12-letter words containing d, h, o, t, i, s
- hydroelastic — undergoing a change in elasticity as a result of the flow of water or another fluid
- hydrologists — Plural form of hydrologist.
- 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.
- hydrosulfite — hyposulfite (def 1).
- hydrotropism — oriented growth in response to water.
- hypostasised — to assume the reality of (an idea, proposition, etc.); hypostatize.
- hypostatised — to treat or regard (a concept, idea, etc.) as a distinct substance or reality.
- hypostatized — Simple past tense and past participle of hypostatize.
- hypothesised — to form a hypothesis.
- hypothesized — Simple past tense and past participle of hypothesize.
- idiothermous — warm-blooded
- lithopedions — Plural form of lithopedion.
- long-sighted — farsighted; hypermetropic.
- mediatorship — the position of a mediator
- month's mind — a Requiem Mass said on the thirtieth day after a person's death or burial.
- moustachioed — Alternative spelling of moustachio\u2019d.
- north island — the northernmost principal island of New Zealand. 44,281 sq. mi. (114,690 sq. km).
- on the skids — a plank, bar, log, or the like, especially one of a pair, on which something heavy may be slid or rolled along.
- opisthodomos — Also called posticum. a small room in the cella of a classical temple, as for a treasury.
- orthodontics — the branch of dentistry dealing with the prevention and correction of irregular teeth, as by means of braces.
- orthodontist — the branch of dentistry dealing with the prevention and correction of irregular teeth, as by means of braces.
- orthodromics — the act or art of sailing on a great circle
- orthopaedics — (used with a singular verb) the medical specialty concerned with correction of deformities or functional impairments of the skeletal system, especially the extremities and the spine, and associated structures, as muscles and ligaments.
- orthopaedist — Alternative spelling of orthopedist.
- outlandishly — In an outlandish manner.
- phosphatidic — of or relating to a phosphatide
- phosphatidyl — an atom or group of atoms containing one or more unpaired electrons derived from a phosphatide
- poster child — a child appearing on a poster for a charitable organization.
- postmidnight — the middle of the night; twelve o'clock at night.
- potting shed — A potting shed is a small building in a garden, in which you can keep things such as seeds or garden tools.
- radiophonist — a person who produces radiophonic music
- red goatfish — a goatfish, Mullus auratus.
- ride shotgun — a smoothbore gun for firing small shots to kill birds and small quadrupeds, though often used with buckshot to kill larger animals.
- scalding hot — that scalds; burning; too hot
- second birth — spiritual rebirth.
- second sight — the faculty of seeing future events; clairvoyance.
- section hand — a person who works on a section gang.
- shittim wood — the wood, probably acacia, of which the ark of the covenant and various parts of the tabernacle were made. Ex. 25, 26.
- short radius — the perpendicular distance from the centre of a regular polygon to a side
- short-haired — having short hair
- short-winded — short of breath; liable to difficulty in breathing.
- shortsighted — unable to see far; nearsighted; myopic.
- shut-out bid — a pre-emptive bid
- sodium light — the light produced by a sodium lamp
- south euclid — a city in NE Ohio, near Cleveland.
- south island — the largest island of New Zealand. 58,093 sq. mi. (150,460 sq. km).
- spinsterhood — Disparaging and Offensive. a woman still unmarried beyond the usual age of marrying.
- stand-offish — If you say that someone is stand-offish, you mean that they behave in a formal and rather unfriendly way.
- stringholder — an oblong piece of wood at the lower end of the body of a viol or other stringed instrument to which the strings are attached.