12-letter words containing s, o, t, h, f
- loathfulness — (rare) The condition of being loathful; reluctance.
- mosquitofish — any of several fishes that feed on mosquito larvae, as Gambusia affinis, found in the southeastern U.S., now introduced into other parts of the world for mosquito control.
- of o's birth — The country, town, or village of your birth is the place where you were born.
- offset sheet — a rubber-coated sheet in an offset press which acts as the intermediate surface to transfer the impression to the paper
- on the shelf — a thin slab of wood, metal, etc., fixed horizontally to a wall or in a frame, for supporting objects.
- ostrich fern — a tall North American fern, Matteuccia struthiopteris, with large mature leaves that resemble ostrich plumes, a popular landscaping plant whose curled new leaves, called fiddleheads, are eaten as a vegetable.
- out of hours — Something that happens out of hours happens at a time that is not during the usual hours of business or work.
- out of phase — in an unsynchronized way
- out of shape — person: unfit
- out of sight — Slang. fantastic; great; marvelous: an out-of-sight guitarist.
- out-of-sight — Slang. fantastic; great; marvelous: an out-of-sight guitarist.
- photo finish — a finish of a race in which two or more contestants are so close to the finish line that reference to a photograph of the finish is necessary to determine the winner.
- photo-finish — If the end of a race is a photo-finish, two or more of the competitors cross the finishing line so close together that a photograph of the finish has to be examined to decide who has won.
- photo-offset — a method of printing, based on photolithography, in which the inked image is transferred from the metal plate to a rubber surface and then to the paper.
- photofission — nuclear fission induced by the absorption of a high-energy photon.
- proof sheets — trial impressions made from composed type, or print-outs (from a laser printer, etc) read for the correction of errors; proofs
- put flesh on — If you put flesh on something, you add details and more information to it.
- red goatfish — a goatfish, Mullus auratus.
- safety touch — a two-point play
- scratchproof — resistant to scratches.
- self-wrought — Archaic except in some senses. a simple past tense and past participle of work.
- shatterproof — designed or made to resist shattering: shatterproof glass in automobile windows.
- shift worker — a person who does shiftwork
- short shrift — a brief time for confession or absolution given to a condemned prisoner before his or her execution.
- sixth former — student: 16-18
- sixty-fourth — next after the sixty-third; being the ordinal number for 64.
- slothfulness — sluggardly; indolent; lazy.
- smooth-faced — beardless; smooth-shaven.
- soft chancre — chancroid.
- soft-hearted — very sympathetic or responsive; generous in spirit: a soft-hearted judge.
- soft-shelled — Also, soft-shelled. having a soft, flexible, or fragile shell, as a crab that has recently molted.
- softheadedly — in a soft-headed manner
- solway firth — an arm of the Irish Sea between SW Scotland and NW England. 38 miles (61 km) long.
- sought after — that is in demand; desirable: a sought-after speaker.
- sought-after — that is in demand; desirable: a sought-after speaker.
- south africa — Republic of, a country in S Africa; member of the Commonwealth of Nations until 1961. 472,000 sq. mi. (1,222,480 sq. km). Capitals: Pretoria and Cape Town.
- south-facing — facing towards the south
- spanish foot — a carved pyramidal foot having fluted, concave sides usually ending in a scroll at the bottom.
- sportfishing — fishing with a rod and reel for sport, especially for saltwater sport fish from a motorboat.
- stand-offish — If you say that someone is stand-offish, you mean that they behave in a formal and rather unfriendly way.
- straight off — without a bend, angle, or curve; not curved; direct: a straight path.
- the likes of — of the same form, appearance, kind, character, amount, etc.: I cannot remember a like instance.
- thiosulfuric — of or derived from thiosulfuric acid.
- this side of — If you say that something will not happen this side of a date or event, you mean that it will not happen before that date or event.
- thousandfold — having a thousand elements or parts.
- to fight shy — If you fight shy of something, you try very hard to avoid it.
- to hold fast — If you hold something fast, you hold it tightly and firmly. If something is stuck fast, it is stuck very firmly and cannot move.
- tooth fungus — any of various mushrooms of the family Hydnaceae (and, in some classifications, allied families), having on the underside of the cap numerous conical spines rather than gills or pores.
- ufo sighting — the sighting of a UFO
- washfountain — a large, usually circular wash basin, as in an industrial plant, in which a spray of water activated by foot pedal allows several workers to wash simultaneously.