12-letter words containing s, h, o, g
- spotlighting — a strong, focused light thrown upon a particular spot, as on a small area of a stage or in a television studio, for making some object, person, or group especially conspicuous.
- st. gotthard — a mountain range in S Switzerland; a part of the Alps; highest peak, 10,490 feet (3195 meters).
- stabilograph — an instrument for measuring body sway.
- steganograph — a piece of coded writing; cipher
- stegophilist — a person who enjoys climbing up the outside of buildings
- stenographer — a person who specializes in taking dictation in shorthand.
- stenographic — the art of writing in shorthand.
- stenophagous — (of an animal) feeding on a limited variety of foods (opposed to euryphagous).
- stereography — the art of delineating the forms of solid bodies on a plane.
- stoichiology — the branch of biology concerned with the study of the cellular components of animal tissues
- store-bought — commercially made rather than homemade.
- straight off — without a bend, angle, or curve; not curved; direct: a straight path.
- straight out — thoroughgoing: a straight-out Democrat.
- straight-out — without a bend, angle, or curve; not curved; direct: a straight path.
- stranglehold — Wrestling. an illegal hold by which an opponent's breath is choked off.
- stringholder — an oblong piece of wood at the lower end of the body of a viol or other stringed instrument to which the strings are attached.
- strobe light — a device for studying the motion of a body, especially a body in rapid revolution or vibration, by making the motion appear to slow down or stop, as by periodically illuminating the body or viewing it through widely spaced openings in a revolving disk.
- strobe-light — a device for studying the motion of a body, especially a body in rapid revolution or vibration, by making the motion appear to slow down or stop, as by periodically illuminating the body or viewing it through widely spaced openings in a revolving disk.
- stylographic — of or relating to a stylograph.
- 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 hoppings — an annual fair in Newcastle
- theologaster — a person who pretends to be a theologian; a shallow or quack theologian
- thoroughness — executed without negligence or omissions: a thorough search.
- through bass — figured bass.
- through-sung — sung throughout, with no spoken dialogue
- to fight shy — If you fight shy of something, you try very hard to avoid it.
- to sit tight — If you sit tight, you remain in the same place or situation and do not take any action, usually because you are waiting for something to happen.
- to the gills — the respiratory organ of aquatic animals, as fish, that breathe oxygen dissolved in water.
- togetherness — warm fellowship, as among members of a family.
- tooth fungus — any of various mushrooms of the family Hydnaceae (and, in some classifications, allied families), having on the underside of the cap numerous conical spines rather than gills or pores.
- 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.
- trichologist — the science dealing with the study of the hair and its diseases.
- typographist — a person skilled in the art of typography
- ufo sighting — the sighting of a UFO
- unnourishing — not providing nourishment
- waking hours — Your waking hours are the times when you are awake rather than asleep.
- walking shoe — a sturdy comfortable shoe worn by hillwalkers, etc
- walkthroughs — Plural form of walkthrough.
- warning shot — gunshot fired into the air
- washing soda — sodium carbonate (def 2).
- washingtonia — either of two fan palm species from the genus Washingtonia
- west chicago — a town in NE Illinois.
- westinghouse — George, 1846–1914, U.S. inventor and manufacturer.
- whoremongers — Plural form of whoremonger.
- wigglesworth — Michael, 1631–1705, U.S. theologian and author, born in England.