12-letter words containing s, o, t, h
- second sight — the faculty of seeing future events; clairvoyance.
- second teeth — the teeth which replace the milk teeth
- section hand — a person who works on a section gang.
- self-wrought — Archaic except in some senses. a simple past tense and past participle of work.
- sell-through — quantity of direct sales made
- semi-monthly — made, occurring, done, or published twice a month.
- sepher torah — a scroll of the Torah, typically of parchment, from which the designated Parashah is chanted or read on the prescribed days.
- septic shock — condition caused by blood poisoning
- servitorship — the office or position of a servitor; the condition of being a servitor
- share option — A share option is an opportunity for the employees of a company to buy shares at a special price.
- shark patrol — a watch for sharks kept by an aircraft flying over beaches used by swimmers
- sharp tongue — If you say that someone has a sharp tongue, you are critical of the fact that they say things which are unkind though often clever.
- sharpshooter — a person skilled in shooting, especially with a rifle.
- shatter cone — a cone-shaped fragment of rock, probably formed by violent shock waves, as from meteoritic impact or atomic explosions
- shatterproof — designed or made to resist shattering: shatterproof glass in automobile windows.
- shawl tongue — kiltie (def 3).
- sheet anchor — Nautical. a large anchor used only in cases of emergency.
- shift worker — a person who does shiftwork
- ship's store — a retail store aboard a navy ship that sells toiletries, cigarettes, etc., to the ship's personnel.
- shipping ton — a unit of weight, equivalent to 2000 pounds (0.907 metric ton) avoirdupois (short ton) in the U.S. and 2240 pounds (1.016 metric tons) avoirdupois (long ton) in Great Britain.
- shittim wood — the wood, probably acacia, of which the ark of the covenant and various parts of the tabernacle were made. Ex. 25, 26.
- shock tactic — Shock tactics are a way of trying to influence people's attitudes to a particular matter by shocking them.
- shock troops — soldiers trained to attack
- shoe leather — treated animal skin used for shoes
- shoot a line — to try to create a false image, as by boasting or exaggerating
- shoot-'em-up — a motion-picture or television program that emphasizes gunplay, action, and often violence.
- shooting box — a small house or lodge for use during the shooting season.
- shooting war — open conflict between hostile nations involving direct military engagements.
- shop steward — commerce: union rep
- shore patrol — (often initial capital letters) members of an organization in the U.S. Navy having police duties similar to those performed by military police. Abbreviation: SP.
- short ballot — a ballot containing only candidates for the most important legislative and executive posts, leaving judicial and lesser administrative posts to be filled by appointment.
- short column — a column whose relative dimensions ensure that when it is overloaded it fails by crushing, rather than buckling
- short notice — little warning
- short radius — the perpendicular distance from the centre of a regular polygon to a side
- short seller — a person, as a speculator, who sells short.
- short shrift — a brief time for confession or absolution given to a condemned prisoner before his or her execution.
- short splice — a splice used when an increased thickness of the united rope is not objectionable, made by unlaying the rope ends a certain distance, uniting them so that their strands overlap, then tucking each alternately over and under others several times.
- short-acting — (of a drug) quickly effective, but requiring regularly repeated doses for long-term treatment, being rapidly absorbed, distributed in the body, and excreted
- short-change — to give less than the correct change to.
- short-haired — having short hair
- short-handed — not having the usual or necessary number of workers, helpers, etc.
- short-spoken — speaking in a short, brief, or curt manner.
- short-winded — short of breath; liable to difficulty in breathing.
- shortchanged — to give less than the correct change to.
- shortcomings — a failure, defect, or deficiency in conduct, condition, thought, ability, etc.: a social shortcoming; a shortcoming of his philosophy.
- shortcutting — to cause to be shortened by the use of a shortcut.
- shortsighted — unable to see far; nearsighted; myopic.
- shostakovich — Dimitri Dimitrievich [dih-mee-tree di-mee-tree-uh-vich;; Russian dmyee-tryee dmyee-tryi-yi-vyich] /dɪˈmi tri dɪˈmi tri ə vɪtʃ;; Russian ˈdmyi tryi ˈdmyi tryɪ yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1906–75, Russian composer.
- shot on goal — a shot that enters the goal or would have entered the goal if it had not been blocked by the goalkeeper or another defensive player.
- show stopper — Theater. a performer or performance that wins enthusiastic or prolonged applause.