12-letter words containing o, a, t, h
- steatorrhoea — the presence of excess fat in the stools, usually caused by disease of the pancreas or intestine, and characterized by chronic diarrhea and weight loss.
- steganograph — a piece of coded writing; cipher
- 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).
- stenothermal — (of animals or plants) able to exist only within a narrow range of temperature
- stereography — the art of delineating the forms of solid bodies on a plane.
- 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.
- stomach ache — pain in gut
- stomach pump — a suction pump for removing the contents of the stomach, used especially in cases of poisoning.
- stomach worm — a nematode, Haemonchus contortus, parasitic in the stomach of sheep, cattle, and related animals.
- stone-washed — Stone-washed jeans are jeans which have been specially washed with small pieces of stone so that when you buy them they are fairly pale and soft.
- stonyhearted — unfeeling; pitiless; cruel
- storm-lashed — badly affected by storms
- stouthearted — brave and resolute; dauntless.
- straight off — without a bend, angle, or curve; not curved; direct: a straight path.
- straight out — thoroughgoing: a straight-out Democrat.
- straight-out — without a bend, angle, or curve; not curved; direct: a straight path.
- stranglehold — Wrestling. an illegal hold by which an opponent's breath is choked off.
- 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.
- 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
- stylographic — of or relating to a stylograph.
- subhastation — a public auction or sale
- sulphonation — the action or process of converting or being converted into a sulphonate
- sycophantish — a self-seeking, servile flatterer; fawning parasite.
- sycophantism — a self-seeking, servile flatterer; fawning parasite.
- sycophantize — to act the sycophant
- synantherous — with united anthers
- synarthrodia — synarthrosis.
- synarthroses — immovable articulation; a fixed or immovable joint; suture.
- synarthrosis — immovable articulation; a fixed or immovable joint; suture.
- table d'hote — a meal of preselected courses served at a fixed time and price to the guests at a hotel or restaurant.
- take an oath — pledge
- take hold of — grasp, seize sth
- talk through — guide through: a procedure, etc.
- 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.
- talmud torah — (in Europe) a community-supported Jewish elementary school for teaching children Hebrew, Bible, and the fundamentals of Judaism.
- tampico hemp — a stiff fiber obtained from the leaves of various species of Agave, as A. falcata or A. sisalana.
- tao te ching — the philosophical book in verse supposedly written by Lao-tzu.
- tax loophole — a legal way of avoiding the payment of tax, or part of a tax bill, due to a gap in tax legislation
- teaching job — a position as a teacher
- technobabble — incomprehensible technical language or jargon.
- technobandit — a person who steals technological secrets, as from the government or a place of employment, and sells them to agents of foreign governments or to competing firms.
- technocratic — of, relating to, or designating a technocrat or technocracy.
- technography — the description and study of the arts and sciences in their geographical and ethnic distribution and historical development.
- technomaniac — a person with an obsessional enthusiasm for technology
- technophilia — a person who loves or is enthusiastic about advanced technology.