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°.