12-letter words containing h, p, s
- selenography — the branch of astronomy that deals with the charting of the moon's surface.
- self-worship — reverent honor and homage paid to God or a sacred personage, or to any object regarded as sacred.
- sepher torah — a scroll of the Torah, typically of parchment, from which the designated Parashah is chanted or read on the prescribed days.
- septic shock — condition caused by blood poisoning
- seraphically — of, like, or befitting a seraph.
- servitorship — the office or position of a servitor; the condition of being a servitor
- set the pace — a rate of movement, especially in stepping, walking, etc.: to walk at a brisk pace of five miles an hour.
- shadow price — the calculated price of a good or service for which no market price exists
- shadowgraphy — the production of a shadowgraph
- shahjahanpur — a city in central Uttar Pradesh, in N India.
- shamrock-pea — a trailing plant, Parochetus communis, of the legume family, native to Asia and east Africa, having shamrocklike leaves with a brown crescent at the base and pea-shaped, pink and blue flowers.
- shank's pony — one's own legs, especially as a means of moving from one place to another: The only way we can get there is by shanks' mare.
- share option — A share option is an opportunity for the employees of a company to buy shares at a special price.
- sharecropper — a tenant farmer who pays as rent a share of the crop.
- shark patrol — a watch for sharks kept by an aircraft flying over beaches used by swimmers
- 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.
- sharp-freeze — quick-freeze.
- sharp-witted — having or showing mental acuity; intellectually discerning; acute.
- sharpshooter — a person skilled in shooting, especially with a rifle.
- shatterproof — designed or made to resist shattering: shatterproof glass in automobile windows.
- shavano peak — a mountain in central Colorado, in the S Sawatch Range, in the Rocky Mountains. 14,229 feet (4337 meters).
- shaving soap — a special soap for lathering the face to soften and condition the beard for shaving, capable of producing a thick lather due to its high fat content and low alkalinity.
- she's apples — all is going well
- sheep farmer — sb who raises sheep
- sheep fescue — a widely distributed grass, Festuca ovina, having densely clustered stems and cultivated for lawns and forage.
- sheep laurel — a small E North American plant (Kalmia angustifolia) of the heath family, with pinkish flowers and evergreen leaves poisonous to sheep and other animals
- sheep sorrel — a slender weed, Rumex acetosella, of the buckwheat family, found in poor, dry soils, having arrow-shaped leaves with an acid taste.
- sheep's eyes — shy, amorous, lovesick glances (usually preceded by make or cast): making sheep's eyes at the new girl in class.
- sheepherding — the act of herding or tending sheep
- shepherd boy — male child who herds sheep
- shepherd dog — sheepdog.
- shepherdless — lacking a shepherd
- shepherdling — a young or little shepherd
- shin splints — a painful condition of the front lower leg, associated with tendinitis, stress fractures, or muscle strain, often occurring as a result of running or other strenuous athletic activity, especially on a nonresilient surface.
- shiner perch — a small, silvery perch, Cymatogaster aggregata, inhabiting waters along the Pacific coast of North America and bearing live young.
- ship biscuit — hardtack.
- ship's store — a retail store aboard a navy ship that sells toiletries, cigarettes, etc., to the ship's personnel.
- shipbuilding — a person whose occupation is the designing or constructing of ship.
- shipping ton — a unit of weight, equivalent to 2000 pounds (0.907 metric ton) avoirdupois (short ton) in the U.S. and 2240 pounds (1.016 metric tons) avoirdupois (long ton) in Great Britain.
- shock troops — soldiers trained to attack
- shoe repairs — repairs to shoes
- shoo-fly pie — an open pie filled with a sweet crumb and molasses mixture and baked.
- shoot-'em-up — a motion-picture or television program that emphasizes gunplay, action, and often violence.
- shop steward — commerce: union rep
- shop-in-shop — A shop-in-shop is an area that one retailer sublets within another retailer’s premises.
- shopbreaking — the act of breaking into a shop
- shopping bag — a strong, usually paper or plastic, bag with handles, used to carry purchases or belongings.
- shore patrol — (often initial capital letters) members of an organization in the U.S. Navy having police duties similar to those performed by military police. Abbreviation: SP.
- short splice — a splice used when an increased thickness of the united rope is not objectionable, made by unlaying the rope ends a certain distance, uniting them so that their strands overlap, then tucking each alternately over and under others several times.
- short-spoken — speaking in a short, brief, or curt manner.