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12-letter words containing s, h, i, l, a

  • parochialist — a parochial character, spirit, or tendency; excessive narrowness of interests or view; provincialism.
  • penthesileia — the daughter of Ares and queen of the Amazons, whom she led to the aid of Troy. She was slain by Achilles
  • phalaenopsis — any of various epiphytic orchids of the genus Phalaenopsis, native to tropical Asia, having clusters of showy, variously colored flowers.
  • phantasmical — pertaining to or of the nature of a phantasm; unreal; illusory; spectral: phantasmal creatures of nightmare.
  • philadelphus — (Philadelphus) king of Pergamum c159–138 b.c.
  • phosphatidyl — an atom or group of atoms containing one or more unpaired electrons derived from a phosphatide
  • photoelastic — displaying photoelasticity; of or relating to photoelasticity
  • photorealism — a style of painting flourishing in the 1970s, especially in the U.S., England, and France, and depicting commonplace scenes or ordinary people, with a meticulously detailed realism, flat images, and barely discernible brushwork that suggests and often is based on or incorporates an actual photograph.
  • phylacteries — Judaism. either of two small, black, leather cubes containing a piece of parchment inscribed with verses 4–9 of Deut. 6, 13–21 of Deut. 11, and 1–16 of Ex. 13: one is attached with straps to the left arm and the other to the forehead during weekday morning prayers by Orthodox and Conservative Jewish men.
  • physicalness — of or relating to the body: physical exercise.
  • plainclothes — Plainclothes police officers wear ordinary clothes instead of a police uniform.
  • pleased with — satisfied or content with
  • pleiochasium — a flowering system in which several buds come out at the same time
  • polar lights — the aurora borealis in the Northern Hemisphere or the aurora australis in the Southern Hemisphere.
  • polish wheat — a wheat, Triticum polonicum, grown chiefly in S Europe, N Africa, and Turkestan.
  • pollyannaish — an excessively or blindly optimistic person.
  • polygraphist — an instrument for receiving and recording simultaneously tracings of variations in certain body activities.
  • postbrachial — belonging to the arm, foreleg, wing, pectoral fin, or other forelimb of a vertebrate.
  • posthospital — following treatment in a hospital
  • preestablish — to establish beforehand.
  • prehensorial — relating to a part that grasps
  • psychosocial — of or relating to the interaction between social and psychological factors.
  • qinling shan — mountain range in NC China, extending across Gansu, Shaanxi, & Henan provinces: highest peak, c. 13,500 ft (4,115 m)
  • qualmishness — The quality of being qualmish.
  • re-establish — to found, institute, build, or bring into being on a firm or stable basis: to establish a university; to establish a medical practice.
  • reality show — A reality show is a type of television program that aims to show how ordinary people behave in everyday life, or in situations, often created by the program makers, which are intended to represent everyday life.
  • reichsthaler — a silver thaler of Germany, originally issued in 1566; rix-dollar.
  • relationship — a connection, association, or involvement.
  • rheumatismal — of or relating to rheumatism
  • rhode island — US state
  • rutlandshire — a former county, now part of Leicestershire, in central England.
  • saccharinely — of the nature of or resembling that of sugar: a powdery substance with a saccharine taste.
  • saccharoidal — having a crystalline or granular texture: said esp. of some sandstones and marbles
  • sail through — If someone or something sails through a difficult situation or experience, they deal with it easily and successfully.
  • sailing ship — a large ship equipped with sails.
  • saint helena — Saint, c247–c330, mother of Constantine I.
  • saint helens — a city in Merseyside, in NW England, near Liverpool.
  • saint helier — a British island in the English Channel: the largest of the Channel Islands. 44 sq. mi. (116 sq. km). Capital: St. Helier.
  • saint phalle — Niki de [nik-ee duh;; French nee-kee duh] /ˈnɪk i də;; French niˈki də/ (Show IPA), 1930–2002, French sculptor and painter.
  • saint-mihiel — a town in NE France, on the Meuse River, NW of Nancy: captured by American forces 1918.
  • salesmanship — the technique of selling a product: They used a promotional gimmick that was the last word in salesmanship.
  • sandy blight — trachoma.
  • scalding hot — that scalds; burning; too hot
  • schappe silk — a yarn or fabric of or similar to spun silk.
  • scheme-linda — A Scheme interface to Linda written by Ulf Dahlen of University of Edinburgh in 1990. It runs on the Computing Surface and the Symmetry.
  • schiaparelli — Elsa [el-sah] /ˈɛl sɑ/ (Show IPA), 1890–1973, French fashion designer, born in Italy.
  • schistosomal — relating to or characteristic of a schistosome or member of the genus Schistosoma
  • scopophiliac — the obtaining of sexual pleasure by looking at nude bodies, erotic photographs, etc.
  • scoptophilia — the obtaining of sexual pleasure by looking at nude bodies, erotic photographs, etc.
  • scratch file — A scratch file is a temporary computer file which you use as a work area or as a store while a program is operating.
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