12-letter words containing s, h, e, c, m
- smooth-faced — beardless; smooth-shaven.
- space helmet — a helmet worn by astronauts while in outer space
- speech maker — a person who makes a formal speech
- spermaphytic — able to produce seeds
- spermophytic — able to produce seed
- sphygmoscope — a device for studying or examining the pulse
- spin machine — an organization or group of people acting together to present news or information in a way that creates a particular desired impression
- sprechstimme — sprechgesang.
- star chamber — a former court of inquisitorial and criminal jurisdiction in England that sat without a jury and that became noted for its arbitrary methods and severe punishments, abolished 1641.
- stereochrome — a picture produced by a process in which water glass is used as a vehicle or as a preservative coating.
- stereochromy — the stereochrome process.
- stomach ache — pain in gut
- stretch limo — A stretch limo is a very long and luxurious car in which a rich, famous, or important person is driven somewhere.
- stretch mark — a silvery streak occurring typically on the abdomen or thighs and caused by stretching of the skin over a short period of time, as during pregnancy or rapid weight gain.
- stretch mill — a mill for rolling and stretching seamless tubes, the rolls of each successive stand operating more quickly than those of the preceding.
- stretchmarks — marks that remain visible on the abdomen after its distension, esp in pregnancy
- stump speech — a political campaign speech, especially one made on a campaign tour.
- synecdochism — the use of synecdoche
- syntheticism — a synthetic nature or approach
- thalassaemic — a person who has the blood disorder thalassaemia
- the mesozoic — the Mesozoic era
- the munchies — a craving for food, esp when induced by alcohol or drugs
- the olympics — the Olympic Games
- themistocles — 527?–460? b.c, Athenian statesman.
- theocentrism — having God as the focal point of thoughts, interests, and feelings: theocentric philosophy.
- theoclymenus — (in the Odyssey) a seer who foretold the return of Odysseus and the death of Penelope's suitors.
- thermostatic — a device, including a relay actuated by thermal conduction or convection, that functions to establish and maintain a desired temperature automatically or signals a change in temperature for manual adjustment.
- thumb-sucker — a person who habitually sucks a thumb.
- touch system — a system of typing in which each finger is assigned to one or more keys, thereby enabling a person to type without looking at the keyboard.
- tracheostomy — the construction of an artificial opening through the neck into the trachea, usually for the relief of difficulty in breathing.
- transhumance — the seasonal migration of livestock, and the people who tend them, between lowlands and adjacent mountains.
- ubermenschen — superman (def 2).
- unbesmirched — to soil; tarnish; discolor.
- very much so — The expression very much so is an emphatic way of answering 'yes' to something or saying that it is true or correct.
- with menaces — If someone commits the crime of demanding money with menaces, they threaten to cause harm unless they are given the money.
- woman-chaser — a philanderer; womanizer.
- x chromosome — a sex chromosome of humans and most mammals that determines femaleness when paired with another X chromosome and that occurs singly in males.
- x-chromosome — a sex chromosome of humans and most mammals that determines femaleness when paired with another X chromosome and that occurs singly in males.
- y chromosome — a sex chromosome of humans and most mammals that is present only in males and is paired with an X chromosome.
- y-chromosome — a sex chromosome of humans and most mammals that is present only in males and is paired with an X chromosome.
- zoochemistry — the branch of chemistry dealing with the constituents of the animal body; animal chemistry.
- zymotechnics — the art of managing the fermentation process