12-letter words containing h, e, i, s, t
- sphincterial — relating to a sphincter
- spiderhunter — any of several sunbirds of the genus Arachnothera, of southern Asia and the East Indies, having dull-colored plumage and a long bill.
- spinach beet — chard, a plant cultivated for its edible leaves
- spinsterhood — Disparaging and Offensive. a woman still unmarried beyond the usual age of marrying.
- spinstership — the state of being a spinster
- spirochaetal — resulting from spirochaetes
- splotchiness — the state or condition of being splotchy
- sprechstimme — sprechgesang.
- spring vetch — any of several mostly climbing plants belonging to the genus Vicia, of the legume family, having pinnate leaves ending in tendrils and bearing pealike flowers, especially V. sativa (spring vetch) cultivated for forage and soil improvement.
- stage fright — nervousness felt by a performer or speaker when appearing before an audience.
- stakhanovite — a worker in the Soviet Union who regularly surpassed production quotas and was specially honored and rewarded.
- 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
- stenographic — the art of writing in shorthand.
- stephen viii — died a.d. 942, pope 939–942.
- stephenville — a town in central Texas.
- stereophonic — pertaining to a system of sound recording or reproduction using two or more separate channels to produce a more realistic effect by capturing the spatial dimensions of a performance (the location of performers as well as their acoustic surroundings), used especially with high-fidelity recordings and reproduction systems (opposed to monophonic).
- stethoscopic — pertaining to the stethoscope or to stethoscopy.
- 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
- straightbred — (of animals) purebred; having parents of the same breed
- straightedge — a bar or strip of wood, plastic, or metal having at least one long edge of sufficiently reliable straightness for use in drawing or testing straight lines, plane surfaces, etc.
- straightneck — a variety of summer squash related to the crookneck but not having a recurved neck.
- straightness — without a bend, angle, or curve; not curved; direct: a straight path.
- 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.
- strike hands — to show agreement by clasping hands
- 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.
- strip-search — to search (a suspect who has been required to remove all clothing) especially for concealed weapons, contraband, or evidence of drug abuse.
- 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
- summerweight — (of clothes) suitable in weight for wear in the summer; relatively light
- superheating — Superheating of steam is raising its temperature to well above boiling point.
- sweetishness — the quality of being sweetish
- switch plate — a plate, usually of metal, ceramic, or plastic, covering a switch so that the knob or toggle protrudes.
- sycophantize — to act the sycophant
- synadelphite — an arsenate containing manganese and aluminium
- synaesthesia — synesthesia.
- synaesthesis — the harmonious combination of differing impulses arising from a work of art
- synaesthetic — synesthesia.
- synchroneity — the state of being synchronous; synchronism.
- synthesizing — to form (a material or abstract entity) by combining parts or elements (opposed to analyze): to synthesize a statement.
- syntheticism — a synthetic nature or approach
- technologies — the branch of knowledge that deals with the creation and use of technical means and their interrelation with life, society, and the environment, drawing upon such subjects as industrial arts, engineering, applied science, and pure science.
- technologist — a person who specializes in technology.
- telaesthesia — telesthesia.