12-letter words containing s, e, t, h
- the eighties — the numbers 80–89 in a particular century, esp the 20th century
- the elements — the first or basic principles; rudiments
- the fair sex — women collectively
- the far east — the countries of E Asia, usually including China, Japan, North and South Korea, Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines: sometimes extended to include all territories east of Afghanistan
- the far west — the area of the United States west of the Great Plains
- the flickers — the cinema
- the frizzies — the condition of having frizzy hair
- the greatest — an exceptional person
- the hebrides — a group of over 500 islands off the W coast of Scotland: separated by the North Minch, Little Minch, and the Sea of the Hebrides: the chief islands are Skye, Raasay, Rum, Eigg, Coll, Tiree, Mull, Jura, Colonsay, and Islay (Inner Hebrides), and Lewis with Harris, North Uist, Benbecula, South Uist, and Barra (Outer Hebrides)
- the herdsman — the constellation Boötes
- the homeless — those typically poor or sometimes mentally ill people who are unable to maintain a place to live and therefore often may sleep in the streets, parks, etc.
- the hoppings — an annual fair in Newcastle
- the hot seat — If you are in the hot seat, you are responsible for making important and difficult decisions.
- the hundreds — the numbers 100 to 109
- the jurassic — the Jurassic period or rock system
- the likes of — of the same form, appearance, kind, character, amount, etc.: I cannot remember a like instance.
- the lothians — three historic counties of SE central Scotland (now council areas): East Lothian, West Lothian, and Midlothian (including Edinburgh)
- the lowlands — a low generally flat region of central Scotland, around the Forth and Clyde valleys, separating the Southern Uplands from the Highlands
- the mesozoic — the Mesozoic era
- the midlands — the central counties of England, including Warwickshire, Northamptonshire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Staffordshire, the former West Midlands metropolitan county, and Worcestershire: characterized by manufacturing industries
- the monsoons — the monsoon rains
- the munchies — a craving for food, esp when induced by alcohol or drugs
- the nearside — the side of a vehicle normally nearer the kerb (in Britain, the left side)
- the nineties — the numbers 90–99 in a particular century, esp the 20th century
- the old days — the past
- the olympics — the Olympic Games
- the pandects — a digest of Roman civil law in fifty books, compiled for the emperor Justinian in the 6th cent. a.d.; the Digest
- the passions — feeling, as opposed to reason
- the pictures — a cinema or film show
- the pointers — the two brightest stars in the Plough (Dubhe and Merak), which lie in the direction pointing towards the Pole Star and are therefore used to locate it
- the populars — cheap newspapers with mass circulation; the popular press
- the prophets — one of the three major divisions of the Jewish Holy Scriptures, following the Pentateuch and preceding the Hagiographa
- the psalmist — King David, to whom all or certain of the Psalms are variously attributed
- the saltsjön — an inlet of the Baltic Sea in Sweden
- the scorpion — the constellation Scorpio, the eighth sign of the zodiac
- the scottish — the Scots collectively
- the services — the armed forces
- the shallows — a shallow place in a body of water
- the shudders — a feeling of horror, repugnance, etc.
- the silurian — the Silurian period or rock system
- the sniffles — a cold in the head
- the snuffles — a condition characterized by snuffling
- the solimões — the Brazilian name for the Amazon from the Peruvian border to the Rio Negro
- the sorbonne — a part of the University of Paris containing the faculties of science and literature: founded in 1253 by Robert de Sorbon as a theological college; given to the university in 1808
- the struggle — the radical and armed opposition to apartheid, esp by the military wings of the ANC and the PAC
- the thing is — You say the thing is to introduce an explanation, comment, or opinion, that relates to something that has just been said. The thing is is often used to identify a problem relating to what has just been said.
- the thirties — the years numbered 30–39 in a particular century, esp the 20th century
- the three rs — the three skills regarded as the fundamentals of education; reading, writing, and arithmetic
- the triassic — the Triassic period or rock system
- the troubles — political unrest or public disturbances