12-letter words containing e, c, s, t
- homescreetch — a mistle thrush
- homo erectus — an extinct species of the human lineage, formerly known as Pithecanthropus erectus, having upright stature and a well-evolved postcranial skeleton, but with a smallish brain, low forehead, and protruding face.
- homocysteine — An amino acid that occurs in the body as an intermediate in the metabolism of methionine and cysteine.
- honey locust — a thorny North American tree, Gleditsia triacanthos, of the legume family, having small, compound leaves and pods with a sweet pulp.
- horse-doctor — an informal word for a vet who specializes in treating horses
- hotchpotches — Plural form of hotchpotch.
- house doctor — a resident physician in a hospital, hotel, or other public institution.
- hucksterings — Plural form of huckstering.
- hunting case — a watchcase with a hinged cover to protect the crystal.
- hydroelastic — undergoing a change in elasticity as a result of the flow of water or another fluid
- hypercoaster — Megacoaster.
- hypercritics — a person who is excessively or captiously critical.
- hyperplastic — Of, or relating to hyperplasia.
- hysterectomy — excision of the uterus.
- hysterically — of, relating to, or characterized by hysteria.
- hysterogenic — inducing hysteria.
- hysteroscopy — (medicine) The examination of the uterus using a hysteroscope.
- iatrochemist — a person who practises iatrochemistry
- ice crystals — ice formations
- illiteracies — Plural form of illiteracy.
- impeachments — Plural form of impeachment.
- implicatures — Plural form of implicature.
- implicitness — The state or quality of being implicit.
- importancies — Plural form of importancy.
- imprecations — Plural form of imprecation.
- in substance — that of which a thing consists; physical matter or material: form and substance.
- in that case — then
- in the cards — a usually rectangular piece of stiff paper, thin pasteboard, or plastic for various uses, as to write information on or printed as a means of identifying the holder: a 3″ × 5″ file card; a membership card.
- in the chips — a small, slender piece, as of wood, separated by chopping, cutting, or breaking.
- inabstinence — a lack of abstinence or abstention
- incandescent — (of light) produced by incandescence.
- incapacities — Plural form of incapacity.
- incapsulated — Simple past tense and past participle of incapsulate.
- incapsulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of incapsulate.
- incarcerates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of incarcerate.
- incense tree — any of various trees, as Boswellia carteri or those of the genus Protium, yielding an aromatic gum resin that is burned as incense.
- incentivised — Simple past tense and past participle of incentivise.
- incentivises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of incentivise.
- incentivizes — to give incentives to: The government should incentivize the private sector to create jobs.
- incestuously — involving incest.
- inchoateness — The quality of being inchoate.
- incinerators — Plural form of incinerator.
- incompetents — Plural form of incompetent.
- inconsequent — characterized by lack of proper sequence in thought, speech, or action.
- inconsistent — lacking in harmony between the different parts or elements; self-contradictory: an inconsistent story.
- inconversant — Not conversant or acquainted (with something); unfamiliar.
- incorporates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of incorporate.
- incrassative — A substance which has the power to thicken; formerly, a medicine supposed to thicken the humours.
- increasement — (rare) An increase; growth.
- indirections — Plural form of indirection.