12-letter words containing s, h, e, l, g, a
- heimskringla — a book of the 13th century narrating the history of the kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson.
- helicographs — Plural form of helicograph.
- heliogabalus — (Varius Avitus Bassianus"Marcus Aurelius Antoninus") a.d. 204–222, Roman emperor 218–222.
- hell's angel — a member of a motorcycle gang of a kind originating in the US in the 1950s, who typically dress in denim and Nazi-style paraphernalia and are noted for their initiation rites, lawless behaviour, etc
- hell-raising — behaviour which causes trouble
- hellgramites — Plural form of hellgramite.
- hematologist — the study of the nature, function, and diseases of the blood and of blood-forming organs.
- hesitatingly — In a hesitating manner.
- hollingshead — Holinshed.
- house league — a sports league in which the members of all teams belong to the same organization, school, or company
- hyperalgesia — an exaggerated sense of pain (opposed to hypalgesia).
- hyperalgesic — Of or pertaining to hyperalgesia.
- irish gaelic — Irish (def 4).
- lamplighters — Plural form of lamplighter.
- languishment — the act or state of languishing.
- long-handles — long underwear.
- longshoreman — a person employed on the wharves of a port, as in loading and unloading vessels.
- loose change — money in the form of coins suitable for small expenditures
- ludwigshafen — a city in SW Germany, on the Rhine opposite Mannheim.
- manslaughter — Law. the unlawful killing of a human being without malice aforethought.
- melliphagous — (of an animal) feeding on honey
- mischallenge — an improper challenge
- nightingales — Plural form of nightingale.
- oligochaetes — Plural form of oligochaete.
- preslaughter — of the period before slaughter (of animals)
- see daylight — the light of day: At the end of the tunnel they could see daylight.
- selenography — the branch of astronomy that deals with the charting of the moon's surface.
- 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.
- shared logic — the sharing of a central processing unit and associated software among several terminals
- shareholding — a holder or owner of shares, especially in a company or corporation.
- shawl tongue — kiltie (def 3).
- shoulder bag — a handbag with shoulder strap attached.
- shoulder-bag — A shoulder-bag is a bag that has a long strap so that it can be carried on a person's shoulder.
- single-phase — noting or pertaining to a circuit having an alternating current with one phase or with phases differing by 180°.
- slant height — (of a right circular cone) the distance from the vertex to any point on the circumference of the base.
- slaughterman — a person employed to kill animals in a slaughterhouse
- slaughterous — murderous; destructive.
- sledgehammer — a large heavy hammer wielded with both hands.
- small change — coins of small denomination.
- snaggletooth — a tooth growing out beyond or apart from others.
- space flight — journey into outer space
- sprachgefuhl — a sensitivity to language, especially for what is grammatically or idiomatically acceptable in a given language.
- stranglehold — Wrestling. an illegal hold by which an opponent's breath is choked off.
- stringhalted — afflicted with stringhalt
- telegraphese — a style of writing or speaking distinguished by the omissions, abbreviations, and combinations that are characteristic of telegrams, as in “ expect arrive six evening. ”.
- the-sea-gull — a play (1896) by Anton Chekhov.
- theologaster — a person who pretends to be a theologian; a shallow or quack theologian
- thermalgesia — pain caused by heat.
- walking shoe — a sturdy comfortable shoe worn by hillwalkers, etc