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12-letter words containing s, h, e, c

  • stickhandler — a hockey or lacrosse player, esp. one who is talented at stickhandling.
  • stitch wheel — a notched wheel used by a harness maker to mark out the spacing for stitching
  • stockholders — Also called stockowner. a holder or owner of stock in a corporation.
  • stomach ache — pain in gut
  • straightneck — a variety of summer squash related to the crookneck but not having a recurved neck.
  • street child — Street children are homeless children who live outdoors in a city and live by begging or stealing.
  • 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
  • strip-search — to search (a suspect who has been required to remove all clothing) especially for concealed weapons, contraband, or evidence of drug abuse.
  • stump speech — a political campaign speech, especially one made on a campaign tour.
  • sucker punch — to strike (someone) with an unexpected blow.
  • sucker-punch — to strike (someone) with an unexpected blow.
  • sun-drenched — Sun-drenched places have a lot of hot sunshine.
  • supercharged — equipped with a supercharger.
  • supercharger — a mechanism for forcing air into an internal-combustion engine in order to increase engine power.
  • superhelical — of, relating to, or consisting of a superhelix
  • swashbuckler — a swaggering swordsman, soldier, or adventurer; daredevil.
  • sweet cherry — a cherry tree, Prunus avium, characterized by reddish-brown bark and a pyramidal manner of growth.
  • swiss cheese — a firm, pale-yellow cheese made originally in Switzerland, typically made from cow's milk and having many holes.
  • swiss-french — of or relating to a person from French-speaking Switzerland
  • switch plate — a plate, usually of metal, ceramic, or plastic, covering a switch so that the knob or toggle protrudes.
  • swivel chair — a chair whose seat turns around horizontally on a swivel.
  • sycophantize — to act the sycophant
  • synaesthetic — synesthesia.
  • synchroneity — the state of being synchronous; synchronism.
  • synchroscope — an instrument for determining the difference in phase between two related motions, as those of two aircraft engines or two electric generators.
  • synecdochism — the use of synecdoche
  • syntheticism — a synthetic nature or approach
  • take chances — to behave in a risky manner
  • tech support — an advising and troubleshooting service provided by a manufacturer, typically a software or hardware developer, to its customers, often online or on the telephone.
  • technologies — the branch of knowledge that deals with the creation and use of technical means and their interrelation with life, society, and the environment, drawing upon such subjects as industrial arts, engineering, applied science, and pure science.
  • technologist — a person who specializes in technology.
  • technostress — any mental stress caused by (too much) interaction with technology
  • tenths-place — next after ninth; being the ordinal number for ten.
  • thalassaemic — a person who has the blood disorder thalassaemia
  • the analects — a collection of Confucius' teachings
  • the ancients — the people who lived in ancient times
  • the bollocks — something excellent
  • the classics — a body of literature regarded as great or lasting, esp that of ancient Greece or Rome
  • the conquest — the conquest by the United Kingdom of French North America, ending in 1763
  • the crescent — the emblem of Islam or Turkey
  • the deceased — the dead person or persons
  • the distance — the most distant or a faraway part of the visible scene or landscape
  • the flickers — the cinema
  • the jurassic — the Jurassic period or rock system
  • the mesozoic — the Mesozoic era
  • the munchies — a craving for food, esp when induced by alcohol or drugs
  • the olympics — the Olympic Games
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