12-letter words containing s, e, t, h
- underclothes — clothes worn under outer clothes.
- undershirted — wearing an undershirt
- undispatched — not dispatched; not delivered or sent out
- unexhaustive — exhausting a subject, topic, etc.; comprehensive; thorough: He published an exhaustive study of Greek vases.
- unhesitantly — hesitating; undecided, doubtful, or disinclined.
- unhesitating — without hesitation; not delayed by uncertainty: an unhesitating decision.
- unhospitable — not hospitable
- unhysterical — not showing or suggesting any hysteria; controlled; sensible; calm;
- unnewsworthy — (of a story or incident) not important or significant enough to be considered news
- unstanchable — unstoppable
- unworthiness — not worthy; lacking worth or excellence.
- up the spout — If you say that something is up the spout, you mean that it is wrong or it is no longer working.
- urethroscope — an apparatus for observing the urethra.
- urethroscopy — observation of the urethra by a urethroscope.
- urethrostomy — the construction of an artificial opening from the urethra through the perineum, permitting the passage of urine.
- variety show — vaudeville performance
- varnish tree — any of various trees yielding sap or other substances used for varnish, as Rhus verniciflua, of Japan.
- velvet shank — a bright yellow edible basidiomycetous fungus, Flammulina velutipes, common on trunks, stumps, or branches of broad-leaved trees in winter
- vine harvest — the gathering of the grapes from grapevines
- von stroheim — Erich [er-ik;; German ey-rikh] /ˈɛr ɪk;; German ˈeɪ rɪx/ (Show IPA), 1885–1957, U.S. actor and director, born in Austria.
- wash leather — a soft leather, usually made of sheepskin
- wash-leather — a soft leather, usually sheepskin, dressed in imitation of chamois.
- watchfulness — vigilant or alert; closely observant: The sentry remained watchful throughout the night.
- watchstander — (US) A person who is on watch on a ship.
- water shield — Also called water target. an aquatic plant, Brasenia schreberi, of the water lily family, having purple flowers, floating, elliptic leaves, and a jellylike coating on the underwater stems and roots.
- water splash — a place where a stream runs over a road
- water thrush — either of two North American warblers, Seirus noveboracensis or S. motacilla, usually living near streams.
- waterishness — the state of being waterish
- watermanship — the skill, duties, business, etc., of a waterman.
- wattenscheid — an industrial town in NW Germany, in North Rhine-Westphalia east of Essen
- weather ship — a ship equipped for meteorological observation.
- weather-wise — skillful in predicting weather.
- weathercasts — Plural form of weathercast.
- weathercocks — Plural form of weathercock.
- weatherglass — any of various instruments, as a barometer or a hygroscope, designed to indicate the state of the atmosphere.
- weatherstrip — A strip of rubber, metal, or other material used to seal the edges of a door or window against the cold.
- weightedness — The condition of being weighted.
- weightlessly — Whilst weightless; without weight.
- welsh rabbit — a dish of melted cheese, usually mixed with ale or beer, milk, and spices, served over toast.
- welwitschias — Plural form of welwitschia.
- west chester — a city in SE Pennsylvania.
- west chicago — a town in NE Illinois.
- west lothian — a historic county in S Scotland.
- west memphis — a city in E Arkansas, on the Mississippi.
- westinghouse — George, 1846–1914, U.S. inventor and manufacturer.
- wet strength — the relative resistance of paper to tearing when wet, resulting from the addition of resins during manufacture.
- wethersfield — a town in central Connecticut.
- what is more — moreover, in addition
- whatshername — A female person or entity, whose name one does not remember but that is known to the person to which one is speaking.
- whatshisname — Used to refer to a person whose name one cannot recall, does not know, or does not wish to specify.