12-letter words containing s, o, r, t, u, h
- southeastern — from the south east
- southernmost — farthest south.
- southernness — the state of being southern
- southernwood — a woody-stemmed wormwood, Artemisia abrotanum, of southern Europe, having aromatic, finely dissected leaves.
- southwestern — the point or direction midway between south and west. Abbreviation: SW.
- squash court — an enclosed court used in the game of squash
- store-bought — commercially made rather than homemade.
- storey house — (in W Africa) a house having more than one storey
- stouthearted — brave and resolute; dauntless.
- straight out — thoroughgoing: a straight-out Democrat.
- straight-out — without a bend, angle, or curve; not curved; direct: a straight path.
- strophanthus — any of various shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Strophanthus, of the dogbane family, chiefly of tropical Africa.
- subthreshold — (of a stimulus) too weak to produce a response.
- super-smooth — dead-smooth.
- support hose — elastic stockings worn to reduce pressure on the veins of the leg, esp for people with varicose veins
- synantherous — with united anthers
- synchro unit — a type of alternating-current motor designed to maintain continuously, at some remote location, the same rotational angle that may be imposed by force upon the electrically connected rotating element of a similar motor.
- 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 populars — cheap newspapers with mass circulation; the popular press
- the troubles — political unrest or public disturbances
- theophrastus — 372?–287 b.c, Greek philosopher.
- thiosulfuric — of or derived from thiosulfuric acid.
- thoroughness — executed without negligence or omissions: a thorough search.
- thrash about — flail, throw oneself around
- through bass — figured bass.
- through-sung — sung throughout, with no spoken dialogue
- 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.
- trachomatous — a chronic, contagious infection of the conjunctiva and cornea, characterized by the formation of granulations and scarring and caused by the bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis.
- triadelphous — (of stamens) united by the filaments into three sets or bundles.
- tricephalous — with three heads
- trichotomous — division into three parts, classes, categories, etc.
- tropophilous — adapted to a climate characterized by marked environmental changes.
- troubleshoot — to act or be employed as a troubleshooter: She troubleshoots for a large industrial firm.
- 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.
- underclothes — clothes worn under outer clothes.
- unhistorical — of, pertaining to, treating, or characteristic of history or past events: historical records; historical research.
- unnewsworthy — (of a story or incident) not important or significant enough to be considered news
- unworthiness — not worthy; lacking worth or excellence.
- urethroscope — an apparatus for observing the urethra.
- urethroscopy — observation of the urethra by a urethroscope.
- urethrostomy — the construction of an artificial opening from the urethra through the perineum, permitting the passage of urine.
- urolithiasis — a diseased condition marked by the formation of stones in the urinary tract.
- virtuosoship — the condition of being a virtuoso; the activities of a virtuoso