12-letter words containing s, h, a, f, i
- flame stitch — an ornamental stitch, used on bedspreads, upholstery fabrics, and the like, producing rows of ogees in various colors.
- flash drying — Flash drying is a stage in a process to make something bigger, in which a paste-like feed is broken up and dried at the same time.
- flesh-eating — habitually eating flesh; carnivorous
- float switch — an electric switch controlled by a conductor floating in a liquid.
- flyfisherman — Flyfisher.
- flying shear — (in a continuous rolling mill) a shear that moves with the piece being cut.
- foolhardiest — Superlative form of foolhardy.
- foreadmonish — (rare, transitive) To admonish beforehand, or before the act or event.
- foreman-ship — a person in charge of a particular department, group of workers, etc., as in a factory or the like.
- franchisable — a privilege of a public nature conferred on an individual, group, or company by a government: a franchise to operate a bus system.
- freakishness — The characteristic or quality of being freakish.
- freshmanship — the state of being a freshman; the period during which a student is considered to be a freshman
- gemeinschaft — an association of individuals having sentiments, tastes, and attitudes in common; fellowship.
- half section — a part that is cut off or separated.
- half serious — of, showing, or characterized by deep thought.
- half-english — of, relating to, or characteristic of England or its inhabitants, institutions, etc.
- half-section — a part that is cut off or separated.
- half-serious — of, showing, or characterized by deep thought.
- halls of ivy — an institution of higher learning; university or college; the academic world.
- helium flash — the explosive burning of helium in the case of a star of low mass that occurs when the core is so dense that the matter has become degenerate. The burning causes a rapid rise in temperature until it is so high that the gas ceases to be degenerate, after which there is a rapid expansion
- high fashion — haute couture.
- human safari — an organized tour that takes tourists to unfamiliar places where they can observe the lifestyle of indigenous or other local people: human safaris to remote tribal communities; a human safari through the slums of Mumbai.
- in search of — looking for, seeking
- infographics — Plural form of infographic.
- javelin fish — a fish of the genus Pomadasys of semitropical Australian seas with a long spine on its anal fin
- jawless fish — cyclostome.
- lantern fish — any of several small, deep-sea fishes of the family Myctophidae, having rows of luminous organs along each side, certain species of which migrate to the surface at night.
- ludwigshafen — a city in SW Germany, on the Rhine opposite Mannheim.
- mischanceful — unlucky
- misfashioned — Simple past tense and past participle of misfashion.
- newfashioned — Alternative form of new-fashioned.
- oldfashioned — Rare spelling of old-fashioned.
- rabbitfishes — Plural form of rabbitfish.
- rainbow fish — guppy.
- red bandfish — a fish, Cepola haastii, found on the inner continental shelf around New Zealand: family Cepolidae
- red goatfish — a goatfish, Mullus auratus.
- safari shirt — a shirt resembling a bush jacket.
- safety chain — a chain on the fastening of a bracelet, watch, etc, to ensure that it cannot open enough to fall off accidentally
- scabbardfish — any of several marine fishes having a long, compressed, silvery body, especially a cutlassfish, Trichiurus lepturus, of the western Atlantic.
- scratch file — A scratch file is a temporary computer file which you use as a work area or as a store while a program is operating.
- sea crawfish — spiny lobster
- sea crayfish — spiny lobster.
- self-healing — curing or curative; prescribed or helping to heal.
- self-heating — the state of a body perceived as having or generating a relatively high degree of warmth.
- sergeantfish — the cobia, Rachycentron canadum.
- shaving foam — lather used for shaving
- sheath knife — a knife carried in a sheath.
- simian shelf — a shelflike thickening along the inside of the mandible, characteristic of the anthropoid apes.
- solway firth — an arm of the Irish Sea between SW Scotland and NW England. 38 miles (61 km) long.
- south africa — Republic of, a country in S Africa; member of the Commonwealth of Nations until 1961. 472,000 sq. mi. (1,222,480 sq. km). Capitals: Pretoria and Cape Town.