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12-letter words containing s, e, t, h

  • superheating — Superheating of steam is raising its temperature to well above boiling point.
  • support hose — elastic stockings worn to reduce pressure on the veins of the leg, esp for people with varicose veins
  • swash letter — an ornamental italic capital letter having a flourish extending beyond the body of the type.
  • sweet cherry — a cherry tree, Prunus avium, characterized by reddish-brown bark and a pyramidal manner of growth.
  • sweetishness — the quality of being sweetish
  • switch plate — a plate, usually of metal, ceramic, or plastic, covering a switch so that the knob or toggle protrudes.
  • sycophantize — to act the sycophant
  • synadelphite — an arsenate containing manganese and aluminium
  • synaesthesia — synesthesia.
  • synaesthesis — the harmonious combination of differing impulses arising from a work of art
  • synaesthetic — synesthesia.
  • synantherous — with united anthers
  • synarthroses — immovable articulation; a fixed or immovable joint; suture.
  • synchroneity — the state of being synchronous; synchronism.
  • synthesizing — to form (a material or abstract entity) by combining parts or elements (opposed to analyze): to synthesize a statement.
  • syntheticism — a synthetic nature or approach
  • take chances — to behave in a risky manner
  • tech support — an advising and troubleshooting service provided by a manufacturer, typically a software or hardware developer, to its customers, often online or on the telephone.
  • technologies — the branch of knowledge that deals with the creation and use of technical means and their interrelation with life, society, and the environment, drawing upon such subjects as industrial arts, engineering, applied science, and pure science.
  • technologist — a person who specializes in technology.
  • technostress — any mental stress caused by (too much) interaction with technology
  • telaesthesia — telesthesia.
  • telanthropus — a genus of fossil hominids, known from two fragmentary lower jaws found in the region of Swartkrans, near Johannesburg, South Africa.
  • telegraphese — a style of writing or speaking distinguished by the omissions, abbreviations, and combinations that are characteristic of telegrams, as in “ expect arrive six evening. ”.
  • teleshopping — electronic shopping via videotex or other interactive information service.
  • tenths-place — next after ninth; being the ordinal number for ten.
  • thalassaemia — a hereditary disease, common in many parts of the world, resulting from defects in the synthesis of the red blood pigment haemoglobin
  • thalassaemic — a person who has the blood disorder thalassaemia
  • thames river — a river in S England, flowing E through London to the North Sea. 209 miles (336 km) long.
  • thankfulness — feeling or expressing gratitude; appreciative.
  • the absolute — ultimate reality regarded as uncaused, unmodified, unified and complete, timeless, etc.
  • the analects — a collection of Confucius' teachings
  • the ancients — the people who lived in ancient times
  • the antilles — a group of islands in the Caribbean
  • the ardennes — a wooded plateau in SE Belgium, Luxembourg, and NE France: scene of heavy fighting in both World Wars
  • the bastille — a state prison in Paris that was stormed and destroyed (1789) in the French Revolution: its destruction is commemorated on Bastille Day, July 14
  • the bollocks — something excellent
  • the bosporus — a strait between European and Asian Turkey, linking the Black Sea and the Sea of Marmara
  • the brownies — (in the US) the junior division of the Girl Scouts, usually for girls six to eight years old
  • the bushveld — an area of low altitude in N South Africa, having scrub vegetation
  • the business — If you say that someone or something is the business, you mean that they are the best of their kind.
  • the classics — a body of literature regarded as great or lasting, esp that of ancient Greece or Rome
  • the conquest — the conquest by the United Kingdom of French North America, ending in 1763
  • the crescent — the emblem of Islam or Turkey
  • the deceased — the dead person or persons
  • the dingbats — delirium tremens
  • the disabled — those who are physically or mentally disabled; the handicapped
  • the distance — the most distant or a faraway part of the visible scene or landscape
  • the dustheap — obscurity or oblivion
  • the east end — a densely populated part of E London containing former industrial and dock areas, now extensively redeveloped for offices
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