12-letter words containing h, a, l, e
- shawl tongue — kiltie (def 3).
- she's apples — all is going well
- sheep laurel — a small E North American plant (Kalmia angustifolia) of the heath family, with pinkish flowers and evergreen leaves poisonous to sheep and other animals
- 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.
- shell jacket — a close-fitting, semiformal jacket, with a short back, worn in the tropics in place of a tuxedo.
- shellcracker — redear sunfish.
- shield match — a cricket match for the Sheffield Shield
- shirt-tailed — (of a garment) having a shirt-tail
- shoe leather — treated animal skin used for shoes
- shoot a line — to try to create a false image, as by boasting or exaggerating
- 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.
- shoulder bag — a handbag with shoulder strap attached.
- shoulder pad — clothing: insert in shoulder
- shoulder-bag — A shoulder-bag is a bag that has a long strap so that it can be carried on a person's shoulder.
- shovel-ready — of or relating to a construction project that is ready to start immediately
- shower stall — an individual compartment or self-contained unit, having a single shower and accommodating one person.
- shuffle play — a facility on a compact disc player that randomly selects a track from one of a number of compact discs
- shuffleboard — a game in which standing players shove or push wooden or plastic disks with a long cue toward numbered scoring sections marked on a floor or deck.
- shuttlecraft — space shuttle.
- simian shelf — a shelflike thickening along the inside of the mandible, characteristic of the anthropoid apes.
- single-phase — noting or pertaining to a circuit having an alternating current with one phase or with phases differing by 180°.
- slant height — (of a right circular cone) the distance from the vertex to any point on the circumference of the base.
- slash pocket — a pocket set into a garment, especially below the waistline, to which easy access is provided by an exterior, vertical or diagonal slit.
- slaughterman — a person employed to kill animals in a slaughterhouse
- slaughterous — murderous; destructive.
- sledgehammer — a large heavy hammer wielded with both hands.
- slipper bath — a bath in the shape of a slipper, with a covered end
- 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.
- slumbershade — sleep shade.
- small change — coins of small denomination.
- smallclothes — men's close-fitting knee breeches of the 18th and 19th centuries
- snaggletooth — a tooth growing out beyond or apart from others.
- softheadedly — in a soft-headed manner
- south hadley — a city in W Massachusetts.
- south platte — a river flowing NE from central Colorado to the Platte River in W Nebraska. 424 miles (683 km) long.
- space flight — journey into outer space
- space helmet — a helmet worn by astronauts while in 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
- sprachgefuhl — a sensitivity to language, especially for what is grammatically or idiomatically acceptable in a given language.
- stacked heel — a shoe heel constructed from several layers of material.
- stakeholders — the holder of the stakes of a wager.
- star thistle — any of several naturalized Eurasian plants of the genus Centaurea, especially C. calcitrapa, having purplish, spiny flower heads.
- state school — A state school is a school that is controlled and funded by the government or a local authority, and which children can attend without having to pay.
- stately home — a country mansion, usually of architectural interest and often open to the public.
- stealthfully — secret, clandestine, or surreptitious procedure.
- stealthiness — done, characterized, or acting by stealth; furtive: stealthy footsteps.