12-letter words containing s, h, t, g
- sponge cloth — any cloth loosely woven of coarse yarn to produce a spongy look or texture, especially one constructed in honeycomb weave.
- sportfishing — fishing with a rod and reel for sport, especially for saltwater sport fish from a motorboat.
- 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.
- sprightfully — in a sprightful manner
- spring catch — a catch for an interior or cabinet door that has a bolt operated by a spring.
- 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.
- 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.
- stag hunting — the act of hunting or chasing and killing stags
- stage fright — nervousness felt by a performer or speaker when appearing before an audience.
- stagger head — dropline.
- starry night — a painting (1889) by Vincent van Gogh.
- 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).
- stepdaughter — a daughter of one's husband or wife by a previous marriage.
- stereography — the art of delineating the forms of solid bodies on a plane.
- stick-tights — any of several composite plants of the genus Bidens, having barbed achenes that adhere to clothing or fur.
- stinking ash — hoptree.
- stoichiology — the branch of biology concerned with the study of the cellular components of animal tissues
- store-bought — commercially made rather than homemade.
- straight bat — a bat held vertically
- straight man — an entertainer who plays the part of a foil for a comic partner.
- straight off — without a bend, angle, or curve; not curved; direct: a straight path.
- straight out — thoroughgoing: a straight-out Democrat.
- straight pin — pin (sense 2)
- straight-arm — Football. to push (a potential tackler) away by holding the arm out straight; stiff-arm.
- straight-out — without a bend, angle, or curve; not curved; direct: a straight path.
- straightaway — straight onward, without turn or curve, as a racecourse.
- straightbred — (of animals) purebred; having parents of the same breed
- straightedge — a bar or strip of wood, plastic, or metal having at least one long edge of sufficiently reliable straightness for use in drawing or testing straight lines, plane surfaces, etc.
- straightneck — a variety of summer squash related to the crookneck but not having a recurved neck.
- straightness — without a bend, angle, or curve; not curved; direct: a straight path.
- straightways — in a direct course
- stranglehold — Wrestling. an illegal hold by which an opponent's breath is choked off.
- stratigraphy — a branch of geology dealing with the classification, nomenclature, correlation, and interpretation of stratified rocks.
- strengthened — to make stronger; give strength to.
- strengthener — to make stronger; give strength to.
- strengthless — lacking strength.
- stringhalted — afflicted with stringhalt
- 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.
- summerweight — (of clothes) suitable in weight for wear in the summer; relatively light
- superheating — Superheating of steam is raising its temperature to well above boiling point.
- switch grass — a North American grass, Panicum virgatum, having an open, branching inflorescence.
- sympathizing — to be in sympathy or agreement of feeling; share in a feeling (often followed by with).