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12-letter words containing s, h

  • frost hollow — a depression in a hilly area in which cold air collects, becoming very cold at night
  • fulton sheen — Fulton (John) 1895–1979, U.S. Roman Catholic clergyman, writer, and teacher.
  • furnishments — Plural form of furnishment.
  • future shock — physical and psychological disturbance caused by a person's inability to cope with very rapid social and technological change.
  • gainsborough — Thomas, 1727–88, English painter.
  • gaithersburg — a town in central Maryland.
  • galahad, sir — Sir Arthurian Romance. the noblest and purest knight of the Round Table, son of Lancelot and Elaine: gained the Holy Grail.
  • galanty show — pantomime shadow play
  • galusha grow — Galusha Aaron [guh-loo-shuh] /gəˈlu ʃə/ (Show IPA), 1822–1907, U.S. political leader: Speaker of the House 1861–63.
  • gamesmanship — the use of methods, especially in a sports contest, that are dubious or seemingly improper but not strictly illegal.
  • gametophores — Plural form of gametophore.
  • gametophytes — Plural form of gametophyte.
  • gamophyllous — having leaves united by their edges.
  • garnisheeing — Present participle of garnishee.
  • garnishments — Plural form of garnishment.
  • gastightness — the state or quality of being gastight
  • gate-crasher — a person who attends or enters a social function without an invitation, a theater without a ticket, etc.
  • gatecrashers — Plural form of gatecrasher.
  • gatecrashing — Present participle of gatecrash.
  • gazetteerish — in the style of a gazetteer
  • gefilte fish — a forcemeat of boned fish, especially such freshwater fish as carp, pike, or whitefish, blended with eggs, matzo meal, and seasoning, shaped into balls or sticks and simmered in a vegetable broth, and often served chilled.
  • gemeinschaft — an association of individuals having sentiments, tastes, and attitudes in common; fellowship.
  • general shop — a shop that sells various types of goods
  • generalships — Plural form of generalship.
  • genghis khan — 1162–1227, Mongol conqueror of most of Asia and of E Europe to the Dnieper River.
  • geochemistry — the science dealing with the chemical changes in and the composition of the earth's crust.
  • geomechanics — the study and application of rock and soil mechanics
  • geophysicist — the branch of geology that deals with the physics of the earth and its atmosphere, including oceanography, seismology, volcanology, and geomagnetism.
  • german sixth — (in musical harmony) an augmented sixth chord having a major third and a perfect fifth between the root and the augmented sixth
  • gesellschaft — an association of individuals for common goals, as for entertainment, intellectual, or cultural purposes or for business reasons.
  • get the sack — be dismissed from job
  • ghost estate — (esp in Ireland) a housing estate built during an economic boom but unfinished or unoccupied during a recession
  • ghost shrimp — a shrimplike crustacean of the genus Callianassa, of the Pacific coast of North America, having a pinkish, transparent body.
  • ghost writer — a person who writes one or numerous speeches, books, articles, etc., for another person who is named as or presumed to be the author.
  • ghostbusters — Plural form of ghostbuster.
  • ghostwriters — Plural form of ghostwriter.
  • ghostwritten — Written by a ghostwriter.
  • ghoulishness — The quality of being ghoulish.
  • give sb hell — If you say that something is giving you hell, you are emphasizing that it is causing you a lot of trouble or pain.
  • gizzard shad — a silvery herring, Dorosoma cepedianum, of eastern and central U.S. waters, that has a gizzardlike stomach.
  • glassyheaded — smooth; bald
  • glatt kosher — prepared for eating according to the dietary laws followed by Hasidic Jews, which differ somewhat from those followed by other observers of kashruth: glatt kosher meat.
  • gloss finish — a reflective or shiny surface, usually on a photograph but also sometimes on metal, paper, paint, etc
  • glossography — a glossator.
  • glossophobia — The fear of public speaking.
  • gnatcatchers — Plural form of gnatcatcher.
  • gnathostomes — Plural form of gnathostome.
  • gobind singh — 1666–1708, tenth and last guru of the Sikhs (1675–1708): assassinated
  • goddaughters — Plural form of goddaughter.
  • golden share — a share in a company that controls at least 51% of the voting rights, esp one retained by the UK government in some privatization issues
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