12-letter words containing s, h, a, d
- 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.
- shield match — a cricket match for the Sheffield Shield
- shirt-tailed — (of a garment) having a shirt-tail
- shop steward — commerce: union rep
- short radius — the perpendicular distance from the centre of a regular polygon to a side
- short-haired — having short hair
- short-handed — not having the usual or necessary number of workers, helpers, etc.
- shortchanged — to give less than the correct change to.
- shoshone dam — a dam on the Shoshone River. 328 feet (100 meters) high.
- shoulder bag — a handbag with shoulder strap attached.
- shoulder pad — clothing: insert in shoulder
- shoulder-bag — A shoulder-bag is a bag that has a long strap so that it can be carried on a person's shoulder.
- shovel-ready — of or relating to a construction project that is ready to start immediately
- shuffleboard — a game in which standing players shove or push wooden or plastic disks with a long cue toward numbered scoring sections marked on a floor or deck.
- siderography — the art or technique of engraving on steel.
- sindonophany — the periodic exhibiting to the public of the shroud that the body of Christ is thought to have been wrapped in
- sixth-grader — a pupil in their sixth US school year after kindergarten, who is usually around 11 or 12 years old
- slab dashing — the act or process of covering an exterior wall with roughcast.
- slap dashing — slab dashing.
- sledgehammer — a large heavy hammer wielded with both hands.
- slumbershade — sleep shade.
- smallholding — a piece of land rented or sold to a farmer by county authorities for purposes of cultivation.
- smith island — a group of islands in S Maryland and N Virginia, in Chesapeake Bay.
- smooth-faced — beardless; smooth-shaven.
- snake's head — checkered lily.
- snake's-head — checkered lily.
- snake-hipped — having thin, sinuous hips.
- snatch squad — a squad of soldiers or police trained to deal with demonstrations by picking out and arresting the alleged ringleaders
- sober-headed — characterized by clear, logical thinking; not fanciful or capricious.
- soft-hearted — very sympathetic or responsive; generous in spirit: a soft-hearted judge.
- softheadedly — in a soft-headed manner
- sound change — any phonetic or phonological change in spoken language, for example the replacement of one speech sound with another, or the loss of a particular sound
- sounion head — the tip of the Attica peninsula, E central Greece: site of ancient temple ruins.
- south dakota — a state in the N central United States: a part of the Midwest. 77,047 sq. mi. (199,550 sq. km). Capital: Pierre. Abbreviation: SD (for use with zip code), S. Dak.
- south hadley — a city in W Massachusetts.
- south island — the largest island of New Zealand. 58,093 sq. mi. (150,460 sq. km).
- spatter dash — roughcast (def 1).
- spatter-dash — Also called spatter dash. an exterior wall finish composed of mortar and fine pebbles mixed together and dashed against the wall. Compare pebble dash.
- spearheading — the sharp-pointed head that forms the piercing end of a spear.
- splash guard — a large flap behind a rear tire to prevent mud, water, etc., from being splashed on the following vehicle.
- spud-bashing — the task of peeling potatoes, given as a punishment
- st. gotthard — a mountain range in S Switzerland; a part of the Alps; highest peak, 10,490 feet (3195 meters).
- stacked heel — a shoe heel constructed from several layers of material.
- stadia-hairs — a method of surveying in which distances are read by noting the interval on a graduated rod intercepted by two parallel cross hairs (stadia hairs or stadia wires) mounted in the telescope of a surveying instrument, the rod being placed at one end of the distance to be measured and the surveying instrument at the other.
- stagger head — dropline.
- stakeholders — the holder of the stakes of a wager.
- stand a show — to have a chance, esp. a remote one
- stand-offish — If you say that someone is stand-offish, you mean that they behave in a formal and rather unfriendly way.
- starchedness — the condition or quality of being starched