12-letter words containing t, e, r, h
- scratch test — a test for a suspected allergy in which the skin is scratched and an allergen applied to the area, redness indicating a positive reaction.
- scratchplate — a plastic or metal plate attached to the front of a guitar to protect it from pick scratches
- screw thread — Also called worm. the helical ridge of a screw.
- search party — a group of persons conducting an organized search for someone or something lost or hidden.
- second birth — spiritual rebirth.
- self-wrought — Archaic except in some senses. a simple past tense and past participle of work.
- sell-through — quantity of direct sales made
- sepher torah — a scroll of the Torah, typically of parchment, from which the designated Parashah is chanted or read on the prescribed days.
- sergeantfish — the cobia, Rachycentron canadum.
- servitorship — the office or position of a servitor; the condition of being a servitor
- set straight — to give the correct facts to; inform properly
- shamateurism — a sports term referring to a state in which an athlete is classified as an amateur but acts like a professional, usually by raising money
- share market — a highly organized market facilitating the purchase and sale of securities and operated by professional stockbrokers and market makers according to fixed rules
- share option — A share option is an opportunity for the employees of a company to buy shares at a special price.
- shareability — the state or property of being able to be shared
- 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.
- sharp-witted — having or showing mental acuity; intellectually discerning; acute.
- 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.
- 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.
- sheet feeder — a device that feeds paper into a printer one sheet at a time.
- 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.
- shelter belt — a row of trees planted to protect an area from the wind
- shelter deck — a weather deck covering a space not considered fully watertight.
- shelter tent — a small, two-person, military tent consisting of two halves (shelter halves) buttoned or tied together, held up by accessory ropes and poles.
- 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.
- shirt jacket — a shirtlike jacket.
- shirt-lifter — a homosexual
- shirt-sleeve — not wearing a jacket; informally dressed: a shirt-sleeve mob.
- shirt-tailed — (of a garment) having a shirt-tail
- shirtsleeved — not wearing a jacket or coat
- 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 notice — little warning
- short seller — a person, as a speculator, who sells short.
- 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-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.
- shortsighted — unable to see far; nearsighted; myopic.
- show stopper — Theater. a performer or performance that wins enthusiastic or prolonged applause.
- show-stopper — Theater. a performer or performance that wins enthusiastic or prolonged applause.