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12-letter words containing h, e, p

  • scratchplate — a plastic or metal plate attached to the front of a guitar to protect it from pick scratches
  • sea elephant — elephant seal.
  • search party — a group of persons conducting an organized search for someone or something lost or hidden.
  • secchi depth — the depth at which a Secchi disk is no longer visible from the surface of ocean water.
  • seismography — the scientific measuring and recording of the shock and vibrations of earthquakes.
  • selenography — the branch of astronomy that deals with the charting of the moon's surface.
  • self-worship — reverent honor and homage paid to God or a sacred personage, or to any object regarded as sacred.
  • sepher torah — a scroll of the Torah, typically of parchment, from which the designated Parashah is chanted or read on the prescribed days.
  • septic shock — condition caused by blood poisoning
  • seraphically — of, like, or befitting a seraph.
  • servitorship — the office or position of a servitor; the condition of being a servitor
  • set the pace — a rate of movement, especially in stepping, walking, etc.: to walk at a brisk pace of five miles an hour.
  • shadow price — the calculated price of a good or service for which no market price exists
  • shamrock-pea — a trailing plant, Parochetus communis, of the legume family, native to Asia and east Africa, having shamrocklike leaves with a brown crescent at the base and pea-shaped, pink and blue flowers.
  • share option — A share option is an opportunity for the employees of a company to buy shares at a special price.
  • sharecropper — a tenant farmer who pays as rent a share of the crop.
  • sharp tongue — If you say that someone has a sharp tongue, you are critical of the fact that they say things which are unkind though often clever.
  • sharp-freeze — quick-freeze.
  • sharp-witted — having or showing mental acuity; intellectually discerning; acute.
  • sharpshooter — a person skilled in shooting, especially with a rifle.
  • shatterproof — designed or made to resist shattering: shatterproof glass in automobile windows.
  • shavano peak — a mountain in central Colorado, in the S Sawatch Range, in the Rocky Mountains. 14,229 feet (4337 meters).
  • she's apples — all is going well
  • sheep farmer — sb who raises sheep
  • sheep fescue — a widely distributed grass, Festuca ovina, having densely clustered stems and cultivated for lawns and forage.
  • 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
  • sheep sorrel — a slender weed, Rumex acetosella, of the buckwheat family, found in poor, dry soils, having arrow-shaped leaves with an acid taste.
  • sheep's eyes — shy, amorous, lovesick glances (usually preceded by make or cast): making sheep's eyes at the new girl in class.
  • sheepherding — the act of herding or tending sheep
  • shepherd boy — male child who herds sheep
  • shepherd dog — sheepdog.
  • shepherdless — lacking a shepherd
  • shepherdling — a young or little shepherd
  • shiner perch — a small, silvery perch, Cymatogaster aggregata, inhabiting waters along the Pacific coast of North America and bearing live young.
  • ship's store — a retail store aboard a navy ship that sells toiletries, cigarettes, etc., to the ship's personnel.
  • shoe repairs — repairs to shoes
  • shoo-fly pie — an open pie filled with a sweet crumb and molasses mixture and baked.
  • shoot-'em-up — a motion-picture or television program that emphasizes gunplay, action, and often violence.
  • shop steward — commerce: union rep
  • shopbreaking — the act of breaking into a shop
  • 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.
  • short splice — a splice used when an increased thickness of the united rope is not objectionable, made by unlaying the rope ends a certain distance, uniting them so that their strands overlap, then tucking each alternately over and under others several times.
  • short-spoken — speaking in a short, brief, or curt manner.
  • shoulder pad — clothing: insert in shoulder
  • show stopper — Theater. a performer or performance that wins enthusiastic or prolonged applause.
  • show-stopper — Theater. a performer or performance that wins enthusiastic or prolonged applause.
  • shrimp sauce — a sauce made from shrimps
  • shuffle play — a facility on a compact disc player that randomly selects a track from one of a number of compact discs
  • siderography — the art or technique of engraving on steel.
  • siderophilic — having characteristics of siderophile
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