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12-letter words containing s, h, a, n, i, g

  • latchstrings — Plural form of latchstring.
  • laughing gas — nitrous oxide.
  • loansharking — the practice of lending money at excessive rates of interest.
  • ludwigshafen — a city in SW Germany, on the Rhine opposite Mannheim.
  • lymphangitis — inflammation of the lymphatic vessels.
  • magnus hitch — a knot similar to a clove hitch but taking one more turn around the object to which the line is being bent; rolling hitch.
  • metaphrasing — Present participle of metaphrase.
  • mischallenge — an improper challenge
  • mishappening — Present participle of mishappen.
  • mount pisgah — the mountain slopes to the northeast of the Dead Sea, from one of which, Mount Nebo, Moses viewed Canaan
  • naughty bits — genitals
  • near-sighted — seeing distinctly at a short distance only; myopic.
  • night sweats — heavy sweating during sleep, especially as a symptom of certain diseases, as tuberculosis.
  • nightingales — Plural form of nightingale.
  • nonvanishing — (mathematics) (of a quantity) that is nonzero at all points in a space.
  • packinghouse — a building where foodstuffs are packed
  • paki-bashing — the activity of making vicious and unprovoked physical assaults upon Pakistani immigrants or people of Pakistani descent
  • panning shot — pan3 (def 6).
  • pantophagist — an omnivore
  • paragnathism — the condition or fact of having upper and lower jaws of equal length
  • paraphrasing — a restatement of a text or passage giving the meaning in another form, as for clearness; rewording.
  • parting shot — a threat, insult, condemnation, sarcastic retort, or the like, uttered upon leaving.
  • passing shot — a shot played to one side of and beyond the reach of an opponent coming to or stationed at the net.
  • pathogenesis — the production and development of disease.
  • phrasemaking — the making up or coining of memorable phrases or slogans
  • qinling shan — mountain range in NC China, extending across Gansu, Shaanxi, & Henan provinces: highest peak, c. 13,500 ft (4,115 m)
  • ranjit singh — ("Lion of the Punjab") 1780–1839, Indian maharaja: founder of the Sikh kingdom of Punjab.
  • ring changes — to make the form, nature, content, future course, etc., of (something) different from what it is or from what it would be if left alone: to change one's name; to change one's opinion; to change the course of history.
  • rush matting — a floor covering made from rushes (plants of the genus Juncus)
  • sailing ship — a large ship equipped with sails.
  • sandy blight — trachoma.
  • scalding hot — that scalds; burning; too hot
  • scenographic — the art of representing objects in accordance with the rules of perspective.
  • scintigraphy — the process of producing a scintigram.
  • scotch grain — a coarse, pebble-grained finish given to heavy leather, esp. for men's shoes
  • scratchingly — in a scratching manner, with a scratching action
  • 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.
  • shareholding — a holder or owner of shares, especially in a company or corporation.
  • shaving foam — lather used for shaving
  • shaving soap — a special soap for lathering the face to soften and condition the beard for shaving, capable of producing a thick lather due to its high fat content and low alkalinity.
  • sherardizing — to coat (steel) with a thin cladding of zinc by heating in a mixture of sand and powdered zinc.
  • shijiazhuang — a province in NE China. 81,479 sq. mi. (211,031 sq. km). Capital: Shijiazhuang.
  • shooting war — open conflict between hostile nations involving direct military engagements.
  • shopbreaking — the act of breaking into a shop
  • shopping bag — a strong, usually paper or plastic, bag with handles, used to carry purchases or belongings.
  • 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
  • sign a check — When you sign a check , you write your name on it in a special space in order to validate it.
  • single-phase — noting or pertaining to a circuit having an alternating current with one phase or with phases differing by 180°.
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