12-letter words containing s, i, g, h, t, e
- long-sighted — farsighted; hypermetropic.
- mastigophore — Any flagellate of the phylum Mastigophora.
- meetinghouse — A Quaker place of worship.
- metaphrasing — Present participle of metaphrase.
- methysergide — an ergot alkaloid derivative, C 2 1 H 2 7 N 3 O 2 , used in the prophylaxis and treatment of migraine and cluster headaches.
- moeso-gothic — of the Moeso-Goths, their extinct East Germanic language, or their culture
- mythogenesis — the creation and development of myths
- mythologizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mythologize.
- near-sighted — seeing distinctly at a short distance only; myopic.
- nephrologist — A physician whose speciality is nephrology.
- night person — a person who prefers to stay up late or who functions best during the nighttime hours.
- night sweats — heavy sweating during sleep, especially as a symptom of certain diseases, as tuberculosis.
- nightclothes — Clothes worn to bed.
- nightdresses — Plural form of nightdress.
- nightingales — Plural form of nightingale.
- oesophagitis — Alternative spelling of esophagitis.
- oligochaetes — Plural form of oligochaete.
- or something — You use something in expressions such as 'or something' and 'or something like that' to indicate that you are referring to something similar to what you have just mentioned but you are not being exact.
- orthogenesis — Biology. Also called orthoselection. evolution of a species proceeding by continuous structural changes in a single lineage without presenting a branching pattern of descent. a theory that the evolution of a species in a continuous, nonbranching manner is due to a predetermined series of alterations intrinsic to the species and not subject to natural selection.
- pathogenesis — the production and development of disease.
- photosetting — photocompose.
- phrenologist — a psychological theory or analytical method based on the belief that certain mental faculties and character traits are indicated by the configurations of the skull.
- phytogenesis — the origin and development of plants.
- pigeon-chest — chicken breast.
- potting shed — A potting shed is a small building in a garden, in which you can keep things such as seeds or garden tools.
- psephologist — A psephologist studies how people vote in elections.
- red goatfish — a goatfish, Mullus auratus.
- ride shotgun — a smoothbore gun for firing small shots to kill birds and small quadrupeds, though often used with buckshot to kill larger animals.
- rights issue — Finance; offering of new shares to existing holders
- second sight — the faculty of seeing future events; clairvoyance.
- see daylight — the light of day: At the end of the tunnel they could see daylight.
- self-heating — the state of a body perceived as having or generating a relatively high degree of warmth.
- sergeantfish — the cobia, Rachycentron canadum.
- set straight — to give the correct facts to; inform properly
- shortsighted — unable to see far; nearsighted; myopic.
- sight screen — a white screen set in line with the wicket as an aid to the batsman in seeing the ball when it is bowled.
- sight unseen — the power or faculty of seeing; perception of objects by use of the eyes; vision.
- sightseeings — the act of visiting and seeing places and objects of interest.
- silhouetting — a two-dimensional representation of the outline of an object, as a cutout or configurational drawing, uniformly filled in with black, especially a black-paper, miniature cutout of the outlines of a person's face in profile.
- sixth-grader — a pupil in their sixth US school year after kindergarten, who is usually around 11 or 12 years old
- sixty-eighth — next after the sixty-seventh; being the ordinal number for 68.
- skirt length — the length of someone's skirt
- slant height — (of a right circular cone) the distance from the vertex to any point on the circumference of the base.
- smotheringly — in a smothering manner
- smyth sewing — a method of sewing together folded, gathered, and collated signatures with a single thread sewn through the folds of individual signatures.
- space flight — journey into outer space
- 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.
- stage fright — nervousness felt by a performer or speaker when appearing before an audience.
- stegophilist — a person who enjoys climbing up the outside of buildings
- stenographic — the art of writing in shorthand.