12-letter words containing h, i, s, t, o, r
- solway firth — an arm of the Irish Sea between SW Scotland and NW England. 38 miles (61 km) long.
- south africa — Republic of, a country in S Africa; member of the Commonwealth of Nations until 1961. 472,000 sq. mi. (1,222,480 sq. km). Capitals: Pretoria and Cape Town.
- south arabia — Protectorate of, a former protectorate of Great Britain in S Arabia, now part of the Republic of Yemen.
- 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.
- spermophytic — able to produce seed
- spinsterhood — Disparaging and Offensive. a woman still unmarried beyond the usual age of marrying.
- spirochaetal — resulting from spirochaetes
- sportfishing — fishing with a rod and reel for sport, especially for saltwater sport fish from a motorboat.
- sports shirt — a long- or short-sleeved soft shirt for informal wear by men, having a squared-off shirttail that may be left outside the trousers, usually worn without a tie.
- stabilograph — an instrument for measuring body sway.
- stenographic — the art of writing in shorthand.
- 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).
- 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.
- stretch limo — A stretch limo is a very long and luxurious car in which a rich, famous, or important person is driven somewhere.
- 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.
- strophanthin — a very poisonous, bitter glycoside or mixture of glycosides obtained from the dried, ripe seeds of a strophanthus, especially Strophanthus kombe, used as a cardiac stimulant.
- strophiolate — having a strophiole
- stylographic — of or relating to a stylograph.
- synarthrodia — synarthrosis.
- synarthrosis — immovable articulation; a fixed or immovable joint; suture.
- synchro unit — a type of alternating-current motor designed to maintain continuously, at some remote location, the same rotational angle that may be imposed by force upon the electrically connected rotating element of a similar motor.
- synchroneity — the state of being synchronous; synchronism.
- the brownies — (in the US) the junior division of the Girl Scouts, usually for girls six to eight years old
- the pointers — the two brightest stars in the Plough (Dubhe and Merak), which lie in the direction pointing towards the Pole Star and are therefore used to locate it
- the scorpion — the constellation Scorpio, the eighth sign of the zodiac
- the-pioneers — a historical novel (1823) by James Fenimore Cooper.
- theocentrism — having God as the focal point of thoughts, interests, and feelings: theocentric philosophy.
- theorematist — a person who creates or discovers a theorem
- thermosiphon — an arrangement of siphon tubes that enables water in a heating apparatus to circulate by means of convection.
- thermostatic — a device, including a relay actuated by thermal conduction or convection, that functions to establish and maintain a desired temperature automatically or signals a change in temperature for manual adjustment.
- thioarsenate — any of a group of chemical compounds considered salts of the thioarsenic acids
- thioarsenite — any of a group of chemical compounds considered salts of the thioarsenious acids
- thiosulfuric — of or derived from thiosulfuric acid.
- third person — the grammatical person used by the speaker of an utterance in referring to anyone or anything other than the speaker or the one (third person singular) or ones (third person plural) being addressed.
- third sector — the segment of a nation's economy that is made up of neither public nor business concerns, as nonprofit health or educational institutions.
- this-worldly — distinguished by or relating to material or earthly concerns; not spiritual or concerned with life in a future or imaginary world
- thrombolysis — the dissolving or breaking up of a thrombus.
- torch singer — a singer, especially a woman, who specializes in singing torch songs.
- tourist home — a private home with rooms for rent, usually for one night, to tourists, travelers, etc.
- trapshooting — the sport of shooting at clay pigeons hurled into the air from a trap.
- triadelphous — (of stamens) united by the filaments into three sets or bundles.
- tricephalous — with three heads
- trichologist — the science dealing with the study of the hair and its diseases.
- trichotomous — division into three parts, classes, categories, etc.
- triphosphate — a salt derived from triphosphoric acid.
- trophallaxis — (among social insects) the exchange of nutriments or other secretions between members of a colony.