12-letter words containing s, h, u, e, r
- synantherous — with united anthers
- tech support — an advising and troubleshooting service provided by a manufacturer, typically a software or hardware developer, to its customers, often online or on the telephone.
- telanthropus — a genus of fossil hominids, known from two fragmentary lower jaws found in the region of Swartkrans, near Johannesburg, South Africa.
- the bosporus — a strait between European and Asian Turkey, linking the Black Sea and the Sea of Marmara
- the hundreds — the numbers 100 to 109
- the jurassic — the Jurassic period or rock system
- the pictures — a cinema or film show
- the populars — cheap newspapers with mass circulation; the popular press
- the shudders — a feeling of horror, repugnance, etc.
- the silurian — the Silurian period or rock system
- the struggle — the radical and armed opposition to apartheid, esp by the military wings of the ANC and the PAC
- the troubles — political unrest or public disturbances
- theophrastus — 372?–287 b.c, Greek philosopher.
- therapeutics — a therapeutic substance.
- therapeutist — a person trained in the use of physical methods, as exercises, heat treatments, etc., in treating or rehabilitating the sick or wounded or helping patients overcome physical defects.
- thoroughness — executed without negligence or omissions: a thorough search.
- three-square — having an equilateral triangular cross section, as certain files.
- three-suiter — a man's suitcase or garment bag of a size to hold three suits.
- thrust stage — a stage that extends beyond the proscenium arch and is usually surrounded on three sides by seats.
- thumb-sucker — a person who habitually sucks a thumb.
- thunderflash — a pyrotechnic device which is noisy, but not dangerous, and which is used in military exercises
- thunderstick — bull-roarer.
- thunderstone — any of various stones or fossils formerly thought to be fallen thunderbolts.
- thunderstorm — a transient storm of lightning and thunder, usually with rain and gusty winds, sometimes with hail or snow, produced by cumulonimbus clouds.
- touch screen — a touch-sensitive display screen on a computer or other electronic device: touching different portions of the screen with a finger or stylus will cause the device to take actions determined by a computer program.
- touch-screen — using touch-sensitive screen
- tourist home — a private home with rooms for rent, usually for one night, to tourists, travelers, etc.
- trachypterus — a dealfish or ribbonfish
- transhumance — the seasonal migration of livestock, and the people who tend them, between lowlands and adjacent mountains.
- triadelphous — (of stamens) united by the filaments into three sets or bundles.
- tricephalous — with three heads
- troubleshoot — to act or be employed as a troubleshooter: She troubleshoots for a large industrial firm.
- truthfulness — telling the truth, especially habitually: a truthful person.
- turkey shoot — a marksmanship contest, usually at a festive gathering, in which rifles are fired at moving targets, originally live turkeys.
- turkey-shoot — a marksmanship contest, usually at a festive gathering, in which rifles are fired at moving targets, originally live turkeys.
- typhus-fever — an acute, infectious disease caused by several species of Rickettsia, transmitted by lice and fleas, and characterized by acute prostration, headache, and a peculiar eruption of reddish spots on the body.
- ubermenschen — superman (def 2).
- un-furbished — to restore to freshness of appearance or good condition (often followed by up): to furbish a run-down neighborhood; to furbish up one's command of a foreign language.
- unbesmirched — to soil; tarnish; discolor.
- unchristened — not christened
- underclothes — clothes worn under outer clothes.
- undernourish — to deprive of or fail to provide with nutrients essential for health and growth
- undersheriff — a sheriff's deputy, especially one on whom the sheriff's duties devolve when the office is vacant.
- undershirted — wearing an undershirt
- undischarged — gun: not let off
- unfranchised — a privilege of a public nature conferred on an individual, group, or company by a government: a franchise to operate a bus system.
- unhydrolysed — not having undergone hydrolysis
- unhysterical — not showing or suggesting any hysteria; controlled; sensible; calm;
- unmarshalled — a military officer of the highest rank, as in the French and some other armies. Compare field marshal.
- unnewsworthy — (of a story or incident) not important or significant enough to be considered news