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12-letter words containing h, p, s

  • stenographer — a person who specializes in taking dictation in shorthand.
  • stenographic — the art of writing in shorthand.
  • stenophagous — (of an animal) feeding on a limited variety of foods (opposed to euryphagous).
  • stepdaughter — a daughter of one's husband or wife by a previous marriage.
  • stephen jobs — (person)   Stephen P. Jobs (born 24 February 1955). The co-founder and ex-president of Apple Computer, leader of the team that produced the Macintosh. In 1979, when he was president of Apple, Steven Jobs saw a demonstration of Smalltalk at Xerox's Palo Alto Research Center. He and other Apple employees were "very impressed with the unique and revolutionary user-friendly design". The first Macintosh was released in January 1984. Jobs described it as insanely great. Jobs was ousted from Apple in 1985 and founded Next, Inc.. In December 1996 he was re-employed by Apple when they bought NeXT. See also lithium lick, Mathematica.
  • stephen viii — died a.d. 942, pope 939–942.
  • stephenville — a town in central Texas.
  • stepmotherly — related to or having the characteristics of a stepmother
  • stereography — the art of delineating the forms of solid bodies on a plane.
  • 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).
  • stethoscopic — pertaining to the stethoscope or to stethoscopy.
  • stockpunisht — punished by being put in stocks
  • stomach pump — a suction pump for removing the contents of the stomach, used especially in cases of poisoning.
  • straight pin — pin (sense 2)
  • stratigraphy — a branch of geology dealing with the classification, nomenclature, correlation, and interpretation of stratified rocks.
  • stratosphere — the region of the upper atmosphere extending upward from the tropopause to about 30 miles (50 km) above the earth, characterized by little vertical change in temperature.
  • strep throat — an acute sore throat caused by hemolytic streptococci and accompanied by fever and prostration.
  • strip-search — to search (a suspect who has been required to remove all clothing) especially for concealed weapons, contraband, or evidence of drug abuse.
  • 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.
  • strophanthus — any of various shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Strophanthus, of the dogbane family, chiefly of tropical Africa.
  • strophiolate — having a strophiole
  • stump speech — a political campaign speech, especially one made on a campaign tour.
  • stylographic — of or relating to a stylograph.
  • subparagraph — a distinct portion of written or printed matter dealing with a particular idea, usually beginning with an indentation on a new line.
  • sucker punch — to strike (someone) with an unexpected blow.
  • sucker-punch — to strike (someone) with an unexpected blow.
  • sulphadoxine — an antibiotic drug of the sulphonamide group, commonly used in combination with pyrimethamine to treat malaria, and in combination with various drugs to treat certain infections
  • sulphonamide — any of a class of organic compounds that are amides of sulphonic acids containing the group –SO2NH2 or a group derived from this. An important class of sulphonamides are the sulfa drugs
  • sulphonation — the action or process of converting or being converted into a sulphonate
  • sulphur bath — a curative bath in which the water used has sulphates dissolved in it, especially one in which the water comes from a natural hot spring
  • sulphur tuft — a poisonous basidiomycetous fungus, Hypholoma fasciculare, having a sulphurous yellow cap and found in clumps on and around broad-leaved trees
  • sumphishness — stupidity, sulkiness
  • sunday punch — Boxing. the most powerful and effective punch of a boxer, especially the punch used in trying to gain a knockout.
  • super-sleuth — a detective. Synonyms: investigator, private investigator; private eye, gumshoe, shamus.
  • super-smooth — dead-smooth.
  • superathlete — a highly accomplished athlete, an exceptional athlete
  • supercharged — equipped with a supercharger.
  • supercharger — a mechanism for forcing air into an internal-combustion engine in order to increase engine power.
  • superheating — Superheating of steam is raising its temperature to well above boiling point.
  • superhelical — of, relating to, or consisting of a superhelix
  • superheroine — a woman noted for courageous acts or nobility of character: Esther and other biblical heroines.
  • superhighway — a highway designed for travel at high speeds, having more than one lane for each direction of traffic, a safety strip dividing the two directions, and cloverleaves to route the traffic on and off the highway. Compare expressway.
  • superhumeral — an ecclesiastical vestment worn over the shoulders
  • superiorship — the state or position of being superior
  • supply chain — process of manufacture and sale
  • support hose — elastic stockings worn to reduce pressure on the veins of the leg, esp for people with varicose veins
  • survivorship — the state of being a survivor.
  • switch plate — a plate, usually of metal, ceramic, or plastic, covering a switch so that the knob or toggle protrudes.
  • sycophantish — a self-seeking, servile flatterer; fawning parasite.
  • sycophantism — a self-seeking, servile flatterer; fawning parasite.
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