12-letter words containing t, h, a, n, i, s
- south-facing — facing towards the south
- spanish foot — a carved pyramidal foot having fluted, concave sides usually ending in a scroll at the bottom.
- sphacelation — the process of mortification
- sphincterial — relating to a sphincter
- spinach beet — chard, a plant cultivated for its edible leaves
- spring catch — a catch for an interior or cabinet door that has a bolt operated by a spring.
- stag hunting — the act of hunting or chasing and killing stags
- stakhanovism — a method for increasing production by rewarding individual initiative, developed in the Soviet Union in 1935.
- stakhanovite — a worker in the Soviet Union who regularly surpassed production quotas and was specially honored and rewarded.
- stand-offish — If you say that someone is stand-offish, you mean that they behave in a formal and rather unfriendly way.
- starry night — a painting (1889) by Vincent van Gogh.
- stealthiness — done, characterized, or acting by stealth; furtive: stealthy footsteps.
- stenographic — the art of writing in shorthand.
- stickhandler — a hockey or lacrosse player, esp. one who is talented at stickhandling.
- stinking ash — hoptree.
- straight man — an entertainer who plays the part of a foil for a comic partner.
- straight pin — pin (sense 2)
- 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.
- strike hands — to show agreement by clasping hands
- stringhalted — afflicted with stringhalt
- strophanthin — a very poisonous, bitter glycoside or mixture of glycosides obtained from the dried, ripe seeds of a strophanthus, especially Strophanthus kombe, used as a cardiac stimulant.
- subhastation — a public auction or sale
- sulphonation — the action or process of converting or being converted into a sulphonate
- superheating — Superheating of steam is raising its temperature to well above boiling point.
- sycophantish — a self-seeking, servile flatterer; fawning parasite.
- sycophantism — a self-seeking, servile flatterer; fawning parasite.
- sycophantize — to act the sycophant
- sympathizing — to be in sympathy or agreement of feeling; share in a feeling (often followed by with).
- synadelphite — an arsenate containing manganese and aluminium
- synaesthesia — synesthesia.
- synaesthesis — the harmonious combination of differing impulses arising from a work of art
- synaesthetic — synesthesia.
- synarthrodia — synarthrosis.
- synarthrosis — immovable articulation; a fixed or immovable joint; suture.
- tadzhikistan — a republic in central Asia, N of Afghanistan. 55,240 sq. mi. (143,600 sq. km). Capital: Dushanbe.
- 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.
- thanksgiving — the act of giving thanks; grateful acknowledgment of benefits or favors, especially to God.
- the ancients — the people who lived in ancient times
- the antilles — a group of islands in the Caribbean
- the dingbats — delirium tremens
- the distance — the most distant or a faraway part of the visible scene or landscape
- the lothians — three historic counties of SE central Scotland (now council areas): East Lothian, West Lothian, and Midlothian (including Edinburgh)
- the midlands — the central counties of England, including Warwickshire, Northamptonshire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Staffordshire, the former West Midlands metropolitan county, and Worcestershire: characterized by manufacturing industries
- the nearside — the side of a vehicle normally nearer the kerb (in Britain, the left side)
- the passions — feeling, as opposed to reason
- the silurian — the Silurian period or rock system
- the-persians — a tragedy (472 b.c.) by Aeschylus.
- thereagainst — in opposition to; in a contrary manner
- thessalonian — of or relating to Thessalonike or its inhabitants.