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12-letter words containing s, h, i, t, o, n

  • synchro unit — a type of alternating-current motor designed to maintain continuously, at some remote location, the same rotational angle that may be imposed by force upon the electrically connected rotating element of a similar motor.
  • synchroneity — the state of being synchronous; synchronism.
  • talking shop — If you say that a conference or a committee is just a talking shop, you disapprove of it because nothing is achieved as a result of what is discussed.
  • 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.
  • teleshopping — electronic shopping via videotex or other interactive information service.
  • the brownies — (in the US) the junior division of the Girl Scouts, usually for girls six to eight years old
  • the hoppings — an annual fair in Newcastle
  • the lothians — three historic counties of SE central Scotland (now council areas): East Lothian, West Lothian, and Midlothian (including Edinburgh)
  • the passions — feeling, as opposed to reason
  • the pointers — the two brightest stars in the Plough (Dubhe and Merak), which lie in the direction pointing towards the Pole Star and are therefore used to locate it
  • the scorpion — the constellation Scorpio, the eighth sign of the zodiac
  • the-pioneers — a historical novel (1823) by James Fenimore Cooper.
  • theocentrism — having God as the focal point of thoughts, interests, and feelings: theocentric philosophy.
  • thermosiphon — an arrangement of siphon tubes that enables water in a heating apparatus to circulate by means of convection.
  • thessalonian — of or relating to Thessalonike or its inhabitants.
  • thessalonica — official name of Salonika.
  • thessalonike — official name of Salonika.
  • thessaloníki — official name of Salonika.
  • thioarsenate — any of a group of chemical compounds considered salts of the thioarsenic acids
  • thioarsenite — any of a group of chemical compounds considered salts of the thioarsenious acids
  • thiosinamine — a white, crystalline, water-soluble, bitter-tasting powder, C 4 H 8 N 2 S, occurring in mustard oil: used chiefly in organic synthesis.
  • third person — the grammatical person used by the speaker of an utterance in referring to anyone or anything other than the speaker or the one (third person singular) or ones (third person plural) being addressed.
  • thomas paine — Albert Bigelow [big-uh-loh] /ˈbɪg əˌloʊ/ (Show IPA), 1861–1937, U.S. author and editor.
  • to the nines — to perfection
  • topstitching — decorative stitching, usually near and parallel to a seam, sewn so as to be visible on the right side of a garment, shoe, belt, etc.
  • torch singer — a singer, especially a woman, who specializes in singing torch songs.
  • trapshooting — the sport of shooting at clay pigeons hurled into the air from a trap.
  • ufo sighting — the sighting of a UFO
  • uncoquettish — not flirtatious
  • unhistorical — of, pertaining to, treating, or characteristic of history or past events: historical records; historical research.
  • unhospitable — not hospitable
  • unworthiness — not worthy; lacking worth or excellence.
  • viscountship — the position of being a viscount
  • vision cloth — a curtain with an inset scrim behind which a lighted scene appears, as a vision, dream, or the like.
  • von stroheim — Erich [er-ik;; German ey-rikh] /ˈɛr ɪk;; German ˈeɪ rɪx/ (Show IPA), 1885–1957, U.S. actor and director, born in Austria.
  • warning shot — gunshot fired into the air
  • washfountain — a large, usually circular wash basin, as in an industrial plant, in which a spray of water activated by foot pedal allows several workers to wash simultaneously.
  • washingtonia — either of two fan palm species from the genus Washingtonia
  • west lothian — a historic county in S Scotland.
  • westinghouse — George, 1846–1914, U.S. inventor and manufacturer.
  • white salmon — the yellowtail, Seriola lalandei.
  • wigtownshire — a historic county in SW Scotland.
  • wilton house — a mansion in Wilton in Wiltshire: built for the 1st Earl of Pembroke in the 16th century; rebuilt after a fire in 1647 by Inigo Jones and John Webb; altered in the 19th century by James Wyatt; landscaped grounds include a famous Palladian bridge
  • withholdings — Plural form of withholding.
  • wordsmithing — Present participle of wordsmith.
  • zymotechnics — the art of managing the fermentation process
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