12-letter words containing s, h, i, v
- inexhaustive — not exhaustive; not thorough
- introvertish — Introverted.
- javelin fish — a fish of the genus Pomadasys of semitropical Australian seas with a long spine on its anal fin
- liverishness — Quality of being liverish.
- misbehaviour — (British) alternative spelling of misbehavior.
- mischievious — Misconstruction of mischievous.
- nail varnish — nail polish.
- night vision — ability to see at night or in a dim light.
- non-cohesive — characterized by or causing cohesion: a cohesive agent.
- nonvanishing — (mathematics) (of a quantity) that is nonzero at all points in a space.
- observership — someone or something that observes.
- overemphasis — excessive or undue emphasis.
- overfinished — having an excessively polished finish
- overflourish — to flourish excessively
- overlordship — a person who is lord over another or over other lords: to obey the will of one's sovereign and overlord.
- overshipment — an act or instance of shipping freight or cargo.
- psychoactive — of or relating to a substance having a profound or significant effect on mental processes: a psychoactive drug.
- receivership — the condition of being in the hands of a receiver.
- reprehensive — the act of reprehending; reproof; censure.
- rostropovich — Mstislav (Leopoldovich) [mis-tuh-slahv lee-uh-pohl-duh-vich;; Russian mstyi-slahf lyi-uh-pawl-duh-vyich] /ˈmɪs təˌslɑv ˌli əˈpoʊl də vɪtʃ;; Russian mstyɪˈslɑf lyɪ əˈpɔl də vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1927–2007, Soviet cellist and conductor (husband of Galina Vishnevskaya).
- schererville — a town in NW Indiana.
- scheveningen — a town in the W Netherlands, near The Hague: seaside resort.
- serving dish — a dish in which food is presented or served, esp before being shared into individual portions
- servitorship — the office or position of a servitor; the condition of being a servitor
- shaving foam — lather used for shaving
- shaving soap — a special soap for lathering the face to soften and condition the beard for shaving, capable of producing a thick lather due to its high fat content and low alkalinity.
- shirt-sleeve — not wearing a jacket; informally dressed: a shirt-sleeve mob.
- shirtsleeved — not wearing a jacket or coat
- shiva-shakti — the Godhead, of which the masculine, passive, transcendent, eternal principle is Shiva, and the feminine, active, immanent, temporal principle is Shakti, the Divine Mother.
- shostakovich — Dimitri Dimitrievich [dih-mee-tree di-mee-tree-uh-vich;; Russian dmyee-tryee dmyee-tryi-yi-vyich] /dɪˈmi tri dɪˈmi tri ə vɪtʃ;; Russian ˈdmyi tryi ˈdmyi tryɪ yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1906–75, Russian composer.
- silver birch — tree with silvery-white bark
- silver perch — Also called mademoiselle. Ichthyology. a drum, Bairdiella chrysoura, of southern U.S. waters.
- sivapithecus — a genus of extinct Miocene primates of Asia that resemble the modern orangutan.
- skivvy-shirt — Also called skivvy shirt. a man's cotton T-shirt.
- spar varnish — a durable, weather-resistant varnish applied to unpainted wooden areas, especially on ships.
- spring vetch — any of several mostly climbing plants belonging to the genus Vicia, of the legume family, having pinnate leaves ending in tendrils and bearing pealike flowers, especially V. sativa (spring vetch) cultivated for forage and soil improvement.
- stakhanovism — a method for increasing production by rewarding individual initiative, developed in the Soviet Union in 1935.
- stakhanovite — a worker in the Soviet Union who regularly surpassed production quotas and was specially honored and rewarded.
- stephen viii — died a.d. 942, pope 939–942.
- stephenville — a town in central Texas.
- survivorship — the state of being a survivor.
- swivel chair — a chair whose seat turns around horizontally on a swivel.
- thames river — a river in S England, flowing E through London to the North Sea. 209 miles (336 km) long.
- thanksgiving — the act of giving thanks; grateful acknowledgment of benefits or favors, especially to God.
- the services — the armed forces
- thirty-seven — a cardinal number, 30 plus 7.
- three rivers — a city in S Quebec, in SE Canada, on the St. Lawrence.
- thrivingness — the state or condition of thriving, flourishing, prospering or growing
- tschaikovsky — Peter Ilyich [il-yich] /ˈɪl yɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich.
- tsesarevitch — (in Russian history) the eldest son of a tsar or his heir apparent