12-letter words containing s, h, e, f
- soft-hearted — very sympathetic or responsive; generous in spirit: a soft-hearted judge.
- soft-shelled — Also, soft-shelled. having a soft, flexible, or fragile shell, as a crab that has recently molted.
- softheadedly — in a soft-headed manner
- soufflé dish — A dish for making souffles
- sought after — that is in demand; desirable: a sought-after speaker.
- sought-after — that is in demand; desirable: a sought-after speaker.
- space flight — journey into outer space
- spearfishing — any of several fishes of the genus Tetrapturus, resembling the sailfish but having the first dorsal fin much less developed: inhabiting all seas, but rare.
- speechifying — Speechifying is the making of speeches, especially because you want to appear important.
- sprachgefuhl — a sensitivity to language, especially for what is grammatically or idiomatically acceptable in a given language.
- squirrelfish — any of several brightly colored, nocturnal fishes of the family Holocentridae, inhabiting shallow waters of tropical reefs, especially the reddish Holocentrus ascensionis of the West Indies, armed with sharp spines and scales.
- stage fright — nervousness felt by a performer or speaker when appearing before an audience.
- stealthfully — secret, clandestine, or surreptitious procedure.
- swiss-french — of or relating to a person from French-speaking Switzerland
- thankfulness — feeling or expressing gratitude; appreciative.
- the fair sex — women collectively
- the far east — the countries of E Asia, usually including China, Japan, North and South Korea, Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines: sometimes extended to include all territories east of Afghanistan
- the far west — the area of the United States west of the Great Plains
- the flickers — the cinema
- the frizzies — the condition of having frizzy hair
- the likes of — of the same form, appearance, kind, character, amount, etc.: I cannot remember a like instance.
- the sniffles — a cold in the head
- the snuffles — a condition characterized by snuffling
- this side of — If you say that something will not happen this side of a date or event, you mean that it will not happen before that date or event.
- thunderflash — a pyrotechnic device which is noisy, but not dangerous, and which is used in military exercises
- tight-fisted — parsimonious; stingy; tight.
- truthfulness — telling the truth, especially habitually: a truthful person.
- typhus-fever — an acute, infectious disease caused by several species of Rickettsia, transmitted by lice and fleas, and characterized by acute prostration, headache, and a peculiar eruption of reddish spots on the body.
- un-furbished — to restore to freshness of appearance or good condition (often followed by up): to furbish a run-down neighborhood; to furbish up one's command of a foreign language.
- undersheriff — a sheriff's deputy, especially one on whom the sheriff's duties devolve when the office is vacant.
- unfranchised — a privilege of a public nature conferred on an individual, group, or company by a government: a franchise to operate a bus system.
- unrefreshing — not refreshing, rejuvenating, or invigorating
- unwished-for — undesired; unwelcome: an unwished-for occurrence.
- watchfulness — vigilant or alert; closely observant: The sentry remained watchful throughout the night.
- wethersfield — a town in central Connecticut.
- wolf whistle — a wolf call made by whistling, often characterized by two sliding sounds, a peal up to a higher note and then one up to a lower note and down.
- wolf-whistle — If someone wolf-whistles, they make a whistling sound with a short rising note and a longer falling note. Some men wolf-whistle at a woman to show that they think she is attractive, and some women find this offensive.
- wrathfulness — The quality of being wrathful; wrath.
- youthfulness — characterized by youth; young.