12-letter words containing s, h, e, l, t
- stacked heel — a shoe heel constructed from several layers of material.
- stakeholders — the holder of the stakes of a wager.
- star thistle — any of several naturalized Eurasian plants of the genus Centaurea, especially C. calcitrapa, having purplish, spiny flower heads.
- state school — A state school is a school that is controlled and funded by the government or a local authority, and which children can attend without having to pay.
- stately home — a country mansion, usually of architectural interest and often open to the public.
- stealthfully — secret, clandestine, or surreptitious procedure.
- stealthiness — done, characterized, or acting by stealth; furtive: stealthy footsteps.
- steam shovel — a machine for digging or excavating, operated by its own engine and boiler.
- steam-shovel — a machine for digging or excavating, operated by its own engine and boiler.
- steel helmet — a helmet made of steel
- steeplechase — a horse race over a turf course furnished with artificial ditches, hedges, and other obstacles over which the horses must jump.
- stegophilist — a person who enjoys climbing up the outside of buildings
- stenothermal — (of animals or plants) able to exist only within a narrow range of temperature
- stephenville — a town in central Texas.
- stepmotherly — related to or having the characteristics of a stepmother
- sternwheeler — a boat propelled by a paddle wheel at the stern.
- 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.
- storm-lashed — badly affected by storms
- stranglehold — Wrestling. an illegal hold by which an opponent's breath is choked off.
- street child — Street children are homeless children who live outdoors in a city and live by begging or stealing.
- strengthless — lacking strength.
- stretch limo — A stretch limo is a very long and luxurious car in which a rich, famous, or important person is driven somewhere.
- stretch mill — a mill for rolling and stretching seamless tubes, the rolls of each successive stand operating more quickly than those of the preceding.
- stringhalted — afflicted with stringhalt
- stringholder — an oblong piece of wood at the lower end of the body of a viol or other stringed instrument to which the strings are attached.
- strobe light — a device for studying the motion of a body, especially a body in rapid revolution or vibration, by making the motion appear to slow down or stop, as by periodically illuminating the body or viewing it through widely spaced openings in a revolving disk.
- strobe-light — a device for studying the motion of a body, especially a body in rapid revolution or vibration, by making the motion appear to slow down or stop, as by periodically illuminating the body or viewing it through widely spaced openings in a revolving disk.
- strophiolate — having a strophiole
- subthreshold — (of a stimulus) too weak to produce a response.
- super-sleuth — a detective. Synonyms: investigator, private investigator; private eye, gumshoe, shamus.
- superathlete — a highly accomplished athlete, an exceptional athlete
- swash letter — an ornamental italic capital letter having a flourish extending beyond the body of the type.
- switch plate — a plate, usually of metal, ceramic, or plastic, covering a switch so that the knob or toggle protrudes.
- synadelphite — an arsenate containing manganese and aluminium
- 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.
- telaesthesia — telesthesia.
- telanthropus — a genus of fossil hominids, known from two fragmentary lower jaws found in the region of Swartkrans, near Johannesburg, South Africa.
- 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. ”.
- teleshopping — electronic shopping via videotex or other interactive information service.
- tenths-place — next after ninth; being the ordinal number for ten.
- thalassaemia — a hereditary disease, common in many parts of the world, resulting from defects in the synthesis of the red blood pigment haemoglobin
- thalassaemic — a person who has the blood disorder thalassaemia
- thankfulness — feeling or expressing gratitude; appreciative.
- the absolute — ultimate reality regarded as uncaused, unmodified, unified and complete, timeless, etc.
- the analects — a collection of Confucius' teachings
- the antilles — a group of islands in the Caribbean
- the bastille — a state prison in Paris that was stormed and destroyed (1789) in the French Revolution: its destruction is commemorated on Bastille Day, July 14