12-letter words containing e, i, s, n, h
- night person — a person who prefers to stay up late or who functions best during the nighttime hours.
- night sweats — heavy sweating during sleep, especially as a symptom of certain diseases, as tuberculosis.
- nightclothes — Clothes worn to bed.
- nightdresses — Plural form of nightdress.
- nightingales — Plural form of nightingale.
- ninety-sixth — next after the ninety-fifth; being the ordinal number for 96.
- noahide laws — the seven laws given to Noah after the Flood, which decree the establishment of a fair system of justice in society, and prohibit idolatry, blasphemy, murder, adultery and incest, robbery, and the eating of flesh taken from a living animal
- non-cohesion — the act or state of cohering, uniting, or sticking together.
- non-cohesive — characterized by or causing cohesion: a cohesive agent.
- non-shedding — to pour forth (water or other liquid), as a fountain.
- nonaesthetic — not aesthetic, not related to the appreciation of beauty
- nonspherical — not spherical
- nourishments — Plural form of nourishment.
- nucleophiles — Plural form of nucleophile.
- nursing home — a private residential institution equipped to care for persons unable to look after themselves, as the aged or chronically ill.
- oldfashioned — Rare spelling of old-fashioned.
- omnishambles — Chiefly British Informal. a situation, especially in politics, in which poor judgment results in disorder or chaos with potentially disastrous consequences.
- 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.
- on the skite — on a drinking spree
- on the stick — alert, efficient, etc.
- on the tiles — on a spree, esp of drinking or debauchery
- one-base hit — single (def 24).
- onion-shaped — bulb-shaped; shaped like an onion
- or something — You use something in expressions such as 'or something' and 'or something like that' to indicate that you are referring to something similar to what you have just mentioned but you are not being exact.
- orchestrions — Plural form of orchestrion.
- ornithopters — Plural form of ornithopter.
- orthogenesis — Biology. Also called orthoselection. evolution of a species proceeding by continuous structural changes in a single lineage without presenting a branching pattern of descent. a theory that the evolution of a species in a continuous, nonbranching manner is due to a predetermined series of alterations intrinsic to the species and not subject to natural selection.
- orthotonesis — accentuation of a proclitic or enclitic
- ostrich fern — a tall North American fern, Matteuccia struthiopteris, with large mature leaves that resemble ostrich plumes, a popular landscaping plant whose curled new leaves, called fiddleheads, are eaten as a vegetable.
- overfinished — having an excessively polished finish
- overshipment — an act or instance of shipping freight or cargo.
- packinghouse — a building where foodstuffs are packed
- panaesthesia — an individual's general awareness or perception
- panhellenism — the idea or advocacy of a union of all Greeks in one political body.
- parasphenoid — a bone next to the sphenoid bone in the skull of some animals
- parenthesize — to insert (a word, phrase, etc.) as a parenthesis.
- pathogenesis — the production and development of disease.
- pennywhistle — a cheap toy whistle orig. sold for a penny
- penthesileia — the daughter of Ares and queen of the Amazons, whom she led to the aid of Troy. She was slain by Achilles
- phalaenopsis — any of various epiphytic orchids of the genus Phalaenopsis, native to tropical Asia, having clusters of showy, variously colored flowers.
- phenarsazine — a type of toxin that originates from arsenic
- phenocrystic — relating to a phenocryst
- phillumenist — a collector of matchbooks and matchboxes.
- phonasthenia — difficult or abnormal voice production; vocal weakness.
- phonesthemic — (of a speech sound) shared by a set of echoic or symbolic words, as the sn- of sneer, snarl, snatch, snide, snitch, snoop, etc.
- photokinesis — movement occurring upon exposure to light.
- photosetting — photocompose.
- phrasemaking — the making up or coining of memorable phrases or slogans
- phrenologist — a psychological theory or analytical method based on the belief that certain mental faculties and character traits are indicated by the configurations of the skull.
- phrontistery — a place or establishment for thinking, studying, or learning