12-letter words containing a, e, s, t, h, i
- natchitoches — a city in NW Louisiana.
- near-sighted — seeing distinctly at a short distance only; myopic.
- neurasthenia — Psychiatry. (not in technical use) nervous debility and exhaustion occurring in the absence of objective causes or lesions; nervous exhaustion.
- neurasthenic — pertaining to or suffering from neurasthenia.
- neuropathies — Plural form of neuropathy.
- neuropathist — a specialist in treating diseases of the nervous system; a neurologist
- night sweats — heavy sweating during sleep, especially as a symptom of certain diseases, as tuberculosis.
- nightingales — Plural form of nightingale.
- nonaesthetic — not aesthetic, not related to the appreciation of beauty
- oesophagitis — Alternative spelling of esophagitis.
- oligochaetes — Plural form of oligochaete.
- one-base hit — single (def 24).
- operatorship — (in the oil and gas industries) the right to operate a well, field, or other oil source.
- orthopaedics — (used with a singular verb) the medical specialty concerned with correction of deformities or functional impairments of the skeletal system, especially the extremities and the spine, and associated structures, as muscles and ligaments.
- orthopaedist — Alternative spelling of orthopedist.
- panaesthesia — an individual's general awareness or perception
- paraesthesia — an abnormal sensation, as prickling, itching, etc.
- paraesthetic — paresthesia.
- parenthesize — to insert (a word, phrase, etc.) as a parenthesis.
- pathogenesis — the production and development of disease.
- penthesileia — the daughter of Ares and queen of the Amazons, whom she led to the aid of Troy. She was slain by Achilles
- periphrastic — circumlocutory; roundabout.
- petite sirah — a dry red wine produced mainly in California
- phonasthenia — difficult or abnormal voice production; vocal weakness.
- photoelastic — displaying photoelasticity; of or relating to photoelasticity
- photorealism — a style of painting flourishing in the 1970s, especially in the U.S., England, and France, and depicting commonplace scenes or ordinary people, with a meticulously detailed realism, flat images, and barely discernible brushwork that suggests and often is based on or incorporates an actual photograph.
- phylacteries — Judaism. either of two small, black, leather cubes containing a piece of parchment inscribed with verses 4–9 of Deut. 6, 13–21 of Deut. 11, and 1–16 of Ex. 13: one is attached with straps to the left arm and the other to the forehead during weekday morning prayers by Orthodox and Conservative Jewish men.
- picture sash — a large window sash, as for a picture window.
- plainclothes — Plainclothes police officers wear ordinary clothes instead of a police uniform.
- pleased with — satisfied or content with
- polish wheat — a wheat, Triticum polonicum, grown chiefly in S Europe, N Africa, and Turkestan.
- praiseworthy — deserving of praise; laudable: a praiseworthy motive.
- preestablish — to establish beforehand.
- prehistorian — an authority on or specialist in prehistory
- psychoactive — of or relating to a substance having a profound or significant effect on mental processes: a psychoactive drug.
- rabbitfishes — Plural form of rabbitfish.
- rachiotomies — Plural form of rachiotomy.
- radiesthesia — the ability to sense energy forces or radiation, esp from the human body
- radiesthetic — of or relating to radiesthesia
- ramapithecus — a genus of extinct Miocene ape known from fossils found in India and Pakistan and formerly thought to be a possible human ancestor.
- re-establish — to found, institute, build, or bring into being on a firm or stable basis: to establish a university; to establish a medical practice.
- reality show — A reality show is a type of television program that aims to show how ordinary people behave in everyday life, or in situations, often created by the program makers, which are intended to represent everyday life.
- red goatfish — a goatfish, Mullus auratus.
- reichsthaler — a silver thaler of Germany, originally issued in 1566; rix-dollar.
- relationship — a connection, association, or involvement.
- retainership — the condition of being a retainer or of having retainers.
- rheumatismal — of or relating to rheumatism
- rutlandshire — a former county, now part of Leicestershire, in central England.
- safety chain — a chain on the fastening of a bracelet, watch, etc, to ensure that it cannot open enough to fall off accidentally
- saint helena — Saint, c247–c330, mother of Constantine I.