12-letter words containing d, s, n
- hardinggrass — a perennial grass of the genus Phalaris, found in South Africa, Australia, and in North America where it is used as an animal foodstuff
- hardstanding — a hard surface on which cars, aircraft etc. may stand
- harrison red — a pigment consisting of a paratoluidine toner, characterized by its brilliant red color and tendency to bleed.
- head sherang — the boss; person in authority
- head station — the main buildings on a large sheep or cattle farm
- headlessness — The state of being headless.
- headlongness — Headlong quality or speed; precipitateness.
- headshakings — Plural form of headshaking.
- headshrinker — shrink (def 9).
- headstrongly — In a headstrong manner.
- hebetudinous — the state of being dull; lethargy.
- heedlessness — The state or character of being heedless; inattention; carelessness; thoughtlessness.
- heldentenors — Plural form of heldentenor.
- hemodynamics — the branch of physiology dealing with the forces involved in the circulation of the blood.
- hepadnavirus — Any member of the virus family Hepadnaviridae, capable of causing liver infections in humans and animals.
- heptahedrons — Plural form of heptahedron.
- hidradenitis — (medicine) inflammation of the sweat glands.
- high density — floppy disk
- high-density — having a high concentration: entering a high-density market with a new product; high-density lipoprotein.
- hindforemost — with the back part in the front place
- hindquarters — the posterior end of a halved carcass of beef, lamb, etc., sectioned usually between the twelfth and thirteenth ribs.
- his and hers — (of paired objects) for a man and woman respectively
- hit and miss — unpredictable, unreliable
- hit-and-miss — sometimes successful or rewarding and sometimes not.
- hold against — resent sb for sth
- hollingshead — Holinshed.
- homesteading — a dwelling with its land and buildings, occupied by the owner as a home and exempted by a homestead law from seizure or sale for debt.
- homodynamous — (biology) Pertaining to, or involving, homodynamy.
- hornswoggled — Simple past tense and past participle of hornswoggle.
- horrendously — shockingly dreadful; horrible: a horrendous crime.
- horse around — a large, solid-hoofed, herbivorous quadruped, Equus caballus, domesticated since prehistoric times, bred in a number of varieties, and used for carrying or pulling loads, for riding, and for racing.
- horse riding — activity: riding on a horse
- househusband — a man whose spouse works and who stays home to manage their household.
- housetrained — Simple past tense and past participle of housetrain.
- hudson river — Henry, died 1611? English navigator and explorer.
- human shield — a person or group of people located or intentionally placed in a potential line of fire or in an area likely to be attacked.
- hummingbirds — Plural form of hummingbird.
- hundred days — the period from March 20 to June 28, 1815, between the arrival of Napoleon in Paris, after his escape from Elba, and his abdication after the battle of Waterloo.
- hunting dogs — the constellation Canes Venatici.
- hydrastinine — a white, crystalline, poisonous alkaloid, C 11 H 13 NO 3 , synthesized from hydrastine: used to arrest bleeding, especially in the uterus.
- hydrocarbons — any of a class of compounds containing only hydrogen and carbon, as an alkane, methane, CH 4 , an alkene, ethylene, C 2 H 4 , an alkyne, acetylene, C 2 H 2 , or an aromatic compound, benzene, C 6 H 6 .
- hydrogenates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hydrogenate.
- hydrokinesis — (science fiction): The psychic ability to manipulate or control water.
- hydronautics — (nautical) The science of the design and construction of ships, their engines, and their instrumentation.
- hydrosalpinx — A distally blocked Fallopian tube filled with serous or clear fluid.
- hypogonadism — diminished hormonal or reproductive functioning in the testes or the ovaries.
- ibm discount — A price increase. Outside IBM, this derives from the common perception that IBM products are generally overpriced (see clone); inside, it is said to spring from a belief that large numbers of IBM employees living in an area cause prices to rise.
- iceland moss — an edible lichen, Cetraria islandica, of arctic regions, containing a starchlike substance used in medicine.
- iceland spar — a transparent variety of calcite that is double-refracting and is used as a polarizer.
- icosahedrons — Plural form of icosahedron.