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12-letter words containing s, a, h, i

  • raised beach — a wave-cut platform raised above the shoreline by a relative fall in the water level
  • ramapithecus — a genus of extinct Miocene ape known from fossils found in India and Pakistan and formerly thought to be a possible human ancestor.
  • ranjit singh — ("Lion of the Punjab") 1780–1839, Indian maharaja: founder of the Sikh kingdom of Punjab.
  • re-emphasize — to give emphasis to; lay stress upon; stress: to emphasize a point; to emphasize the eyes with mascara.
  • re-establish — to found, institute, build, or bring into being on a firm or stable basis: to establish a university; to establish a medical practice.
  • reality show — A reality show is a type of television program that aims to show how ordinary people behave in everyday life, or in situations, often created by the program makers, which are intended to represent everyday life.
  • red bandfish — a fish, Cepola haastii, found on the inner continental shelf around New Zealand: family Cepolidae
  • red goatfish — a goatfish, Mullus auratus.
  • reemphasized — to give emphasis to; lay stress upon; stress: to emphasize a point; to emphasize the eyes with mascara.
  • reichsthaler — a silver thaler of Germany, originally issued in 1566; rix-dollar.
  • relationship — a connection, association, or involvement.
  • retainership — the condition of being a retainer or of having retainers.
  • rheumatismal — of or relating to rheumatism
  • rhizocarpous — having the root perennial but the stem annual, as perennial herbs.
  • rhizophagous — feeding on roots.
  • rhode island — US state
  • ring changes — to make the form, nature, content, future course, etc., of (something) different from what it is or from what it would be if left alone: to change one's name; to change one's opinion; to change the course of history.
  • rush matting — a floor covering made from rushes (plants of the genus Juncus)
  • rutlandshire — a former county, now part of Leicestershire, in central England.
  • saccharinely — of the nature of or resembling that of sugar: a powdery substance with a saccharine taste.
  • saccharinity — of the nature of or resembling that of sugar: a powdery substance with a saccharine taste.
  • saccharoidal — having a crystalline or granular texture: said esp. of some sandstones and marbles
  • safari shirt — a shirt resembling a bush jacket.
  • safety chain — a chain on the fastening of a bracelet, watch, etc, to ensure that it cannot open enough to fall off accidentally
  • sail through — If someone or something sails through a difficult situation or experience, they deal with it easily and successfully.
  • sailing ship — a large ship equipped with sails.
  • saint helena — Saint, c247–c330, mother of Constantine I.
  • saint helens — a city in Merseyside, in NW England, near Liverpool.
  • saint helier — a British island in the English Channel: the largest of the Channel Islands. 44 sq. mi. (116 sq. km). Capital: St. Helier.
  • saint hubert — a borough in S Quebec, Canada, just E of Montreal.
  • saint john's — an island state comprising Antigua and two smaller islands: a member of the former West Indies Associated States; formerly a British crown colony; gained independence 1981. 171 sq. mi. (442 sq. km). Capital: St. John's.
  • saint joseph — a city in NW Missouri, on the Missouri River.
  • saint martha — a sister of Mary and Lazarus, who lived at Bethany and ministered to Jesus (Luke 10:38–42). Feast day: July 29 or June 4
  • saint phalle — Niki de [nik-ee duh;; French nee-kee duh] /ˈnɪk i də;; French niˈki də/ (Show IPA), 1930–2002, French sculptor and painter.
  • saint thomas — Saint Thomas ("the Angelic Doctor") 1225?–74, Italian scholastic philosopher: a major theologian of the Roman Catholic Church.
  • saint-hubert — town in S Quebec, Canada: part of metropolitan Montreal: pop. 77,000
  • saint-mihiel — a town in NE France, on the Meuse River, NW of Nancy: captured by American forces 1918.
  • salesmanship — the technique of selling a product: They used a promotional gimmick that was the last word in salesmanship.
  • sandwich bar — a place where sandwiches are sold
  • sandwich man — a person with advertising boards hung from the shoulders.
  • sandy blight — trachoma.
  • sanity check — (programming)   1. Checking code (or anything else, e.g. a Usenet posting) for completely stupid mistakes. Implies that the check is to make sure the author was sane when it was written; e.g. if a piece of scientific software relied on a particular formula and was giving unexpected results, one might first look at the nesting of parentheses or the coding of the formula, as a "sanity check", before looking at the more complex I/O or data structure manipulation routines, much less the algorithm itself. Compare reality check. 2. A run-time test, either validating input or ensuring that the program hasn't screwed up internally (producing an inconsistent value or state).
  • saprophytism — living and feeding on dead organic matter
  • satanophobia — a morbid fear of the devil or Satan
  • satin stitch — a long, straight embroidery stitch worked closely parallel in rows to form a pattern that resembles satin.
  • satin-smooth — pleasantly soft and smooth, like satin
  • scabbardfish — any of several marine fishes having a long, compressed, silvery body, especially a cutlassfish, Trichiurus lepturus, of the western Atlantic.
  • scalding hot — that scalds; burning; too hot
  • scampishness — the quality of being scampish
  • scenographic — the art of representing objects in accordance with the rules of perspective.
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