12-letter words containing s, h, i, l, a
- scratch line — a line that marks the start of a race.
- scratchbuild — to build a scale model of something from scratch, that is, from raw materials like wood, clay or paper
- scratchbuilt — describing something which has been constructed by scratchbuilding
- scratchingly — in a scratching manner, with a scratching action
- scrophularia — a member of a genus of flowering plants which have a square stem and are known as figworts
- see daylight — the light of day: At the end of the tunnel they could see daylight.
- 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.
- seraphically — of, like, or befitting a seraph.
- share-milker — (in New Zealand) a person who lives on a dairy farm milking the owner's herd for an agreed share of the profits and, usually, building his own herd simultaneously
- shareability — the state or property of being able to be shared
- 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.
- shield match — a cricket match for the Sheffield Shield
- shillyshally — to show indecision or hesitation; be irresolute; vacillate.
- shirt-tailed — (of a garment) having a shirt-tail
- shoot a line — to try to create a false image, as by boasting or exaggerating
- shrimp plant — a small, sprawling shrub, Justicia brandegeana (or Beloperone guttata), of the acanthus family, native to Mexico, having small white flowers protruding from a series of overlapping reddish bracts and often cultivated as a houseplant.
- simian shelf — a shelflike thickening along the inside of the mandible, characteristic of the anthropoid apes.
- single-phase — noting or pertaining to a circuit having an alternating current with one phase or with phases differing by 180°.
- slab dashing — the act or process of covering an exterior wall with roughcast.
- slant height — (of a right circular cone) the distance from the vertex to any point on the circumference of the base.
- slap dashing — slab dashing.
- slipper bath — a bath in the shape of a slipper, with a covered end
- slot machine — a gambling machine operated by inserting coins into a slot and pulling a handle that activates a set of spinning symbols on wheels, the final alignment of which determines the payoff that is released into a receptacle at the bottom.
- smallholding — a piece of land rented or sold to a farmer by county authorities for purposes of cultivation.
- smith island — a group of islands in S Maryland and N Virginia, in Chesapeake Bay.
- solway firth — an arm of the Irish Sea between SW Scotland and NW England. 38 miles (61 km) long.
- sophomorical — characteristic of a sophomore
- south island — the largest island of New Zealand. 58,093 sq. mi. (150,460 sq. km).
- space flight — journey into outer space
- spanish heel — a high, curved heel with a straight heel breast, used on women's shoes.
- spasmophilia — a condition in which only moderate mechanical or electrical stimulation produces spasms, convulsions, or tetany.
- spasmophilic — of or noting spasmophilia.
- sphacelation — the process of mortification
- sphericality — the state of being a sphere
- sphincterial — relating to a sphincter
- spirochaetal — resulting from spirochaetes
- stabilograph — an instrument for measuring body sway.
- star thistle — any of several naturalized Eurasian plants of the genus Centaurea, especially C. calcitrapa, having purplish, spiny flower heads.
- stealthiness — done, characterized, or acting by stealth; furtive: stealthy footsteps.
- stickhandler — a hockey or lacrosse player, esp. one who is talented at stickhandling.
- stringhalted — afflicted with stringhalt
- strophiolate — having a strophiole
- stylographic — of or relating to a stylograph.
- sulphadoxine — an antibiotic drug of the sulphonamide group, commonly used in combination with pyrimethamine to treat malaria, and in combination with various drugs to treat certain infections
- sulphonamide — any of a class of organic compounds that are amides of sulphonic acids containing the group –SO2NH2 or a group derived from this. An important class of sulphonamides are the sulfa drugs
- sulphonation — the action or process of converting or being converted into a sulphonate
- sunshine law — a law requiring a government agency to open its official meetings and records to the general public.
- superhelical — of, relating to, or consisting of a superhelix