12-letter words containing h, e, i, r, s
- ring changes — to make the form, nature, content, future course, etc., of (something) different from what it is or from what it would be if left alone: to change one's name; to change one's opinion; to change the course of history.
- rising hinge — a gravity hinge causing a door, shutter, etc., to rise slightly when opened.
- running shoe — trainer, sneaker
- rutlandshire — a former county, now part of Leicestershire, in central England.
- s hemisphere — southern hemisphere
- saccharinely — of the nature of or resembling that of sugar: a powdery substance with a saccharine taste.
- saint helier — a British island in the English Channel: the largest of the Channel Islands. 44 sq. mi. (116 sq. km). Capital: St. Helier.
- 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
- scenographic — the art of representing objects in accordance with the rules of perspective.
- schererville — a town in NW Indiana.
- schiaparelli — Elsa [el-sah] /ˈɛl sɑ/ (Show IPA), 1890–1973, French fashion designer, born in Italy.
- schizophrene — a person with schizophrenia or one who tends toward schizophrenia
- schneiderman — Rose, 1884–1972, U.S. labor leader, born in Poland.
- schoenheimer — Rudolf [roo-dolf;; German roo-dawlf] /ˈru dɒlf;; German ˈru dɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1898–1941, U.S. biochemist, born in Germany.
- schooner rig — a rig in which the mainmast is taller than the foremast
- schreinering — to produce a lustrous finish on (a fabric) by subjecting it to pressure exerted by rollers engraved with many fine lines.
- schreinerize — to produce a lustrous finish on (a fabric) by subjecting it to pressure exerted by rollers engraved with many fine lines.
- schrieffer's — John Robert, born 1931, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1972.
- 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.
- scrimshander — a person who makes scrimshaw objects.
- scrimshanker — a shirker
- sea crawfish — spiny lobster
- sea crayfish — spiny lobster.
- second birth — spiritual rebirth.
- second reich — the German Empire 1871–1919.
- seismography — the scientific measuring and recording of the shock and vibrations of earthquakes.
- self-worship — reverent honor and homage paid to God or a sacred personage, or to any object regarded as sacred.
- selkirkshire — Alexander (originally Alexander Selcraig) 1676–1721, Scottish sailor marooned on a Pacific island: supposed prototype of Robinson Crusoe.
- seraphically — of, like, or befitting a seraph.
- sergeantfish — the cobia, Rachycentron canadum.
- serving dish — a dish in which food is presented or served, esp before being shared into individual portions
- servitorship — the office or position of a servitor; the condition of being a servitor
- set straight — to give the correct facts to; inform properly
- shadow price — the calculated price of a good or service for which no market price exists
- 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 option — A share option is an opportunity for the employees of a company to buy shares at a special price.
- share-milker — (in New Zealand) a person who lives on a dairy farm milking the owner's herd for an agreed share of the profits and, usually, building his own herd simultaneously
- shareability — the state or property of being able to be shared
- shared logic — the sharing of a central processing unit and associated software among several terminals
- shareholding — a holder or owner of shares, especially in a company or corporation.
- sharp-witted — having or showing mental acuity; intellectually discerning; acute.
- sheepherding — the act of herding or tending sheep
- shellfishery — the industry and commerce of catching, processing, and selling shellfish; raising shellfish for commercial purposes.
- shepherdling — a young or little shepherd
- sherardizing — to coat (steel) with a thin cladding of zinc by heating in a mixture of sand and powdered zinc.
- shift worker — a person who does shiftwork
- shiner perch — a small, silvery perch, Cymatogaster aggregata, inhabiting waters along the Pacific coast of North America and bearing live young.
- shingle roof — a roof covered with thin rectangular tiles, esp made of wood, that are laid with others in overlapping rows