12-letter words containing s, m, o, t, h
- saint thomas — Saint Thomas ("the Angelic Doctor") 1225?–74, Italian scholastic philosopher: a major theologian of the Roman Catholic Church.
- saprophytism — living and feeding on dead organic matter
- satin-smooth — pleasantly soft and smooth, like satin
- schistosomal — relating to or characteristic of a schistosome or member of the genus Schistosoma
- schizomycete — any of numerous microorganisms of the subkingdom (or phylum) Schizophyta, kingdom Monera, comprising the bacteria.
- schizothymia — the condition of being schizoid or introverted. It encompasses elements of schizophrenia but does not involve the same depth of psychological disturbance
- schoolmaster — a man who presides over or teaches in a school.
- scotch broom — the broom, Cytisus scoparius.
- semi-monthly — made, occurring, done, or published twice a month.
- shittim wood — the wood, probably acacia, of which the ark of the covenant and various parts of the tabernacle were made. Ex. 25, 26.
- shoot-'em-up — a motion-picture or television program that emphasizes gunplay, action, and often violence.
- short column — a column whose relative dimensions ensure that when it is overloaded it fails by crushing, rather than buckling
- shortcomings — a failure, defect, or deficiency in conduct, condition, thought, ability, etc.: a social shortcoming; a shortcoming of his philosophy.
- simhat torah — a Jewish festival, celebrated on the 23d day of Tishri, that marks the end of the annual cycle of Torah readings and the beginning of the next cycle
- sixth column — the persons residing in a country at war who are devoted to aiding the fifth column in its activities, especially by lowering morale, spreading rumors, etc.
- sixth former — student: 16-18
- slot machine — a gambling machine operated by inserting coins into a slot and pulling a handle that activates a set of spinning symbols on wheels, the final alignment of which determines the payoff that is released into a receptacle at the bottom.
- smallclothes — men's close-fitting knee breeches of the 18th and 19th centuries
- smart growth — People such as architects and environmentalists use smart growth to refer to the construction of new buildings and roads within a town or city so that they are close to people's workplaces and mass transit systems and so that open spaces are not built on.
- smooth hound — a smooth dogfish, especially Mustelus mustelus, inhabiting waters along the coast of Europe.
- smooth snake — any of several slender nonvenomous colubrid snakes of the European genus Coronella, esp C. austriaca, having very smooth scales and a reddish-brown coloration
- smooth sumac — a shrub or small tree, Rhus glabra, of the cashew family, native to North America, having pinnate leaves and green flowers in a dense terminal cluster.
- smooth-faced — beardless; smooth-shaven.
- smother-love — a relationship between a parent and child in which the parent is over-protective to the extent that the child's normal psychological development is inhibited
- smotheriness — the condition or state of smothering
- smotheringly — in a smothering manner
- sodium light — the light produced by a sodium lamp
- somaesthesia — sensory perception of bodily feelings like touch, pain, position of the limbs, etc
- southernmost — farthest south.
- spermophytic — able to produce seed
- sphygmometer — a device which measures the rate of the pulse
- stakhanovism — a method for increasing production by rewarding individual initiative, developed in the Soviet Union in 1935.
- starter home — A starter home is a small, new house or flat which is cheap enough for people who are buying their first home to afford.
- stately home — a country mansion, usually of architectural interest and often open to the public.
- stay-at-home — not inclined to travel or seek diversions or pastimes outside one's residence, area, or country.
- steam shovel — a machine for digging or excavating, operated by its own engine and boiler.
- steam-shovel — a machine for digging or excavating, operated by its own engine and boiler.
- stenothermal — (of animals or plants) able to exist only within a narrow range of temperature
- stepmotherly — related to or having the characteristics of a stepmother
- stereochrome — a picture produced by a process in which water glass is used as a vehicle or as a preservative coating.
- stereochromy — the stereochrome process.
- stichomythia — dramatic dialogue, as in a Greek play, characterized by brief exchanges between two characters, each of whom usually speaks in one line of verse during a scene of intense emotion or strong argumentation.
- stichomythic — dramatic dialogue, as in a Greek play, characterized by brief exchanges between two characters, each of whom usually speaks in one line of verse during a scene of intense emotion or strong argumentation.
- stomach ache — pain in gut
- stomach pump — a suction pump for removing the contents of the stomach, used especially in cases of poisoning.
- stomach worm — a nematode, Haemonchus contortus, parasitic in the stomach of sheep, cattle, and related animals.
- storm-lashed — badly affected by storms
- stretch limo — A stretch limo is a very long and luxurious car in which a rich, famous, or important person is driven somewhere.
- super-smooth — dead-smooth.
- sycophantism — a self-seeking, servile flatterer; fawning parasite.