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12-letter words containing n, i, g, h, t, s

  • sight unseen — the power or faculty of seeing; perception of objects by use of the eyes; vision.
  • sightseeings — the act of visiting and seeing places and objects of interest.
  • silhouetting — a two-dimensional representation of the outline of an object, as a cutout or configurational drawing, uniformly filled in with black, especially a black-paper, miniature cutout of the outlines of a person's face in profile.
  • skirt length — the length of someone's skirt
  • slant height — (of a right circular cone) the distance from the vertex to any point on the circumference of the base.
  • smotheringly — in a smothering manner
  • smyth sewing — a method of sewing together folded, gathered, and collated signatures with a single thread sewn through the folds of individual signatures.
  • snapshotting — an informal photograph, especially one taken quickly by a handheld camera.
  • south-facing — facing towards the south
  • sportfishing — fishing with a rod and reel for sport, especially for saltwater sport fish from a motorboat.
  • spotlighting — a strong, focused light thrown upon a particular spot, as on a small area of a stage or in a television studio, for making some object, person, or group especially conspicuous.
  • spring catch — a catch for an interior or cabinet door that has a bolt operated by a spring.
  • spring vetch — any of several mostly climbing plants belonging to the genus Vicia, of the legume family, having pinnate leaves ending in tendrils and bearing pealike flowers, especially V. sativa (spring vetch) cultivated for forage and soil improvement.
  • stag hunting — the act of hunting or chasing and killing stags
  • starry night — a painting (1889) by Vincent van Gogh.
  • stenographic — the art of writing in shorthand.
  • stinking ash — hoptree.
  • straight man — an entertainer who plays the part of a foil for a comic partner.
  • straight pin — pin (sense 2)
  • straightneck — a variety of summer squash related to the crookneck but not having a recurved neck.
  • straightness — without a bend, angle, or curve; not curved; direct: a straight path.
  • stringhalted — afflicted with stringhalt
  • 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.
  • superheating — Superheating of steam is raising its temperature to well above boiling point.
  • sympathizing — to be in sympathy or agreement of feeling; share in a feeling (often followed by with).
  • synthesizing — to form (a material or abstract entity) by combining parts or elements (opposed to analyze): to synthesize a statement.
  • talking shop — If you say that a conference or a committee is just a talking shop, you disapprove of it because nothing is achieved as a result of what is discussed.
  • technologies — the branch of knowledge that deals with the creation and use of technical means and their interrelation with life, society, and the environment, drawing upon such subjects as industrial arts, engineering, applied science, and pure science.
  • technologist — a person who specializes in technology.
  • teleshopping — electronic shopping via videotex or other interactive information service.
  • thanksgiving — the act of giving thanks; grateful acknowledgment of benefits or favors, especially to God.
  • the dingbats — delirium tremens
  • the hoppings — an annual fair in Newcastle
  • the thing is — You say the thing is to introduce an explanation, comment, or opinion, that relates to something that has just been said. The thing is is often used to identify a problem relating to what has just been said.
  • thereagainst — in opposition to; in a contrary manner
  • thinkingness — the quality of being thoughtful or capable of rational or intellectual thought
  • thrivingness — the state or condition of thriving, flourishing, prospering or growing
  • time sharing — to use or occupy by time-sharing.
  • time-sharing — time-sharing (def 2).
  • topstitching — decorative stitching, usually near and parallel to a seam, sewn so as to be visible on the right side of a garment, shoe, belt, etc.
  • torch singer — a singer, especially a woman, who specializes in singing torch songs.
  • trapshooting — the sport of shooting at clay pigeons hurled into the air from a trap.
  • ufo sighting — the sighting of a UFO
  • unhesitating — without hesitation; not delayed by uncertainty: an unhesitating decision.
  • warning shot — gunshot fired into the air
  • washingtonia — either of two fan palm species from the genus Washingtonia
  • weightedness — The condition of being weighted.
  • westinghouse — George, 1846–1914, U.S. inventor and manufacturer.
  • whereagainst — against which
  • white ensign — the British naval ensign, consisting of the red cross of St. George on a white field, with the British union occupying the upper quarter along the hoist.
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