12-letter words containing s, h, e, n, y
- pyrotechnics — the art of making fireworks.
- pyrotechnist — a person skilled in pyrotechnics, especially in the manufacture or use of fireworks.
- quenchlessly — without quenching
- refreshingly — having the power to restore freshness, vitality, energy, etc.: a refreshing nap.
- resynthesize — to form (a material or abstract entity) by combining parts or elements (opposed to analyze): to synthesize a statement.
- romney marsh — one of an English breed of hardy sheep, having coarse, long wool.
- saccharinely — of the nature of or resembling that of sugar: a powdery substance with a saccharine taste.
- safety chain — a chain on the fastening of a bracelet, watch, etc, to ensure that it cannot open enough to fall off accidentally
- sanity check — (programming) 1. Checking code (or anything else, e.g. a Usenet posting) for completely stupid mistakes. Implies that the check is to make sure the author was sane when it was written; e.g. if a piece of scientific software relied on a particular formula and was giving unexpected results, one might first look at the nesting of parentheses or the coding of the formula, as a "sanity check", before looking at the more complex I/O or data structure manipulation routines, much less the algorithm itself. Compare reality check. 2. A run-time test, either validating input or ensuring that the program hasn't screwed up internally (producing an inconsistent value or state).
- schindylesis — an articulation or fibrous joint in which one bone is received into the cleft or slit of another bone
- schindyletic — relating to the joint in which one bone is received into the cleft or slit of another bone
- sclerenchyma — supporting or protective tissue composed of thickened, dry, and hardened cells.
- selenography — the branch of astronomy that deals with the charting of the moon's surface.
- semi-monthly — made, occurring, done, or published twice a month.
- shagreen ray — a species of skate, Leucoraja fullonica
- shame on you — expressing disapproval
- single rhyme — a rhyme of monosyllables, as in heart, part.
- smotheringly — in a smothering manner
- smyth sewing — a method of sewing together folded, gathered, and collated signatures with a single thread sewn through the folds of individual signatures.
- solzhenitsyn — Alexander or Aleksandr (Isayevich) [al-ig-zan-der ee-sahy-uh-vich,, -zahn-;; Russian uh-lyi-ksahn-dr ee-sah-yi-vyich] /ˌæl ɪgˈzæn dər iˈsaɪ ə vɪtʃ,, -ˈzɑn-;; Russian ʌ lyɪˈksɑn dr iˈsɑ yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1918–2008, Russian novelist: Nobel prize 1970; in the U.S. 1974–94.
- speechifying — Speechifying is the making of speeches, especially because you want to appear important.
- sphenography — the art of writing in cuneiform characters.
- sphygmophone — a device by which a pulse may be heard
- stonyhearted — unfeeling; pitiless; cruel
- sycophantize — to act the sycophant
- synadelphite — an arsenate containing manganese and aluminium
- synaesthesia — synesthesia.
- synaesthesis — the harmonious combination of differing impulses arising from a work of art
- synaesthetic — synesthesia.
- synantherous — with united anthers
- synarthroses — immovable articulation; a fixed or immovable joint; suture.
- 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
- syngman rhee — Syngman [sing-muh n] /ˈsɪŋ mən/ (Show IPA), 1875–1965, president of South Korea 1948–60.
- synthesizing — to form (a material or abstract entity) by combining parts or elements (opposed to analyze): to synthesize a statement.
- syntheticism — a synthetic nature or approach
- theoclymenus — (in the Odyssey) a seer who foretold the return of Odysseus and the death of Penelope's suitors.
- thirty-seven — a cardinal number, 30 plus 7.
- twenty-sixth — next after the twenty-fifth; being the ordinal number for 26.
- unhandsomely — unattractively
- unhesitantly — hesitating; undecided, doubtful, or disinclined.
- unhydrolysed — not having undergone hydrolysis
- unhysterical — not showing or suggesting any hysteria; controlled; sensible; calm;
- unnewsworthy — (of a story or incident) not important or significant enough to be considered news
- unsearchably — in an unsearchable manner
- vishnevskaya — Galina (Pavlovna) [guh-lee-nuh pahv-lohv-nuh,, pav-;; Russian guh-lyee-nuh pah-vluh v-nuh] /gəˈli nə pɑvˈloʊv nə,, pæv-;; Russian gʌˈlyi nə ˈpɑ vləv nə/ (Show IPA), 1926–2012, Soviet operatic soprano, in the U.S. (wife of Mstislav Rostropovich).
- whisperingly — In a whispering manner; quietly.
- yachtsperson — A yachtsman or yachtswoman.
- yellowshanks — A bird, the yellowlegs.