12-letter words containing a, s, h, o
- erythroblast — An immature erythrocyte containing a nucleus.
- eschscholzia — Any of the flowers in the Eschscholzia genus, especially the California poppy (Eschscholzia californica).
- esophagotomy — (surgery) The operation of making an incision into the esophagus for the purpose of removing an obstruction.
- exhortations — Plural form of exhortation.
- exophthalmos — Abnormal protrusion of the eyeball or eyeballs.
- exophthalmus — Alt form exophthalmos.
- factory ship — a whaling ship equipped to process killed whales and to transport the oil and by-products.
- fair housing — the sale and rental of private housing free of discriminatory practices or policies.
- faith school — a school that provides a general education within a framework of a specific religious belief
- fashion icon — a person or thing that is very well known as being highly fashionable
- fashion show — a show in which models display clothes to prospective buyers
- fashionistas — Plural form of fashionista.
- fashiousness — the quality of being fashious; troublesomeness
- fast fashion — the reproduction of highly fashionable clothes at high speed and low cost
- fathomlessly — In a fathomless manner.
- feather shot — fine bean shot.
- feldspathoid — Also, feldspathoidal. of or relating to a group of minerals similar in chemical composition to certain feldspars except for a lower silica content.
- feldspathose — (mineralogy) Containing feldspar.
- fish factory — a factory where fish is processed
- fishing boat — vessel: for fishing
- flash memory — Computers. a type of reprogrammable memory that retains information even with the power turned off.
- flash powder — powder that could be ignited to provide a bright light to take a photograph
- flashforward — a device in the narrative of a motion picture, novel, etc., by which a future event or scene is inserted into the chronological structure of the work.
- float switch — an electric switch controlled by a conductor floating in a liquid.
- flour shaker — a container, often with a perforated top, from which flour is shaken
- foolhardiest — Superlative form of foolhardy.
- forasmuch as — since
- foreadmonish — (rare, transitive) To admonish beforehand, or before the act or event.
- foreman-ship — a person in charge of a particular department, group of workers, etc., as in a factory or the like.
- foreshadowed — Simple past tense and past participle of foreshadow.
- foreshadower — One who or that which foreshadows.
- forward push — A forward push is a feature of distillation columns (= tall vessels for distillation) in which zones that allow higher contact between substances are near the top of the column.
- fourth-class — of, relating to, or designated as a class next below third, as for mailing, shipping, etc.
- francophones — Plural form of francophone.
- french toast — bread dipped in a batter of egg and milk and sautéed until brown, usually served with syrup or sprinkled with sugar and cinnamon.
- from scratch — to break, mar, or mark the surface of by rubbing, scraping, or tearing with something sharp or rough: to scratch one's hand on a nail.
- gainsborough — Thomas, 1727–88, English painter.
- galanty show — pantomime shadow play
- galusha grow — Galusha Aaron [guh-loo-shuh] /gəˈlu ʃə/ (Show IPA), 1822–1907, U.S. political leader: Speaker of the House 1861–63.
- gametophores — Plural form of gametophore.
- gametophytes — Plural form of gametophyte.
- gamophyllous — having leaves united by their edges.
- general shop — a shop that sells various types of goods
- geomechanics — the study and application of rock and soil mechanics
- ghost estate — (esp in Ireland) a housing estate built during an economic boom but unfinished or unoccupied during a recession
- glatt kosher — prepared for eating according to the dietary laws followed by Hasidic Jews, which differ somewhat from those followed by other observers of kashruth: glatt kosher meat.
- glossography — a glossator.
- glossophobia — The fear of public speaking.
- gnathostomes — Plural form of gnathostome.
- goddaughters — Plural form of goddaughter.