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.