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12-letter words containing a, s, h, o, t

  • hysteromania — unusually increased sexual desire in a woman
  • iatrochemist — a person who practises iatrochemistry
  • ichthyosaurs — Plural form of ichthyosaur.
  • iconomachist — a person who campaigns against the use of icons in religious worship
  • in mothballs — a small ball of naphthalene or sometimes of camphor for placing in closets or other storage areas to repel moths from clothing, blankets, etc.
  • inchoateness — The quality of being inchoate.
  • inhospitable — not inclined to, or characterized by, hospitality, as persons or actions; unfriendly.
  • inhospitably — not inclined to, or characterized by, hospitality, as persons or actions; unfriendly.
  • irish potato — potato (def 1).
  • ischiorectal — (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the region between the rectum and the ischial tuberosity.
  • isochromatic — Optics. having the same color or tint.
  • isosthenuria — the inability of the kidneys to dilute or concentrate urine
  • isothermally — occurring at constant temperature.
  • james hutton — James, 1726–97, Scottish geologist: formulated uniformitarianism.
  • joseph brant — Joseph (Thayendanegea) 1742–1807, Mohawk Indian chief who fought on the side of the British in the American Revolution.
  • kashmir goat — one of a long-haired breed of goat raised in Tibet and the higher elevations of China, the Indian subcontinent, Afghanistan, and Turkey for its meat, milk, and cashmere wool.
  • katamorphism — metamorphism at or near the earth's surface: breaks down complex minerals into simpler ones.
  • katharevousa — The purist form of modern Greek used in traditional literary writing, as opposed to the form that is spoken and used in everyday writing (called demotic).
  • kitchen soap — heavy-duty soap intended for use in the kitchen
  • lachrymosity — suggestive of or tending to cause tears; mournful.
  • last honours — observances of respect at a funeral
  • latin school — a secondary school emphasizing instruction in Latin and Greek.
  • leatherwoods — Plural form of leatherwood.
  • litholatrous — of or relating to the worship of stones
  • lithophagous — swallowing or feeding on stones
  • loathfulness — (rare) The condition of being loathful; reluctance.
  • lycanthropes — Plural form of lycanthrope.
  • lymphoblasts — Plural form of lymphoblast.
  • machinations — an act or instance of machinating.
  • macintosh ii — (computer)   (Mac II) A version of Apple's Macintosh personal computer, released in March 1987, using the Motorola 68020 CPU, which runs at a higher clock rate than the Motorola 68000 used in the original Mac. The Mac II has a full 32-bit data bus instead of a 16-bit bus. Mac II models have built-in 40 to 160 megabyte hard disks and can take up to eight megabytes of RAM (and more as denser memory chips arive). The Mac II was the first Macintosh to provide a colour graphics option, with up to 256 colours on screen at a 640x480 resolution. Mac II models are designed for expandability with three (Macintosh IIcx) or six (II & IIx) built-in NuBus expansion slots for additional peripheral and coprocessor boards.
  • mackintoshes — Plural form of mackintosh.
  • make history — do sth of great significance
  • marshalltown — a city in central Iowa.
  • massotherapy — treatment by massage.
  • mastigophora — a phylum of protozoans comprising nonphotosynthetic, chiefly free-living flagellates: some species are important pathogens of humans and other animals.
  • mastigophore — Any flagellate of the phylum Mastigophora.
  • matopo hills — the granite hills south of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, where Cecil Rhodes chose to be buried
  • mechatronics — The synergistic combination of mechanical engineering, electronic engineering and software engineering for the study of automata from an engineering perspective and the control of advanced hybrid systems.
  • mediatorship — the position of a mediator
  • meganthropus — a proposed genus of extinct, late lower Pleistocene primates based on two large lower jaws found in Java, and believed to be either Australopithecine or human.
  • mesognathous — having medium, slightly protruding jaws.
  • mesolecithal — centrolecithal.
  • mesothelioma — a malignant tumor of the covering of the lung or the lining of the pleural and abdominal cavities, often associated with exposure to asbestos.
  • metachronism — An error in chronological ordering in which a character or an event is placed at too late a time.
  • metachronous — Medicine/Medical. occurring at a different time than a similar event: metachronous tumors.
  • metagnathous — Ornithology. having the tips of the mandibles crossed, as the crossbills.
  • metal polish — cleaning fluid designed to clean, polish or add shine to metal
  • metamorphism — Geology. a change in the structure or constitution of a rock due to natural agencies, as pressure and heat, especially when the rock becomes harder and more completely crystalline.
  • metamorphist — a member of a group of 16th century Christians who believed that the humanly body of Jesus Christ metamorphosed into God during the Ascension
  • metamorphose — to change the form or nature of; transform.
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