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12-letter words containing h, e, n, r, i, s

  • serving dish — a dish in which food is presented or served, esp before being shared into individual portions
  • share option — A share option is an opportunity for the employees of a company to buy shares at a special price.
  • shareholding — a holder or owner of shares, especially in a company or corporation.
  • sheepherding — the act of herding or tending sheep
  • 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.
  • 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
  • shopbreaking — the act of breaking into a shop
  • shore dinner — a meal consisting chiefly of seafood.
  • short notice — little warning
  • short-winded — short of breath; liable to difficulty in breathing.
  • sight screen — a white screen set in line with the wicket as an aid to the batsman in seeing the ball when it is bowled.
  • single rhyme — a rhyme of monosyllables, as in heart, part.
  • siphonophore — any pelagic hydrozoan of the order Siphonophora, being a floating or swimming colony composed of polyps.
  • skirt length — the length of someone's skirt
  • smotheriness — the condition or state of smothering
  • smotheringly — in a smothering manner
  • spanish rice — rice prepared with chopped onions, tomatoes, green peppers, and sometimes diced ham, seasoned with cayenne pepper and mixed with butter.
  • spearfishing — any of several fishes of the genus Tetrapturus, resembling the sailfish but having the first dorsal fin much less developed: inhabiting all seas, but rare.
  • spearheading — the sharp-pointed head that forms the piercing end of a spear.
  • 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.
  • spinsterhood — Disparaging and Offensive. a woman still unmarried beyond the usual age of marrying.
  • spinstership — the state of being a spinster
  • 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.
  • squarishness — the condition or quality of being somewhat square
  • stenographic — the art of writing in shorthand.
  • 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).
  • stickhandler — a hockey or lacrosse player, esp. one who is talented at stickhandling.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • superheating — Superheating of steam is raising its temperature to well above boiling point.
  • superheroine — a woman noted for courageous acts or nobility of character: Esther and other biblical heroines.
  • swiss-french — of or relating to a person from French-speaking Switzerland
  • synchroneity — the state of being synchronous; synchronism.
  • the brownies — (in the US) the junior division of the Girl Scouts, usually for girls six to eight years old
  • the nearside — the side of a vehicle normally nearer the kerb (in Britain, the left side)
  • the pointers — the two brightest stars in the Plough (Dubhe and Merak), which lie in the direction pointing towards the Pole Star and are therefore used to locate it
  • the scorpion — the constellation Scorpio, the eighth sign of the zodiac
  • the silurian — the Silurian period or rock system
  • the-persians — a tragedy (472 b.c.) by Aeschylus.
  • the-pioneers — a historical novel (1823) by James Fenimore Cooper.
  • theocentrism — having God as the focal point of thoughts, interests, and feelings: theocentric philosophy.
  • thereagainst — in opposition to; in a contrary manner
  • therein lies — When you say therein lies a situation or problem, you mean that an existing situation has caused that situation or problem.
  • thermosiphon — an arrangement of siphon tubes that enables water in a heating apparatus to circulate by means of convection.
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