12-letter words containing shi
- slab dashing — the act or process of covering an exterior wall with roughcast.
- slap dashing — slab dashing.
- spearfishing — any of several fishes of the genus Tetrapturus, resembling the sailfish but having the first dorsal fin much less developed: inhabiting all seas, but rare.
- spin fishing — spinning (def 3).
- spinstership — the state of being a spinster
- sponsorships — a person who vouches or is responsible for a person or thing.
- sportfishing — fishing with a rod and reel for sport, especially for saltwater sport fish from a motorboat.
- sports shirt — a long- or short-sleeved soft shirt for informal wear by men, having a squared-off shirttail that may be left outside the trousers, usually worn without a tie.
- spud-bashing — the task of peeling potatoes, given as a punishment
- sunshine law — a law requiring a government agency to open its official meetings and records to the general public.
- superiorship — the state or position of being superior
- survivorship — the state of being a survivor.
- undershirted — wearing an undershirt
- unnourishing — not providing nourishment
- unrefreshing — not refreshing, rejuvenating, or invigorating
- unworshipful — not worshipful; not showing reverence or admiration
- unworshipped — not worshipped; not admired or revered
- victory ship — a fast, turbine-powered cargo ship of World War II, having a capacity of about 11,000 dead-weight tons.
- virtuosoship — the condition of being a virtuoso; the activities of a virtuoso
- viscountship — the position of being a viscount
- voroshilovsk — former name of Stavropol.
- warwickshire — a county in central England. 765 sq. mi. (1980 sq. km).
- washing line — cord for hanging laundry to dry
- washing soda — sodium carbonate (def 2).
- washingtonia — either of two fan palm species from the genus Washingtonia
- water shield — Also called water target. an aquatic plant, Brasenia schreberi, of the water lily family, having purple flowers, floating, elliptic leaves, and a jellylike coating on the underwater stems and roots.
- watermanship — the skill, duties, business, etc., of a waterman.
- weather ship — a ship equipped for meteorological observation.
- well-wishing — a person who wishes well to another person, a cause, etc.
- whaling ship — a ship engaged in whaling
- whatshisname — Used to refer to a person whose name one cannot recall, does not know, or does not wish to specify.
- whitewashing — Present participle of whitewash.
- wigtownshire — a historic county in SW Scotland.
- wishing well — a well or pool of water supposed to grant the wish of one who tosses a coin into it.
- worshipfully — In a worshipful manner; reverentially.
- wranglership — (at Cambridge University) the position of a wrangler
- yuan shi kai — 1859–1916, Chinese general and statesman: first president (1912–16) of the Chinese republic