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12-letter words containing s, h, o, a, l, n

  • open slather — to spread or apply thickly: to slather butter on toast.
  • outlandishly — In an outlandish manner.
  • penalty shot — a free shot at the goal defended only by the goalkeeper, awarded to an offensive player for certain defensive violations.
  • phalaenopsis — any of various epiphytic orchids of the genus Phalaenopsis, native to tropical Asia, having clusters of showy, variously colored flowers.
  • photoanalyst — a person who analyzes and interprets photographs, especially a military specialist in aerial or satellite photography.
  • plainclothes — Plainclothes police officers wear ordinary clothes instead of a police uniform.
  • pollyannaish — an excessively or blindly optimistic person.
  • prehensorial — relating to a part that grasps
  • relationship — a connection, association, or involvement.
  • rhode island — US state
  • scalding hot — that scalds; burning; too hot
  • school prawn — a common olive-green prawn, Metapenaeus macleayi
  • selenography — the branch of astronomy that deals with the charting of the moon's surface.
  • shareholding — a holder or owner of shares, especially in a company or corporation.
  • shawl tongue — kiltie (def 3).
  • shoot a line — to try to create a false image, as by boasting or exaggerating
  • shot on goal — a shot that enters the goal or would have entered the goal if it had not been blocked by the goalkeeper or another defensive player.
  • 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.
  • snaggletooth — a tooth growing out beyond or apart from others.
  • snatch block — a fairlead having the form of a block that can be opened to receive the bight of a rope at any point along its length.
  • south island — the largest island of New Zealand. 58,093 sq. mi. (150,460 sq. km).
  • sphacelation — the process of mortification
  • stenothermal — (of animals or plants) able to exist only within a narrow range of temperature
  • stranglehold — Wrestling. an illegal hold by which an opponent's breath is choked off.
  • 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
  • synchroflash — of or relating to photography employing a device that synchronizes the photoflash with the shutter.
  • synchronical — happening at the same time
  • 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.
  • telanthropus — a genus of fossil hominids, known from two fragmentary lower jaws found in the region of Swartkrans, near Johannesburg, South Africa.
  • thanks a lot — thank you
  • the lothians — three historic counties of SE central Scotland (now council areas): East Lothian, West Lothian, and Midlothian (including Edinburgh)
  • the lowlands — a low generally flat region of central Scotland, around the Forth and Clyde valleys, separating the Southern Uplands from the Highlands
  • the saltsjön — an inlet of the Baltic Sea in Sweden
  • thessalonian — of or relating to Thessalonike or its inhabitants.
  • thessalonica — official name of Salonika.
  • thessalonike — official name of Salonika.
  • thessaloníki — official name of Salonika.
  • thousandfold — having a thousand elements or parts.
  • unchivalrous — having the qualities of chivalry, as courage, courtesy, and loyalty.
  • unhandsomely — unattractively
  • unhistorical — of, pertaining to, treating, or characteristic of history or past events: historical records; historical research.
  • unhospitable — not hospitable
  • unpolishable — incapable of being made smooth or shiny
  • unshadowable — not able to be shadowed
  • volcanic ash — ash1 (def 2).
  • walking shoe — a sturdy comfortable shoe worn by hillwalkers, etc
  • west lothian — a historic county in S Scotland.
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