12-letter words containing s, h, a, g, r, o
- saprophagous — (of an organism) feeding on dead or decaying animal matter.
- sarcophagous — carnivorous.
- scenographic — the art of representing objects in accordance with the rules of perspective.
- scotch grain — a coarse, pebble-grained finish given to heavy leather, esp. for men's shoes
- seismography — the scientific measuring and recording of the shock and vibrations of earthquakes.
- selenography — the branch of astronomy that deals with the charting of the moon's surface.
- shadowgraphy — the production of a shadowgraph
- shared logic — the sharing of a central processing unit and associated software among several terminals
- shareholding — a holder or owner of shares, especially in a company or corporation.
- sharp tongue — If you say that someone has a sharp tongue, you are critical of the fact that they say things which are unkind though often clever.
- shooting war — open conflict between hostile nations involving direct military engagements.
- shopbreaking — the act of breaking into a shop
- short-acting — (of a drug) quickly effective, but requiring regularly repeated doses for long-term treatment, being rapidly absorbed, distributed in the body, and excreted
- short-change — to give less than the correct change to.
- shortchanged — to give less than the correct change to.
- shoulder bag — a handbag with shoulder strap attached.
- shoulder-bag — A shoulder-bag is a bag that has a long strap so that it can be carried on a person's shoulder.
- siderography — the art or technique of engraving on steel.
- slaughterous — murderous; destructive.
- smart growth — People such as architects and environmentalists use smart growth to refer to the construction of new buildings and roads within a town or city so that they are close to people's workplaces and mass transit systems and so that open spaces are not built on.
- snobographer — a person who writes about snobs
- sociographic — the branch of sociology that uses statistical data to describe social phenomena.
- sought after — that is in demand; desirable: a sought-after speaker.
- sought-after — that is in demand; desirable: a sought-after speaker.
- south orange — a city in NE New Jersey.
- spatiography — the study of the characteristics of space beyond the atmosphere, including the mapping of the movements of celestial bodies and the recording of electrical, magnetic, and gravitational effects, especially those likely to affect missiles and spacecraft.
- spectrograph — a spectroscope for photographing or producing a representation of a spectrum.
- speech organ — any part of the body, as the tongue, velum, diaphragm, or lungs, that participates, actively or passively, voluntarily or involuntarily, in the production of the sounds of speech.
- sphenography — the art of writing in cuneiform characters.
- sphygmograph — an instrument for recording the rapidity, strength, and uniformity of the arterial pulse.
- st. gotthard — a mountain range in S Switzerland; a part of the Alps; highest peak, 10,490 feet (3195 meters).
- stabilograph — an instrument for measuring body sway.
- steganograph — a piece of coded writing; cipher
- stenographer — a person who specializes in taking dictation in shorthand.
- stenographic — the art of writing in shorthand.
- stereography — the art of delineating the forms of solid bodies on a plane.
- straight off — without a bend, angle, or curve; not curved; direct: a straight path.
- straight out — thoroughgoing: a straight-out Democrat.
- straight-out — without a bend, angle, or curve; not curved; direct: a straight path.
- stranglehold — Wrestling. an illegal hold by which an opponent's breath is choked off.
- stylographic — of or relating to a stylograph.
- theologaster — a person who pretends to be a theologian; a shallow or quack theologian
- through bass — figured bass.
- trapshooting — the sport of shooting at clay pigeons hurled into the air from a trap.
- typographist — a person skilled in the art of typography
- waking hours — Your waking hours are the times when you are awake rather than asleep.
- walkthroughs — Plural form of walkthrough.
- warning shot — gunshot fired into the air
- work-sharing — an arrangement whereby one full-time job may be carried out by two people working part time