12-letter words containing h, e, u, g
- running shoe — trainer, sneaker
- schizogenous — schizogenetic.
- self-wrought — Archaic except in some senses. a simple past tense and past participle of work.
- sell-through — quantity of direct sales made
- 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.
- shawl tongue — kiltie (def 3).
- shelf fungus — bracket fungus
- shoulder bag — a handbag with shoulder strap attached.
- shoulder-bag — A shoulder-bag is a bag that has a long strap so that it can be carried on a person's shoulder.
- sight unseen — the power or faculty of seeing; perception of objects by use of the eyes; vision.
- silhouetting — a two-dimensional representation of the outline of an object, as a cutout or configurational drawing, uniformly filled in with black, especially a black-paper, miniature cutout of the outlines of a person's face in profile.
- slaughterman — a person employed to kill animals in a slaughterhouse
- slaughterous — murderous; destructive.
- sorghum beer — beer made from sorghum or millet
- sought after — that is in demand; desirable: a sought-after speaker.
- sought-after — that is in demand; desirable: a sought-after speaker.
- sound change — any phonetic or phonological change in spoken language, for example the replacement of one speech sound with another, or the loss of a particular sound
- south orange — a city in NE New Jersey.
- sprachgefuhl — a sensitivity to language, especially for what is grammatically or idiomatically acceptable in a given language.
- stenophagous — (of an animal) feeding on a limited variety of foods (opposed to euryphagous).
- stepdaughter — a daughter of one's husband or wife by a previous marriage.
- store-bought — commercially made rather than homemade.
- sugar shaker — a container with holes in the top, used for sprinkling sugar onto food
- summerweight — (of clothes) suitable in weight for wear in the summer; relatively light
- supercharged — equipped with a supercharger.
- supercharger — a mechanism for forcing air into an internal-combustion engine in order to increase engine power.
- superheating — Superheating of steam is raising its temperature to well above boiling point.
- superhighway — a highway designed for travel at high speeds, having more than one lane for each direction of traffic, a safety strip dividing the two directions, and cloverleaves to route the traffic on and off the highway. Compare expressway.
- telautograph — a telegraphic device for reproducing handwriting, drawings, etc, the movements of an electromagnetically controlled pen at one end being transmitted along a line to a similar pen at the receiving end
- thaumatogeny — the belief that the origin of life was the result of a miracle
- the big four — a small powerful group, as of banks, companies, etc, esp the four largest banks in Britain (Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds TSB, and NatWest)
- the struggle — the radical and armed opposition to apartheid, esp by the military wings of the ANC and the PAC
- the-sea-gull — a play (1896) by Anton Chekhov.
- therethrough — (of a place) through it; through them
- thoroughbred — of pure or unmixed breed, stock, or lineage, as a horse or other animal; bred from the purest and best blood.
- thoroughfare — a road, street, or the like, that leads at each end into another street.
- thoroughness — executed without negligence or omissions: a thorough search.
- thought-read — to read someone's mind or psychically know what someone's thoughts are
- through-line — a theme or idea that runs from the beginning to the end of a book, film, etc
- thrust stage — a stage that extends beyond the proscenium arch and is usually surrounded on three sides by seats.
- tough cookie — If you say that someone is a tough cookie, you mean that they have a strong and determined character.
- tough-minded — characterized by a practical, unsentimental attitude or point of view.
- turbo-charge — to equip (an internal-combustion engine) with a turbocharger.
- turbocharged — with additional power from turbine
- turbocharger — a supercharger that is driven by a turbine turned by exhaust gases from the engine.
- unaffrighted — to frighten.
- unchallenged — a euphemism for disabled (usually preceded by an adverb): physically challenged.
- unchangeable — liable to change or to be changed; variable.
- unchargeable — that may or should be charged: chargeable duty.
- undelightful — giving great pleasure or delight; highly pleasing: a delightful surprise.