12-letter words containing e, i, s, n, h
- horseshoeing — Present participle of horseshoe.
- hosepipe ban — a ban, due to water shortage, on using hosepipes to water the garden or wash cars
- house martin — a small European swallow, Delichon urbica, that builds its nest under the eaves of houses.
- housekeeping — the maintenance of a house or domestic establishment.
- housepainter — A professional painter of houses.
- housetrained — Simple past tense and past participle of housetrain.
- housewarming — a party to celebrate a person's or family's move to a new home.
- hucksterings — Plural form of huckstering.
- 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.
- hunting case — a watchcase with a hinged cover to protect the crystal.
- hydrastinine — a white, crystalline, poisonous alkaloid, C 11 H 13 NO 3 , synthesized from hydrastine: used to arrest bleeding, especially in the uterus.
- hydrokinesis — (science fiction): The psychic ability to manipulate or control water.
- hypergenesis — an origin, creation, or beginning.
- hyperintense — existing or occurring in a high or extreme degree: intense heat.
- hyperkinesia — Pathology. an abnormal amount of uncontrolled muscular action; spasm.
- hyperkinesis — Pathology. an abnormal amount of uncontrolled muscular action; spasm.
- hypersomniac — a tendency to sleep excessively.
- hypersthenia — abnormal strength or tension
- hypertension — Pathology. elevation of the blood pressure, especially the diastolic pressure. an arterial disease characterized by this condition.
- hypertensive — characterized by or causing high blood pressure.
- hypnogenesis — induction of the hypnotic state.
- hypnotisable — Alternative spelling of hypnotizable.
- hypophonesis — a sound of less than usual intensity in percussion or auscultation.
- hysterogenic — inducing hysteria.
- hysteromania — unusually increased sexual desire in a woman
- ichnospecies — (paleontology) Any species known only from trace fossils, such as footprints, coprolites or nests.
- icosahedrons — Plural form of icosahedron.
- impeachments — Plural form of impeachment.
- in deep shit — excrement; feces.
- in rehearsal — being prepared for public performance
- in search of — looking for, seeking
- 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.
- in the dumps — a depressed state of mind (usually preceded by in the): to be in the dumps over money problems.
- in the flesh — the soft substance of a human or other animal body, consisting of muscle and fat.
- in the gross — in bulk; as a whole
- in the least — You can use in the least and the least bit to emphasize a negative.
- in the shade — in shadow, out of the sun
- in the wings — in the corridors of a theatre
- in the works — exertion or effort directed to produce or accomplish something; labor; toil.
- inchoateness — The quality of being inchoate.
- incoherences — Plural form of incoherence.
- indehiscence — not dehiscent; not opening at maturity.
- inescutcheon — A small shield placed within a larger one.
- inexhaustive — not exhaustive; not thorough
- inheritances — Plural form of inheritance.
- inhospitable — not inclined to, or characterized by, hospitality, as persons or actions; unfriendly.
- inhumanities — Plural form of inhumanity.