12-letter words containing i, s, o, h, y
- schoolboyish — like or characteristic of a schoolboy
- seismography — the scientific measuring and recording of the shock and vibrations of earthquakes.
- semi-monthly — made, occurring, done, or published twice a month.
- shoo-fly pie — an open pie filled with a sweet crumb and molasses mixture and baked.
- showy orchis — a wild orchid, Orchis spectabilis, of eastern North America, having a spike of showy flowers, each with purple, pink, or white sepals and petals united into a galea and a white lip.
- siderography — the art or technique of engraving on steel.
- sindonophany — the periodic exhibiting to the public of the shroud that the body of Christ is thought to have been wrapped in
- sixty-fourth — next after the sixty-third; being the ordinal number for 64.
- smotheringly — in a smothering manner
- solway firth — an arm of the Irish Sea between SW Scotland and NW England. 38 miles (61 km) long.
- solzhenitsyn — Alexander or Aleksandr (Isayevich) [al-ig-zan-der ee-sahy-uh-vich,, -zahn-;; Russian uh-lyi-ksahn-dr ee-sah-yi-vyich] /ˌæl ɪgˈzæn dər iˈsaɪ ə vɪtʃ,, -ˈzɑn-;; Russian ʌ lyɪˈksɑn dr iˈsɑ yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1918–2008, Russian novelist: Nobel prize 1970; in the U.S. 1974–94.
- sothic cycle — (in the ancient Egyptian calendar) a period of 1460 Sothic years.
- 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
- stichomythia — dramatic dialogue, as in a Greek play, characterized by brief exchanges between two characters, each of whom usually speaks in one line of verse during a scene of intense emotion or strong argumentation.
- stichomythic — dramatic dialogue, as in a Greek play, characterized by brief exchanges between two characters, each of whom usually speaks in one line of verse during a scene of intense emotion or strong argumentation.
- stoichiology — the branch of biology concerned with the study of the cellular components of animal tissues
- stylographic — of or relating to a stylograph.
- sycophantish — a self-seeking, servile flatterer; fawning parasite.
- sycophantism — a self-seeking, servile flatterer; fawning parasite.
- sycophantize — to act the sycophant
- 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.
- synchronical — happening at the same time
- synecdochism — the use of synecdoche
- the olympics — the Olympic Games
- 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.
- to fight shy — If you fight shy of something, you try very hard to avoid it.
- tschaikovsky — Peter Ilyich [il-yich] /ˈɪl yɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich.
- typographist — a person skilled in the art of typography
- variety show — vaudeville performance
- victory ship — a fast, turbine-powered cargo ship of World War II, having a capacity of about 11,000 dead-weight tons.
- whiskey sour — a cocktail made with whiskey, lemon juice, and sugar.
- wordsmithery — the craft or skill of a wordsmith
- worshipfully — In a worshipful manner; reverentially.
- zoochemistry — the branch of chemistry dealing with the constituents of the animal body; animal chemistry.
- zygapophysis — one of the four processes of a vertebra, occurring in pairs that interlock each vertebra with the vertebrae above and below.
- zymotechnics — the art of managing the fermentation process