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12-letter words containing t, r, e, a, c, h

  • scatter shot — shot prepared for a weapon having a rifled bore or barrel.
  • scattergraph — a graphic representation of bivariate data as a set of points in the plane that have Cartesian coordinates equal to corresponding values of the two variates.
  • schoolmaster — a man who presides over or teaches in a school.
  • scratch file — A scratch file is a temporary computer file which you use as a work area or as a store while a program is operating.
  • scratch line — a line that marks the start of a race.
  • scratch race — a race in which all contestants start on equal terms
  • scratch tape — a magnetic tape that is used for temporary storage, which may be erased and re-used
  • 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.
  • shatter cone — a cone-shaped fragment of rock, probably formed by violent shock waves, as from meteoritic impact or atomic explosions
  • sheet anchor — Nautical. a large anchor used only in cases of emergency.
  • shirt jacket — a shirtlike jacket.
  • short-change — to give less than the correct change to.
  • shortchanged — to give less than the correct change to.
  • shuttlecraft — space shuttle.
  • skirt chaser — a womanizer.
  • skirt-chaser — a womanizer.
  • soft chancre — chancroid.
  • space heater — the heating of a limited area, as a room, by means of a heater (space heater) within the area.
  • 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
  • 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.
  • starchedness — the condition or quality of being starched
  • state church — established church.
  • stenographic — the art of writing in shorthand.
  • stern chaser — a cannon mounted at or near the stern of a sailing ship, facing aft.
  • stern-chaser — a cannon mounted at or near the stern of a sailing ship, facing aft.
  • stickhandler — a hockey or lacrosse player, esp. one who is talented at stickhandling.
  • straightneck — a variety of summer squash related to the crookneck but not having a recurved neck.
  • stretch mark — a silvery streak occurring typically on the abdomen or thighs and caused by stretching of the skin over a short period of time, as during pregnancy or rapid weight gain.
  • stretchmarks — marks that remain visible on the abdomen after its distension, esp in pregnancy
  • strip-search — to search (a suspect who has been required to remove all clothing) especially for concealed weapons, contraband, or evidence of drug abuse.
  • tablet chair — a chair with one arm extending and expanding into a writing surface.
  • tactile hair — any highly sensitive hair of an animal, as the whiskers of a cat or hairs on a hedgehog's snout.
  • teacher bird — the ovenbird, Seiurus aurocapillus, a songbird that builds a nest shaped like a dome.
  • technocratic — of, relating to, or designating a technocrat or technocracy.
  • technography — the description and study of the arts and sciences in their geographical and ethnic distribution and historical development.
  • terephthalic — relating to, designating, or derived from terephthalic acid or its derivatives
  • tetrachotomy — the segmentation of something into four parts
  • tetradrachma — a silver coin of ancient Greece, equal to four drachmas.
  • tetramorphic — (in art) of or related to a composite representation of the four evangelists' symbols
  • the barbican — a building complex in the City of London: includes residential developments and the Barbican Arts Centre (completed 1982) housing concert and exhibition halls, theatres, cinemas, etc
  • the cambrian — the Cambrian period or rock system
  • the cold war — the period (1945-91) of cold war between the Soviet Union and its Communist allies and the U.S. and its non-Communist allies
  • the creation — God's act of bringing the universe into being
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