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12-letter words containing h, i, g, s, t

  • space flight — journey into outer space
  • 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.
  • sphragistics — the scientific study of seals or signet rings.
  • sportfishing — fishing with a rod and reel for sport, especially for saltwater sport fish from a motorboat.
  • spotlighting — a strong, focused light thrown upon a particular spot, as on a small area of a stage or in a television studio, for making some object, person, or group especially conspicuous.
  • sprightfully — in a sprightful manner
  • spring catch — a catch for an interior or cabinet door that has a bolt operated by a spring.
  • 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.
  • stabilograph — an instrument for measuring body sway.
  • stag hunting — the act of hunting or chasing and killing stags
  • stage fright — nervousness felt by a performer or speaker when appearing before an audience.
  • starry night — a painting (1889) by Vincent van Gogh.
  • stegophilist — a person who enjoys climbing up the outside of buildings
  • stenographic — the art of writing in shorthand.
  • stick-tights — any of several composite plants of the genus Bidens, having barbed achenes that adhere to clothing or fur.
  • stinking ash — hoptree.
  • stoichiology — the branch of biology concerned with the study of the cellular components of animal tissues
  • straight bat — a bat held vertically
  • straight man — an entertainer who plays the part of a foil for a comic partner.
  • straight off — without a bend, angle, or curve; not curved; direct: a straight path.
  • straight out — thoroughgoing: a straight-out Democrat.
  • straight pin — pin (sense 2)
  • straight-arm — Football. to push (a potential tackler) away by holding the arm out straight; stiff-arm.
  • straight-out — without a bend, angle, or curve; not curved; direct: a straight path.
  • straightaway — straight onward, without turn or curve, as a racecourse.
  • straightbred — (of animals) purebred; having parents of the same breed
  • straightedge — a bar or strip of wood, plastic, or metal having at least one long edge of sufficiently reliable straightness for use in drawing or testing straight lines, plane surfaces, etc.
  • 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.
  • straightways — in a direct course
  • stratigraphy — a branch of geology dealing with the classification, nomenclature, correlation, and interpretation of stratified rocks.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • summerweight — (of clothes) suitable in weight for wear in the summer; relatively light
  • superheating — Superheating of steam is raising its temperature to well above boiling point.
  • switch grass — a North American grass, Panicum virgatum, having an open, branching inflorescence.
  • sympathizing — to be in sympathy or agreement of feeling; share in a feeling (often followed by with).
  • synthesizing — to form (a material or abstract entity) by combining parts or elements (opposed to analyze): to synthesize a statement.
  • talking shop — If you say that a conference or a committee is just a talking shop, you disapprove of it because nothing is achieved as a result of what is discussed.
  • technologies — the branch of knowledge that deals with the creation and use of technical means and their interrelation with life, society, and the environment, drawing upon such subjects as industrial arts, engineering, applied science, and pure science.
  • technologist — a person who specializes in technology.
  • teleshopping — electronic shopping via videotex or other interactive information service.
  • thanksgiving — the act of giving thanks; grateful acknowledgment of benefits or favors, especially to God.
  • that's right — that is correct
  • the dingbats — delirium tremens
  • the eighties — the numbers 80–89 in a particular century, esp the 20th century
  • the hoppings — an annual fair in Newcastle
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