12-letter words containing h, i, g, o, r, s
- seismography — the scientific measuring and recording of the shock and vibrations of earthquakes.
- 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.
- shingle roof — a roof covered with thin rectangular tiles, esp made of wood, that are laid with others in overlapping rows
- shooting war — open conflict between hostile nations involving direct military engagements.
- shopbreaking — the act of breaking into a shop
- short-acting — (of a drug) quickly effective, but requiring regularly repeated doses for long-term treatment, being rapidly absorbed, distributed in the body, and excreted
- shortcomings — a failure, defect, or deficiency in conduct, condition, thought, ability, etc.: a social shortcoming; a shortcoming of his philosophy.
- shortcutting — to cause to be shortened by the use of a shortcut.
- shortsighted — unable to see far; nearsighted; myopic.
- siderography — the art or technique of engraving on steel.
- slip through — be undetected
- smotheringly — in a smothering manner
- sociographic — the branch of sociology that uses statistical data to describe social phenomena.
- spatiography — the study of the characteristics of space beyond the atmosphere, including the mapping of the movements of celestial bodies and the recording of electrical, magnetic, and gravitational effects, especially those likely to affect missiles and spacecraft.
- sportfishing — fishing with a rod and reel for sport, especially for saltwater sport fish from a motorboat.
- stabilograph — an instrument for measuring body sway.
- stenographic — the art of writing in shorthand.
- straight off — without a bend, angle, or curve; not curved; direct: a straight path.
- straight out — thoroughgoing: a straight-out Democrat.
- straight-out — without a bend, angle, or curve; not curved; direct: a straight path.
- 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.
- strobe light — a device for studying the motion of a body, especially a body in rapid revolution or vibration, by making the motion appear to slow down or stop, as by periodically illuminating the body or viewing it through widely spaced openings in a revolving disk.
- strobe-light — a device for studying the motion of a body, especially a body in rapid revolution or vibration, by making the motion appear to slow down or stop, as by periodically illuminating the body or viewing it through widely spaced openings in a revolving disk.
- stylographic — of or relating to a stylograph.
- torch singer — a singer, especially a woman, who specializes in singing torch songs.
- trapshooting — the sport of shooting at clay pigeons hurled into the air from a trap.
- trichologist — the science dealing with the study of the hair and its diseases.
- typographist — a person skilled in the art of typography
- unnourishing — not providing nourishment
- waking hours — Your waking hours are the times when you are awake rather than asleep.
- warning shot — gunshot fired into the air
- wigglesworth — Michael, 1631–1705, U.S. theologian and author, born in England.
- wigtownshire — a historic county in SW Scotland.
- winged horse — the constellation Pegasus.
- wordsmithing — Present participle of wordsmith.
- work-sharing — an arrangement whereby one full-time job may be carried out by two people working part time