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

  • penthesileia — the daughter of Ares and queen of the Amazons, whom she led to the aid of Troy. She was slain by Achilles
  • phalaenopsis — any of various epiphytic orchids of the genus Phalaenopsis, native to tropical Asia, having clusters of showy, variously colored flowers.
  • philadelphus — (Philadelphus) king of Pergamum c159–138 b.c.
  • photoelastic — displaying photoelasticity; of or relating to photoelasticity
  • photorealism — a style of painting flourishing in the 1970s, especially in the U.S., England, and France, and depicting commonplace scenes or ordinary people, with a meticulously detailed realism, flat images, and barely discernible brushwork that suggests and often is based on or incorporates an actual photograph.
  • phylacteries — Judaism. either of two small, black, leather cubes containing a piece of parchment inscribed with verses 4–9 of Deut. 6, 13–21 of Deut. 11, and 1–16 of Ex. 13: one is attached with straps to the left arm and the other to the forehead during weekday morning prayers by Orthodox and Conservative Jewish men.
  • physicalness — of or relating to the body: physical exercise.
  • plainclothes — Plainclothes police officers wear ordinary clothes instead of a police uniform.
  • pleased with — satisfied or content with
  • pleiochasium — a flowering system in which several buds come out at the same time
  • polish wheat — a wheat, Triticum polonicum, grown chiefly in S Europe, N Africa, and Turkestan.
  • preestablish — to establish beforehand.
  • prehensorial — relating to a part that grasps
  • qualmishness — The quality of being qualmish.
  • re-establish — to found, institute, build, or bring into being on a firm or stable basis: to establish a university; to establish a medical practice.
  • reality show — A reality show is a type of television program that aims to show how ordinary people behave in everyday life, or in situations, often created by the program makers, which are intended to represent everyday life.
  • reichsthaler — a silver thaler of Germany, originally issued in 1566; rix-dollar.
  • relationship — a connection, association, or involvement.
  • rheumatismal — of or relating to rheumatism
  • rhode island — US state
  • rutlandshire — a former county, now part of Leicestershire, in central England.
  • saccharinely — of the nature of or resembling that of sugar: a powdery substance with a saccharine taste.
  • saint helena — Saint, c247–c330, mother of Constantine I.
  • saint helens — a city in Merseyside, in NW England, near Liverpool.
  • 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 phalle — Niki de [nik-ee duh;; French nee-kee duh] /ˈnɪk i də;; French niˈki də/ (Show IPA), 1930–2002, French sculptor and painter.
  • saint-mihiel — a town in NE France, on the Meuse River, NW of Nancy: captured by American forces 1918.
  • salesmanship — the technique of selling a product: They used a promotional gimmick that was the last word in salesmanship.
  • schappe silk — a yarn or fabric of or similar to spun silk.
  • scheme-linda — A Scheme interface to Linda written by Ulf Dahlen of University of Edinburgh in 1990. It runs on the Computing Surface and the Symmetry.
  • schiaparelli — Elsa [el-sah] /ˈɛl sɑ/ (Show IPA), 1890–1973, French fashion designer, born in Italy.
  • 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.
  • see daylight — the light of day: At the end of the tunnel they could see daylight.
  • self-healing — curing or curative; prescribed or helping to heal.
  • self-heating — the state of a body perceived as having or generating a relatively high degree of warmth.
  • seraphically — of, like, or befitting a seraph.
  • 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.
  • shield match — a cricket match for the Sheffield Shield
  • shirt-tailed — (of a garment) having a shirt-tail
  • shoot a line — to try to create a false image, as by boasting or exaggerating
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • space flight — journey into outer space
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