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12-letter words containing o, a, s, t, h, u

  • phytophagous — herbivorous.
  • polychaetous — of or relating to the genus Polychaeta
  • put to shame — the painful feeling arising from the consciousness of something dishonorable, improper, ridiculous, etc., done by oneself or another: She was overcome with shame.
  • pyrosulphate — any salt of pyrosulphuric acid
  • safety touch — a two-point play
  • sail through — If someone or something sails through a difficult situation or experience, they deal with it easily and successfully.
  • scatophagous — feeding on dung or excrement
  • 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.
  • shawl tongue — kiltie (def 3).
  • short radius — the perpendicular distance from the centre of a regular polygon to a side
  • sinanthropus — the genus to which Peking man was formerly assigned.
  • slaughterous — murderous; destructive.
  • 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.
  • sought after — that is in demand; desirable: a sought-after speaker.
  • sought-after — that is in demand; desirable: a sought-after speaker.
  • south africa — Republic of, a country in S Africa; member of the Commonwealth of Nations until 1961. 472,000 sq. mi. (1,222,480 sq. km). Capitals: Pretoria and Cape Town.
  • south arabia — Protectorate of, a former protectorate of Great Britain in S Arabia, now part of the Republic of Yemen.
  • south dakota — a state in the N central United States: a part of the Midwest. 77,047 sq. mi. (199,550 sq. km). Capital: Pierre. Abbreviation: SD (for use with zip code), S. Dak.
  • south hadley — a city in W Massachusetts.
  • south island — the largest island of New Zealand. 58,093 sq. mi. (150,460 sq. km).
  • south korean — a country in E Asia: formed 1948 after the division of the former country of Korea at 38° N. 36,600 sq. mi. (94,795 sq. km). Capital: Seoul. Compare Korea.
  • south kvaløy — an island in the Arctic Ocean, off the N coast of Norway. Area: 735 sq km (284 sq miles)
  • south orange — a city in NE New Jersey.
  • south platte — a river flowing NE from central Colorado to the Platte River in W Nebraska. 424 miles (683 km) long.
  • south-facing — facing towards the south
  • southeastern — from the south east
  • squash court — an enclosed court used in the game of squash
  • stenophagous — (of an animal) feeding on a limited variety of foods (opposed to euryphagous).
  • stomach pump — a suction pump for removing the contents of the stomach, used especially in cases of poisoning.
  • stouthearted — brave and resolute; dauntless.
  • straight out — thoroughgoing: a straight-out Democrat.
  • straight-out — without a bend, angle, or curve; not curved; direct: a straight path.
  • strophanthus — any of various shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Strophanthus, of the dogbane family, chiefly of tropical Africa.
  • subhastation — a public auction or sale
  • sulphonation — the action or process of converting or being converted into a sulphonate
  • synantherous — with united anthers
  • telanthropus — a genus of fossil hominids, known from two fragmentary lower jaws found in the region of Swartkrans, near Johannesburg, South Africa.
  • the absolute — ultimate reality regarded as uncaused, unmodified, unified and complete, timeless, etc.
  • the populars — cheap newspapers with mass circulation; the popular press
  • theophrastus — 372?–287 b.c, Greek philosopher.
  • thiobacillus — any of several rod-shaped bacteria of the genus Thiobacillus, inhabiting soil, sewage, etc., that derive energy from oxidation of sulfur or sulfur compounds.
  • thiosulphate — any salt of thiosulphuric acid
  • thousandfold — having a thousand elements or parts.
  • thrash about — flail, throw oneself around
  • through bass — figured bass.
  • 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.
  • triadelphous — (of stamens) united by the filaments into three sets or bundles.
  • tricephalous — with three heads
  • unhistorical — of, pertaining to, treating, or characteristic of history or past events: historical records; historical research.
  • unhospitable — not hospitable
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