12-letter words containing c, h, r, i, s
- french fries — thin fried sticks of potato
- french sixth — (in musical harmony) an augmented sixth chord having a major third and an augmented fourth between the root and the augmented sixth
- french stick — a long straight notched stick loaf
- french twist — French roll.
- gatecrashing — Present participle of gatecrash.
- geochemistry — the science dealing with the chemical changes in and the composition of the earth's crust.
- gospel choir — a choir performing gospel music
- graphic arts — any of the fine or applied visual arts based on drawing or the use of line, as opposed to colour or relief, on a plane surface, esp illustration and printmaking of all kinds
- great schism — a period of division in the Roman Catholic Church, 1378–1417, over papal succession, during which there were two, or sometimes three, claimants to the papal office.
- greenfinches — Plural form of greenfinch.
- hagiocracies — Plural form of hagiocracy.
- handicappers — Plural form of handicapper.
- hard science — any of the natural or physical sciences, as chemistry, biology, physics, or astronomy, in which aspects of the universe are investigated by means of hypotheses and experiments.
- harpsichords — Plural form of harpsichord.
- harvest tick — chigger (def 1).
- helichrysums — Plural form of helichrysum.
- helicographs — Plural form of helicograph.
- heliospheric — Of or pertaining to the heliosphere.
- hemerocallis — the genus comprising the day lilies.
- hermeneutics — the science of interpretation, especially of the Scriptures.
- heroic verse — a form of verse adapted to the treatment of heroic or exalted themes: in classical poetry, dactylic hexameter; in English and German, iambic pentameter; and in French, the Alexandrine. An example of heroic verse is Achilles' wrath, to Greece the direful spring / Of woes unnumbered, heavenly goddess, sing!
- heteroclisis — (grammar) The presence of two or more classes of inflection in the inflectional paradigm of a noun, verb etc.
- heteroclites — Plural form of heteroclite.
- heteroecious — the development of different stages of a parasitic species on different host plants.
- heterosocial — relating to or denoting mixed-sex social relationships
- hidrocystoma — An adenoma of the sweat glands.
- hierarchists — hierarchical principles, rule, or influence.
- hierocracies — Plural form of hierocracy.
- high-scoring — (of a football etc match) in which a lot of goals are scored
- highschooler — (US) A student at a high school.
- hire charges — the amount of money it costs to hire something, such as a bike, car, etc
- histographic — a treatise on or description of organic tissues.
- historically — of, pertaining to, treating, or characteristic of history or past events: historical records; historical research.
- historicized — Simple past tense and past participle of historicize.
- histrionical — (British) Alternative form of histrionic.
- holophrastic — using or consisting of a single word that functions as a phrase or sentence.
- horse racing — a contest of speed among horses that either are ridden by jockeys or pull sulkies and their drivers.
- house prices — the sums in money for which houses may be bought or sold
- hucksterings — Plural form of huckstering.
- hydroelastic — undergoing a change in elasticity as a result of the flow of water or another fluid
- hydronautics — (nautical) The science of the design and construction of ships, their engines, and their instrumentation.
- hydrostatics — the branch of hydrodynamics that deals with the statics of fluids, usually confined to the equilibrium and pressure of liquids.
- hygrochastic — of or relating to the opening of a fruit or flower caused by water or moisture
- hyper-social — relating to, devoted to, or characterized by friendly companionship or relations: a social club.
- hyperalgesic — Of or pertaining to hyperalgesia.
- hypercritics — a person who is excessively or captiously critical.
- hyperplastic — Of, or relating to hyperplasia.
- hypersomniac — a tendency to sleep excessively.
- hypocoristic — endearing, as a pet name, diminutive, or euphemism.
- hypsochromic — (physics) Of a change in the position of a spectral band, to a higher frequency.