12-letter words containing a, u, t, h, e, n
- head-hunting — a headhunting expedition: The men left the village to go on a headhunt.
- heart urchin — an echinoderm of the order Spatangoida, having an elongate, somewhat heart-shaped outer covering.
- heartburning — rankling discontent, especially from envy or jealousy; grudge.
- heartfulness — The state or quality of being heartful.
- helianthemum — (botany) Any of the genus Helianthemum of rockroses.
- helianthuses — Plural form of helianthus.
- hematogenous — originating in the blood.
- hepatogenous — originating in the liver
- herpetofauna — the reptiles and amphibians that inhabit a given area
- heteroousian — a person who believes the Father and the Son to be unlike in substance or essence; an Arian (opposed to Homoousian).
- hindquarters — the posterior end of a halved carcass of beef, lamb, etc., sectioned usually between the twelfth and thirteenth ribs.
- hippocentaur — Centaur.
- hohenstaufen — a member of the royal family that ruled in Germany from 1138 to 1208 and from 1215 to 1254, and in Sicily from 1194 to 1266.
- house martin — a small European swallow, Delichon urbica, that builds its nest under the eaves of houses.
- housepainter — A professional painter of houses.
- housetrained — Simple past tense and past participle of housetrain.
- human nature — the psychological and social qualities that characterize humankind, especially in contrast with other living things.
- humble plant — sensitive plant (def 1).
- hunting case — a watchcase with a hinged cover to protect the crystal.
- inexhaustive — not exhaustive; not thorough
- inhumanities — Plural form of inhumanity.
- isosthenuria — the inability of the kidneys to dilute or concentrate urine
- james hutton — James, 1726–97, Scottish geologist: formulated uniformitarianism.
- languishment — the act or state of languishing.
- leatherbound — Bound in leather.
- loathfulness — (rare) The condition of being loathful; reluctance.
- manslaughter — Law. the unlawful killing of a human being without malice aforethought.
- 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.
- 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.
- methaqualone — a nonbarbiturate sedative-hypnotic substance, C 1 6 H 1 4 N 2 O, used to induce sleep: also widely used as an illicit drug.
- multichannel — Employing or possessing many television or communications channels.
- muttonheaded — a slow-witted, foolish, or stupid person; dolt.
- naughty step — a place where a child is made to stand as a punishment for bad behaviour
- 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.
- neuronopathy — A form of polyneuropathy caused by destruction of neurons.
- neuropathies — Plural form of neuropathy.
- neuropathist — a specialist in treating diseases of the nervous system; a neurologist
- outfangthief — the right of a lord to try a thief captured within his jurisdiction, regardless of where the thief is from
- pentateuchal — the first five books of the Old Testament: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy.
- photonuclear — of, relating to, or caused by the collision of high-energy photons with the nucleus of an atom.
- pneumothorax — the presence of air or gas in the pleural cavity.
- polyurethane — a thermoplastic polymer containing the group NHCOO: used for padding and insulation in furniture, clothing, and packaging, and in the manufacture of resins for adhesives, elastomers, and fillers.
- punched tape — Computers. paper tape.
- return match — sport: second game between same teams
- run to earth — (often initial capital letter) the planet third in order from the sun, having an equatorial diameter of 7926 miles (12,755 km) and a polar diameter of 7900 miles (12,714 km), a mean distance from the sun of 92.9 million miles (149.6 million km), and a period of revolution of 365.26 days, and having one satellite.
- rutlandshire — a former county, now part of Leicestershire, in central England.
- saint hubert — a borough in S Quebec, Canada, just E of Montreal.