian calendar) a period of 1460 Sothic years.
  • soufflé dish — A dish for making souffles
  • south euclid — a city in NE Ohio, near Cleveland.
  • space flight — journey into outer space
  • spanish heel — a high, curved heel with a straight heel breast, used on women's shoes.
  • sphacelation — the process of mortification
  • sphericality — the state of being a sphere
  • sphincterial — relating to a sphincter
  • spirochaetal — resulting from spirochaetes
  • splotchiness — the state or condition of being splotchy
  • squirrelfish — any of several brightly colored, nocturnal fishes of the family Holocentridae, inhabiting shallow waters of tropical reefs, especially the reddish Holocentrus ascensionis of the West Indies, armed with sharp spines and scales.
  • star thistle — any of several naturalized Eurasian plants of the genus Centaurea, especially C. calcitrapa, having purplish, spiny flower heads.
  • stealthiness — done, characterized, or acting by stealth; furtive: stealthy footsteps.
  • stegophilist — a person who enjoys climbing up the outside of buildings
  • stephenville — a town in central Texas.
  • stickhandler — a hockey or lacrosse player, esp. one who is talented at stickhandling.
  • stitch wheel — a notched wheel used by a harness maker to mark out the spacing for stitching
  • street child — Street children are homeless children who live outdoors in a city and live by begging or stealing.
  • stretch limo — A stretch limo is a very long and luxurious car in which a rich, famous, or important person is driven somewhere.
  • stretch mill — a mill for rolling and stretching seamless tubes, the rolls of each successive stand operating more quickly than those of the preceding.
  • stringhalted — afflicted with stringhalt
  • stringholder — an oblong piece of wood at the lower end of the body of a viol or other stringed instrument to which the strings are attached.
  • strobe light — a device for studying the motion of a body, especially a body in rapid revolution or vibration, by making the motion appear to slow down or stop, as by periodically illuminating the body or viewing it through widely spaced openings in a revolving disk.
  • strobe-light — a device for studying the motion of a body, especially a body in rapid revolution or vibration, by making the motion appear to slow down or stop, as by periodically illuminating the body or viewing it through widely spaced openings in a revolving disk.
  • strophiolate — having a strophiole
  • sulphadoxine — an antibiotic drug of the sulphonamide group, commonly used in combination with pyrimethamine to treat malaria, and in combination with various drugs to treat certain infections
  • sulphonamide — any of a class of organic compounds that are amides of sulphonic acids containing the group –SO2NH2 or a group derived from this. An important class of sulphonamides are the sulfa drugs
  • sunshine law — a law requiring a government agency to open its official meetings and records to the general public.
  • superhelical — of, relating to, or consisting of a superhelix
  • swedish mile — a unit of length used in Sweden, equal to 10 kilometres
  • switch plate — a plate, usually of metal, ceramic, or plastic, covering a switch so that the knob or toggle protrudes.
  • swivel chair — a chair whose seat turns around horizontally on a swivel.
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