12-letter words containing c, r, o, i, s
- graminaceous — Of, pertaining to, or resembling a grass.
- gross income — Accounting. total revenue received before any deductions or allowances, as for rent, cost of goods sold, taxes, etc.
- hagiocracies — Plural form of hagiocracy.
- harpsichords — Plural form of harpsichord.
- helicographs — Plural form of helicograph.
- heliospheric — Of or pertaining to the heliosphere.
- hemerocallis — the genus comprising the day lilies.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
- 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.
- 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.
- hypsographic — a branch of geography that deals with the measurement and mapping of the topography of the earth above sea level.
- hysterogenic — inducing hysteria.
- iatrochemist — a person who practises iatrochemistry
- ichthyosaurs — Plural form of ichthyosaur.
- icosahedrons — Plural form of icosahedron.
- idiosyncracy — Alternative spelling of idiosyncrasy.
- idiosyncrasy — A mode of behavior or way of thought peculiar to an individual.
- immoralistic — (somewhat, rare) Of or relating to immoralism.
- importancies — Plural form of importancy.
- imprecations — Plural form of imprecation.
- in course of — in the process of
- in search of — looking for, seeking
- incarnations — Plural form of incarnation.
- incinerators — Plural form of incinerator.
- inclusionary — (of zoning, housing programs, etc.) stipulating that a certain percentage of new housing will be priced within the reach of middle-income buyers or renters.
- inclusive or — the connective that gives the value true to a disjunction if either or both of the disjuncts are true
- incoherences — Plural form of incoherence.
- inconversant — Not conversant or acquainted (with something); unfamiliar.
- incorporates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of incorporate.