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

  • star thistle — any of several naturalized Eurasian plants of the genus Centaurea, especially C. calcitrapa, having purplish, spiny flower heads.
  • stealthiness — done, characterized, or acting by stealth; furtive: stealthy footsteps.
  • stegophilist — a person who enjoys climbing up the outside of buildings
  • stephenville — a town in central Texas.
  • stickhandler — a hockey or lacrosse player, esp. one who is talented at stickhandling.
  • stitch wheel — a notched wheel used by a harness maker to mark out the spacing for stitching
  • stoichiology — the branch of biology concerned with the study of the cellular components of animal tissues
  • street child — Street children are homeless children who live outdoors in a city and live by begging or stealing.
  • stretch limo — A stretch limo is a very long and luxurious car in which a rich, famous, or important person is driven somewhere.
  • stretch mill — a mill for rolling and stretching seamless tubes, the rolls of each successive stand operating more quickly than those of the preceding.
  • 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.
  • strophiolate — having a strophiole
  • stylographic — of or relating to a stylograph.
  • sulphonation — the action or process of converting or being converted into a sulphonate
  • switch plate — a plate, usually of metal, ceramic, or plastic, covering a switch so that the knob or toggle protrudes.
  • synadelphite — an arsenate containing manganese and aluminium
  • 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.
  • telaesthesia — telesthesia.
  • teleshopping — electronic shopping via videotex or other interactive information service.
  • thalassaemia — a hereditary disease, common in many parts of the world, resulting from defects in the synthesis of the red blood pigment haemoglobin
  • thalassaemic — a person who has the blood disorder thalassaemia
  • the antilles — a group of islands in the Caribbean
  • the bastille — a state prison in Paris that was stormed and destroyed (1789) in the French Revolution: its destruction is commemorated on Bastille Day, July 14
  • the classics — a body of literature regarded as great or lasting, esp that of ancient Greece or Rome
  • the disabled — those who are physically or mentally disabled; the handicapped
  • the flickers — the cinema
  • the likes of — of the same form, appearance, kind, character, amount, etc.: I cannot remember a like instance.
  • the lothians — three historic counties of SE central Scotland (now council areas): East Lothian, West Lothian, and Midlothian (including Edinburgh)
  • the midlands — the central counties of England, including Warwickshire, Northamptonshire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Staffordshire, the former West Midlands metropolitan county, and Worcestershire: characterized by manufacturing industries
  • the olympics — the Olympic Games
  • the psalmist — King David, to whom all or certain of the Psalms are variously attributed
  • the silurian — the Silurian period or rock system
  • the sniffles — a cold in the head
  • the solimões — the Brazilian name for the Amazon from the Peruvian border to the Rio Negro
  • the whirlies — illness induced by excessive use of alcohol or drugs
  • themistocles — 527?–460? b.c, Athenian statesman.
  • therein lies — When you say therein lies a situation or problem, you mean that an existing situation has caused that situation or problem.
  • thermalgesia — pain caused by heat.
  • thessalonian — of or relating to Thessalonike or its inhabitants.
  • thessalonica — official name of Salonika.
  • thessalonike — official name of Salonika.
  • thessaloníki — official name of Salonika.
  • thiobacillus — any of several rod-shaped bacteria of the genus Thiobacillus, inhabiting soil, sewage, etc., that derive energy from oxidation of sulfur or sulfur compounds.
  • thiosulfuric — of or derived from thiosulfuric acid.
  • thiosulphate — any salt of thiosulphuric acid
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