12-letter words containing h, e, r, t, o
- short-haired — having short hair
- short-handed — not having the usual or necessary number of workers, helpers, etc.
- short-spoken — speaking in a short, brief, or curt manner.
- short-winded — short of breath; liable to difficulty in breathing.
- shortchanged — to give less than the correct change to.
- shortsighted — unable to see far; nearsighted; myopic.
- 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.
- shower stall — an individual compartment or self-contained unit, having a single shower and accommodating one person.
- sixth former — student: 16-18
- slaughterous — murderous; destructive.
- smother-love — a relationship between a parent and child in which the parent is over-protective to the extent that the child's normal psychological development is inhibited
- smotheriness — the condition or state of smothering
- smotheringly — in a smothering manner
- snow thrower — snow blower.
- soccer pitch — the field of play used in soccer
- soft chancre — chancroid.
- soft-hearted — very sympathetic or responsive; generous in spirit: a soft-hearted judge.
- sought after — that is in demand; desirable: a sought-after speaker.
- sought-after — that is in demand; desirable: a sought-after speaker.
- soul brother — a black male, especially a fellow black male.
- south korean — a country in E Asia: formed 1948 after the division of the former country of Korea at 38° N. 36,600 sq. mi. (94,795 sq. km). Capital: Seoul. Compare Korea.
- south orange — a city in NE New Jersey.
- southeastern — from the south east
- southernmost — farthest south.
- southernness — the state of being southern
- southernwood — a woody-stemmed wormwood, Artemisia abrotanum, of southern Europe, having aromatic, finely dissected leaves.
- southwestern — the point or direction midway between south and west. Abbreviation: SW.
- spectrograph — a spectroscope for photographing or producing a representation of a spectrum.
- spermophytic — able to produce seed
- sphygmometer — a device which measures the rate of the pulse
- spinsterhood — Disparaging and Offensive. a woman still unmarried beyond the usual age of marrying.
- spirochaetal — resulting from spirochaetes
- stakeholders — the holder of the stakes of a wager.
- starter home — A starter home is a small, new house or flat which is cheap enough for people who are buying their first home to afford.
- steatorrhoea — the presence of excess fat in the stools, usually caused by disease of the pancreas or intestine, and characterized by chronic diarrhea and weight loss.
- steganograph — a piece of coded writing; cipher
- stenographer — a person who specializes in taking dictation in shorthand.
- stenographic — the art of writing in shorthand.
- stenothermal — (of animals or plants) able to exist only within a narrow range of temperature
- stepmotherly — related to or having the characteristics of a stepmother
- stereochrome — a picture produced by a process in which water glass is used as a vehicle or as a preservative coating.
- stereochromy — the stereochrome process.
- stereography — the art of delineating the forms of solid bodies on a plane.
- 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).
- stockholders — Also called stockowner. a holder or owner of stock in a corporation.
- stonyhearted — unfeeling; pitiless; cruel
- store-bought — commercially made rather than homemade.
- storey house — (in W Africa) a house having more than one storey
- storm-lashed — badly affected by storms