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12-letter words containing p, h, a

  • sea elephant — elephant seal.
  • search party — a group of persons conducting an organized search for someone or something lost or hidden.
  • seismography — the scientific measuring and recording of the shock and vibrations of earthquakes.
  • selenography — the branch of astronomy that deals with the charting of the moon's surface.
  • sepher torah — a scroll of the Torah, typically of parchment, from which the designated Parashah is chanted or read on the prescribed days.
  • seraphically — of, like, or befitting a seraph.
  • set the pace — a rate of movement, especially in stepping, walking, etc.: to walk at a brisk pace of five miles an hour.
  • shadow price — the calculated price of a good or service for which no market price exists
  • shadowgraphy — the production of a shadowgraph
  • shahjahanpur — a city in central Uttar Pradesh, in N India.
  • shamrock-pea — a trailing plant, Parochetus communis, of the legume family, native to Asia and east Africa, having shamrocklike leaves with a brown crescent at the base and pea-shaped, pink and blue flowers.
  • shank's pony — one's own legs, especially as a means of moving from one place to another: The only way we can get there is by shanks' mare.
  • share option — A share option is an opportunity for the employees of a company to buy shares at a special price.
  • sharecropper — a tenant farmer who pays as rent a share of the crop.
  • shark patrol — a watch for sharks kept by an aircraft flying over beaches used by swimmers
  • 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.
  • sharp-freeze — quick-freeze.
  • sharp-witted — having or showing mental acuity; intellectually discerning; acute.
  • sharpshooter — a person skilled in shooting, especially with a rifle.
  • shatterproof — designed or made to resist shattering: shatterproof glass in automobile windows.
  • shavano peak — a mountain in central Colorado, in the S Sawatch Range, in the Rocky Mountains. 14,229 feet (4337 meters).
  • shaving soap — a special soap for lathering the face to soften and condition the beard for shaving, capable of producing a thick lather due to its high fat content and low alkalinity.
  • she's apples — all is going well
  • sheep farmer — sb who raises sheep
  • sheep laurel — a small E North American plant (Kalmia angustifolia) of the heath family, with pinkish flowers and evergreen leaves poisonous to sheep and other animals
  • shoe repairs — repairs to shoes
  • shop steward — commerce: union rep
  • shopbreaking — the act of breaking into a shop
  • shopping bag — a strong, usually paper or plastic, bag with handles, used to carry purchases or belongings.
  • shore patrol — (often initial capital letters) members of an organization in the U.S. Navy having police duties similar to those performed by military police. Abbreviation: SP.
  • shoulder pad — clothing: insert in shoulder
  • shrimp plant — a small, sprawling shrub, Justicia brandegeana (or Beloperone guttata), of the acanthus family, native to Mexico, having small white flowers protruding from a series of overlapping reddish bracts and often cultivated as a houseplant.
  • shrimp sauce — a sauce made from shrimps
  • shuffle play — a facility on a compact disc player that randomly selects a track from one of a number of compact discs
  • siderography — the art or technique of engraving on steel.
  • sinanthropus — the genus to which Peking man was formerly assigned.
  • sindonophany — the periodic exhibiting to the public of the shroud that the body of Christ is thought to have been wrapped in
  • single-phase — noting or pertaining to a circuit having an alternating current with one phase or with phases differing by 180°.
  • sivapithecus — a genus of extinct Miocene primates of Asia that resemble the modern orangutan.
  • slap dashing — slab dashing.
  • slash pocket — a pocket set into a garment, especially below the waistline, to which easy access is provided by an exterior, vertical or diagonal slit.
  • slipper bath — a bath in the shape of a slipper, with a covered end
  • snake-hipped — having thin, sinuous hips.
  • snappishness — the quality of being sharp or irritable
  • snapshotting — an informal photograph, especially one taken quickly by a handheld camera.
  • snobographer — a person who writes about snobs
  • sociographic — the branch of sociology that uses statistical data to describe social phenomena.
  • sophisticate — a sophisticated person.
  • sophomorical — characteristic of a sophomore
  • south platte — a river flowing NE from central Colorado to the Platte River in W Nebraska. 424 miles (683 km) long.
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