12-letter words containing s, h, e, c
- the pandects — a digest of Roman civil law in fifty books, compiled for the emperor Justinian in the 6th cent. a.d.; the Digest
- the pictures — a cinema or film show
- the scorpion — the constellation Scorpio, the eighth sign of the zodiac
- the scottish — the Scots collectively
- the services — the armed forces
- the triassic — the Triassic period or rock system
- 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.
- therapeutics — a therapeutic substance.
- 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.
- thessalonica — official name of Salonika.
- third sector — the segment of a nation's economy that is made up of neither public nor business concerns, as nonprofit health or educational institutions.
- thoracoscope — an instrument used for examining the pleural cavity
- three cheers — three shouts of hurrah given in unison by a group to honour someone or celebrate something
- thumb-sucker — a person who habitually sucks a thumb.
- thunderstick — bull-roarer.
- tooth chisel — a stonecutter's chisel having a toothed edge.
- tooth socket — a bony hollow into which a tooth fits
- torch singer — a singer, especially a woman, who specializes in singing torch songs.
- touch screen — a touch-sensitive display screen on a computer or other electronic device: touching different portions of the screen with a finger or stylus will cause the device to take actions determined by a computer program.
- 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.
- touch-screen — using touch-sensitive screen
- tracheoscopy — examination of the interior of the trachea, as with a laryngoscope.
- tracheostomy — the construction of an artificial opening through the neck into the trachea, usually for the relief of difficulty in breathing.
- trachypterus — a dealfish or ribbonfish
- trade school — a high school giving instruction chiefly in the skilled trades.
- transhumance — the seasonal migration of livestock, and the people who tend them, between lowlands and adjacent mountains.
- tricephalous — with three heads
- trickishness — the quality of being crafty
- tsesarevitch — (in Russian history) the eldest son of a tsar or his heir apparent
- ubermenschen — superman (def 2).
- unbesmirched — to soil; tarnish; discolor.
- unchasteness — lack of chastity
- unchristened — not christened
- uncoquettish — not flirtatious
- underclothes — clothes worn under outer clothes.
- undischarged — gun: not let off
- undispatched — not dispatched; not delivered or sent out
- unfranchised — a privilege of a public nature conferred on an individual, group, or company by a government: a franchise to operate a bus system.
- unhysterical — not showing or suggesting any hysteria; controlled; sensible; calm;
- unsearchable — not searchable; not lending itself to research or exploration; not to be understood by searching; hidden; unfathomable; mysterious: the unsearchable ways of the universe.
- unsearchably — in an unsearchable manner
- unsepulchred — not sepulchred
- unstanchable — unstoppable
- upper school — a scholastic division, especially in a private school, including the terminal secondary grades.
- urethroscope — an apparatus for observing the urethra.
- urethroscopy — observation of the urethra by a urethroscope.
- vereshchagin — Vasili Vasilievich [vuh-syee-lyee vuh-syee-lyi-vyich] /vʌˈsyi lyi vʌˈsyi lyɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1842–1904, Russian painter.
- 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.