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12-letter words containing t, h, a, g

  • st. gotthard — a mountain range in S Switzerland; a part of the Alps; highest peak, 10,490 feet (3195 meters).
  • stabilograph — an instrument for measuring body sway.
  • stag hunting — the act of hunting or chasing and killing stags
  • stage fright — nervousness felt by a performer or speaker when appearing before an audience.
  • stagger head — dropline.
  • starry night — a painting (1889) by Vincent van Gogh.
  • steganograph — a piece of coded writing; cipher
  • stenographer — a person who specializes in taking dictation in shorthand.
  • stenographic — the art of writing in shorthand.
  • stenophagous — (of an animal) feeding on a limited variety of foods (opposed to euryphagous).
  • stepdaughter — a daughter of one's husband or wife by a previous marriage.
  • stereography — the art of delineating the forms of solid bodies on a plane.
  • stinking ash — hoptree.
  • straight bat — a bat held vertically
  • straight man — an entertainer who plays the part of a foil for a comic partner.
  • straight off — without a bend, angle, or curve; not curved; direct: a straight path.
  • straight out — thoroughgoing: a straight-out Democrat.
  • straight pin — pin (sense 2)
  • straight-arm — Football. to push (a potential tackler) away by holding the arm out straight; stiff-arm.
  • straight-out — without a bend, angle, or curve; not curved; direct: a straight path.
  • straightaway — straight onward, without turn or curve, as a racecourse.
  • straightbred — (of animals) purebred; having parents of the same breed
  • straightedge — a bar or strip of wood, plastic, or metal having at least one long edge of sufficiently reliable straightness for use in drawing or testing straight lines, plane surfaces, etc.
  • straightneck — a variety of summer squash related to the crookneck but not having a recurved neck.
  • straightness — without a bend, angle, or curve; not curved; direct: a straight path.
  • straightways — in a direct course
  • stranglehold — Wrestling. an illegal hold by which an opponent's breath is choked off.
  • stratigraphy — a branch of geology dealing with the classification, nomenclature, correlation, and interpretation of stratified rocks.
  • stringhalted — afflicted with stringhalt
  • stylographic — of or relating to a stylograph.
  • superheating — Superheating of steam is raising its temperature to well above boiling point.
  • switch grass — a North American grass, Panicum virgatum, having an open, branching inflorescence.
  • sympathizing — to be in sympathy or agreement of feeling; share in a feeling (often followed by with).
  • talk through — guide through: a procedure, etc.
  • talking head — Television Slang. a closeup picture of a person who is talking, especially as a participant in a talk show.
  • talking shop — If you say that a conference or a committee is just a talking shop, you disapprove of it because nothing is achieved as a result of what is discussed.
  • tank fighter — a boxer known for false shows of being knocked down or out in bouts the results of which have been prearranged.
  • tao te ching — the philosophical book in verse supposedly written by Lao-tzu.
  • teaching aid — material used by a teacher to supplement classroom instruction or to stimulate the interest of students.
  • teaching job — a position as a teacher
  • technography — the description and study of the arts and sciences in their geographical and ethnic distribution and historical development.
  • telautograph — a telegraphic device for reproducing handwriting, drawings, etc, the movements of an electromagnetically controlled pen at one end being transmitted along a line to a similar pen at the receiving end
  • telegraphese — a style of writing or speaking distinguished by the omissions, abbreviations, and combinations that are characteristic of telegrams, as in “ expect arrive six evening. ”.
  • telegraphone — an early magnetic sound-recording device for use with wire, tape, or disks.
  • tenth-grader — someone who is in their tenth year of education in the US
  • thanksgiving — the act of giving thanks; grateful acknowledgment of benefits or favors, especially to God.
  • that's right — that is correct
  • thaumatogeny — the belief that the origin of life was the result of a miracle
  • thaumatology — the study or description of miracles.
  • thaumaturgic — pertaining to a thaumaturge or to thaumaturgy.
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