12-letter words containing m, u, t, s, h
- shamateurism — a sports term referring to a state in which an athlete is classified as an amateur but acts like a professional, usually by raising money
- shoot-'em-up — a motion-picture or television program that emphasizes gunplay, action, and often violence.
- short column — a column whose relative dimensions ensure that when it is overloaded it fails by crushing, rather than buckling
- sixth column — the persons residing in a country at war who are devoted to aiding the fifth column in its activities, especially by lowering morale, spreading rumors, etc.
- slaughterman — a person employed to kill animals in a slaughterhouse
- smooth hound — a smooth dogfish, especially Mustelus mustelus, inhabiting waters along the coast of Europe.
- smooth sumac — a shrub or small tree, Rhus glabra, of the cashew family, native to North America, having pinnate leaves and green flowers in a dense terminal cluster.
- sodium light — the light produced by a sodium lamp
- southernmost — farthest south.
- stomach pump — a suction pump for removing the contents of the stomach, used especially in cases of poisoning.
- stump speech — a political campaign speech, especially one made on a campaign tour.
- summerweight — (of clothes) suitable in weight for wear in the summer; relatively light
- super-smooth — dead-smooth.
- the munchies — a craving for food, esp when induced by alcohol or drugs
- theoclymenus — (in the Odyssey) a seer who foretold the return of Odysseus and the death of Penelope's suitors.
- thumb-sucker — a person who habitually sucks a thumb.
- thunderstorm — a transient storm of lightning and thunder, usually with rain and gusty winds, sometimes with hail or snow, produced by cumulonimbus clouds.
- thutmose iii — flourished c1475 b.c, Egyptian ruler: conqueror of the Middle East.
- thymus gland — a ductless, butterfly-shaped gland lying at the base of the neck, formed mostly of lymphatic tissue and aiding in the production of T cells of the immune system: after puberty, the lymphatic tissue gradually degenerates.
- touch system — a system of typing in which each finger is assigned to one or more keys, thereby enabling a person to type without looking at the keyboard.
- tourist home — a private home with rooms for rent, usually for one night, to tourists, travelers, etc.
- trachomatous — a chronic, contagious infection of the conjunctiva and cornea, characterized by the formation of granulations and scarring and caused by the bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis.
- transhumance — the seasonal migration of livestock, and the people who tend them, between lowlands and adjacent mountains.
- trichotomous — division into three parts, classes, categories, etc.
- triumphalism — triumphant spirit or character.
- triumphalist — Triumphalist behaviour is behaviour in which politicians or organizations celebrate a victory or a great success, especially when this is intended to upset the people they have defeated.
- tussock moth — any of several moths of the family Lymantriidae, the larvae of which have characteristic tufts of hair on the body and feed on the leaves of various deciduous trees.
- urethrostomy — the construction of an artificial opening from the urethra through the perineum, permitting the passage of urine.
- whitmanesque — of or like Walt Whitman, his style, or his outlook; often, specif., democratic, expansive, exuberant, etc.
- xanthomatous — of, relating to, or marked by xanthoma
- xiphisternum — The lowest part of the sternum; the xiphoid process.