12-letter words containing s, a, h, r, n
- scenographic — the art of representing objects in accordance with the rules of perspective.
- schneiderman — Rose, 1884–1972, U.S. labor leader, born in Poland.
- school prawn — a common olive-green prawn, Metapenaeus macleayi
- schopenhauer — Arthur [ahr-too r] /ˈɑr tʊər/ (Show IPA), 1788–1860, German philosopher.
- scintigraphy — the process of producing a scintigram.
- sclerenchyma — supporting or protective tissue composed of thickened, dry, and hardened cells.
- scotch grain — a coarse, pebble-grained finish given to heavy leather, esp. for men's shoes
- scratch line — a line that marks the start of a race.
- scratchingly — in a scratching manner, with a scratching action
- scrimshander — a person who makes scrimshaw objects.
- scrimshanker — a shirker
- selenography — the branch of astronomy that deals with the charting of the moon's surface.
- sergeantfish — the cobia, Rachycentron canadum.
- shagreen ray — a species of skate, Leucoraja fullonica
- shahjahanpur — a city in central Uttar Pradesh, in N India.
- shanks' mare — 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.
- shareholding — a holder or owner of shares, especially in a company or corporation.
- 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.
- shatter cone — a cone-shaped fragment of rock, probably formed by violent shock waves, as from meteoritic impact or atomic explosions
- sheet anchor — Nautical. a large anchor used only in cases of emergency.
- sherardizing — to coat (steel) with a thin cladding of zinc by heating in a mixture of sand and powdered zinc.
- shevardnadze — Eduard A [ed-werd;; Russian ed-wahrt] /ˈɛd wərd;; Russian ɛdˈwɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1928–2014, Soviet foreign minister 1985–91; president of his native Georgian Republic 1995–2003.
- shooting war — open conflict between hostile nations involving direct military engagements.
- shopbreaking — the act of breaking into a shop
- short-acting — (of a drug) quickly effective, but requiring regularly repeated doses for long-term treatment, being rapidly absorbed, distributed in the body, and excreted
- short-change — to give less than the correct change to.
- short-handed — not having the usual or necessary number of workers, helpers, etc.
- shortchanged — to give less than the correct change to.
- 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.
- sinanthropus — the genus to which Peking man was formerly assigned.
- slaughterman — a person employed to kill animals in a slaughterhouse
- snobographer — a person who writes about snobs
- soft chancre — chancroid.
- 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 orange — a city in NE New Jersey.
- southeastern — from the south east
- spanish iris — an iris, Iris xyphium, of the Mediterranean region, having blue, white, or yellow flowers with a yellow or orange patch.
- spanish rice — rice prepared with chopped onions, tomatoes, green peppers, and sometimes diced ham, seasoned with cayenne pepper and mixed with butter.
- spar varnish — a durable, weather-resistant varnish applied to unpainted wooden areas, especially on ships.
- speakerphone — a telephone or telephone attachment equipped with both loudspeaker and microphone, thus permitting the instrument to be used without being held.
- spearfishing — any of several fishes of the genus Tetrapturus, resembling the sailfish but having the first dorsal fin much less developed: inhabiting all seas, but rare.
- spearheading — the sharp-pointed head that forms the piercing end of a spear.
- speech organ — any part of the body, as the tongue, velum, diaphragm, or lungs, that participates, actively or passively, voluntarily or involuntarily, in the production of the sounds of speech.
- sphenography — the art of writing in cuneiform characters.
- sphincterial — relating to a sphincter
- sprechgesang — a vocal style intermediate between speech and singing but without exact pitch intonation.
- spring catch — a catch for an interior or cabinet door that has a bolt operated by a spring.
- squarishness — the condition or quality of being somewhat square
- starchedness — the condition or quality of being starched