12-letter words containing e, i, s, n, h
- inside right — (esp formerly) a player having mainly midfield and attacking roles
- interchanges — Plural form of interchange.
- intergrowths — Plural form of intergrowth.
- intermeshing — That mesh between one another.
- interpsychic — of or relating to the human soul or mind; mental (opposed to physical).
- interwishing — to want; desire; long for (usually followed by an infinitive or a clause): I wish to travel. I wish that it were morning.
- introvertish — Introverted.
- ionophoresis — electrophoresis, esp of small ions
- ionospherist — Someone who studies the ionosphere.
- isosthenuria — the inability of the kidneys to dilute or concentrate urine
- javelin fish — a fish of the genus Pomadasys of semitropical Australian seas with a long spine on its anal fin
- jenghis khan — Genghis Khan.
- jingle shell — any of several marine, bivalve mollusks of the genus Anomia, having a thin, pearly shell with a conspicuous hole or notch near the hinge of the lower valve.
- jogging shoe — an athletic shoe designed to be worn while jogging.
- kentish fire — prolonged clapping by an audience, especially in unison, indicating impatience or disapproval.
- kinaesthesia — kinesthesia.
- kinaesthesis — kinesthesia.
- kinaesthetic — Alternative form of kinesthetic.
- kindred-ship — a person's relatives collectively; kinfolk; kin.
- kinesipathic — of or relating to kinesipathy
- kinesophobia — Fear of movement.
- kinesthetics — The ability to feel movements of the limbs and body. Referred by some people as the sixth sense.
- king's bench — a court, originally the principal court for criminal cases, gradually acquiring a civil jurisdiction concurrent with that of the Court of Common Pleas, and also possessing appellate jurisdiction over the Court of Common Pleas: now a division of the High Court of Justice.
- kitchen salt — coarse salt that is used in cooking but not at the table
- kitchen sink — basin in kitchen
- kitchen soap — heavy-duty soap intended for use in the kitchen
- kitchen-sink — marked by an indiscriminate and omnivorous use of elements: a kitchen-sink approach to moviemaking.
- kitchenettes — Plural form of kitchenette.
- kitchenwares — Plural form of kitchenware.
- knife switch — a form of air switch in which a moving element, usually a hinged blade, is placed between two contact clips.
- knightliness — Knightly behaviour; chivalry.
- languishment — the act or state of languishing.
- lantern fish — any of several small, deep-sea fishes of the family Myctophidae, having rows of luminous organs along each side, certain species of which migrate to the surface at night.
- lecithinases — Plural form of lecithinase.
- lichtenstein — Roy, 1923–97, U.S. painter and sculptor.
- lincolnshire — a county in E England. 2272 sq. mi. (5885 sq. km).
- line fishing — the activity and sport of fishing using a line
- lion's share — the largest part or share, especially a disproportionate portion: The eldest son received the lion's share of the estate.
- lisp machine — 1. (architecture) Any machine (whether notional or actual) whose instruction set is Lisp. 2. (hardware, operating system) A line of workstations made by Symbolics, Inc. from the mid-1970s (having grown out of the MIT AI Lab) to late 1980s. All system code for Symbolics Lisp Machines was written in Lisp Machine Lisp. Symbolics Lisp Machines were also notable for having had space-cadet keyboards.
- listenership — the people or number of people who listen to a radio station, record, type of music, etc.: The station has a listenership of 200,000.
- lithogenesis — (geology) The formation of sedimentary rock.
- lithopedions — Plural form of lithopedion.
- liverishness — Quality of being liverish.
- long-sighted — farsighted; hypermetropic.
- ludwigshafen — a city in SW Germany, on the Rhine opposite Mannheim.
- lysolecithin — any compound of lecithin produced by the removal of one of the fatty acid groups by hydrolysis
- machine shop — a workshop in which metal and other substances are cut, shaped, etc., by machine tools.
- mackintoshes — Plural form of mackintosh.
- malnourished — poorly or improperly nourished; suffering from malnutrition: thin, malnourished victims of the famine.
- mechanicians — Plural form of mechanician.