12-letter words containing t, e, r, h, a
- shatterproof — designed or made to resist shattering: shatterproof glass in automobile windows.
- shear stress — the external force acting on an object or surface parallel to the slope or plane in which it lies; the stress tending to produce shear.
- sheet anchor — Nautical. a large anchor used only in cases of emergency.
- shelf talker — a cardboard, paper, or plastic advertisement of a product designed to be attached to a shelf on which the product is exhibited for sale.
- shirt jacket — a shirtlike jacket.
- shirt-tailed — (of a garment) having a shirt-tail
- shirtwaister — a tailored blouse or shirt worn by women.
- shoe leather — treated animal skin used for shoes
- 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-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.
- shortchanged — to give less than the correct change to.
- shower stall — an individual compartment or self-contained unit, having a single shower and accommodating one person.
- shuttlecraft — space shuttle.
- sixth-grader — a pupil in their sixth US school year after kindergarten, who is usually around 11 or 12 years old
- skeeter hawk — mosquito hawk.
- skirt chaser — a womanizer.
- skirt-chaser — a womanizer.
- slaughterman — a person employed to kill animals in a slaughterhouse
- slaughterous — murderous; destructive.
- slipper bath — a bath in the shape of a slipper, with a covered end
- soft chancre — chancroid.
- soft-hearted — very sympathetic or responsive; generous in spirit: a soft-hearted judge.
- sought after — that is in demand; desirable: a sought-after speaker.
- sought-after — that is in demand; desirable: a sought-after speaker.
- south korean — a country in E Asia: formed 1948 after the division of the former country of Korea at 38° N. 36,600 sq. mi. (94,795 sq. km). Capital: Seoul. Compare Korea.
- south orange — a city in NE New Jersey.
- southeastern — from the south east
- space heater — the heating of a limited area, as a room, by means of a heater (space heater) within the area.
- spatter dash — roughcast (def 1).
- spatter-dash — Also called spatter dash. an exterior wall finish composed of mortar and fine pebbles mixed together and dashed against the wall. Compare pebble dash.
- spectrograph — a spectroscope for photographing or producing a representation of a spectrum.
- spermaphytic — able to produce seeds
- sphericality — the state of being a sphere
- sphincterial — relating to a sphincter
- spirochaetal — resulting from spirochaetes
- stage fright — nervousness felt by a performer or speaker when appearing before an audience.
- stagger head — dropline.
- stakeholders — the holder of the stakes of a wager.
- star chamber — a former court of inquisitorial and criminal jurisdiction in England that sat without a jury and that became noted for its arbitrary methods and severe punishments, abolished 1641.
- star thistle — any of several naturalized Eurasian plants of the genus Centaurea, especially C. calcitrapa, having purplish, spiny flower heads.
- starchedness — the condition or quality of being starched
- start a hare — to initiate a topic of conversation
- 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.
- state church — established church.
- steam hammer — a hammer for forging, operated by steam.
- steatorrhoea — the presence of excess fat in the stools, usually caused by disease of the pancreas or intestine, and characterized by chronic diarrhea and weight loss.
- steganograph — a piece of coded writing; cipher