12-letter words containing e, n, s, h, r
- undershirted — wearing an undershirt
- undischarged — gun: not let off
- unfranchised — a privilege of a public nature conferred on an individual, group, or company by a government: a franchise to operate a bus system.
- unhydrolysed — not having undergone hydrolysis
- unhysterical — not showing or suggesting any hysteria; controlled; sensible; calm;
- unmarshalled — a military officer of the highest rank, as in the French and some other armies. Compare field marshal.
- unnewsworthy — (of a story or incident) not important or significant enough to be considered news
- unperishable — imperishable
- unrefreshing — not refreshing, rejuvenating, or invigorating
- unsearchable — not searchable; not lending itself to research or exploration; not to be understood by searching; hidden; unfathomable; mysterious: the unsearchable ways of the universe.
- unsearchably — in an unsearchable manner
- unsepulchred — not sepulchred
- unshrinkable — not able to contract or become smaller in size
- unwished-for — undesired; unwelcome: an unwished-for occurrence.
- unworshipped — not worshipped; not admired or revered
- unworthiness — not worthy; lacking worth or excellence.
- vanga shrike — any of several birds of the family Vangidae, endemic to Madagascar, some of which resemble shrikes, with great diversity in size, color, and bill shape.
- vaporishness — the quality or state of being vaporish
- varnish tree — any of various trees yielding sap or other substances used for varnish, as Rhus verniciflua, of Japan.
- venus's-hair — a delicate maidenhair fern, Adiantum capillus-veneris.
- vereshchagin — Vasili Vasilievich [vuh-syee-lyee vuh-syee-lyi-vyich] /vʌˈsyi lyi vʌˈsyi lyɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1842–1904, Russian painter.
- vine harvest — the gathering of the grapes from grapevines
- von stroheim — Erich [er-ik;; German ey-rikh] /ˈɛr ɪk;; German ˈeɪ rɪx/ (Show IPA), 1885–1957, U.S. actor and director, born in Austria.
- warehouseman — a person who stores goods for others for pay.
- warehousemen — Irregular plural form of warehouseman.
- watchstander — (US) A person who is on watch on a ship.
- waterishness — the state of being waterish
- watermanship — the skill, duties, business, etc., of a waterman.
- weisenheimer — a wiseacre or smart aleck.
- wet strength — the relative resistance of paper to tearing when wet, resulting from the addition of resins during manufacture.
- whatshername — A female person or entity, whose name one does not remember but that is known to the person to which one is speaking.
- whencesoever — From whatever place or source.
- whereagainst — against which
- whisperingly — In a whispering manner; quietly.
- white raisin — a raisin dried from a white grape
- whooper swan — a common, Old World swan, Cygnus cygnus, distinguished by a yellow patch at the base of its bill, noted for its whooping cry.
- whoremongers — Plural form of whoremonger.
- wigtownshire — a historic county in SW Scotland.
- windcheaters — Plural form of windcheater.
- winged horse — the constellation Pegasus.
- wisenheimers — Plural form of wisenheimer.
- witheredness — The state of being withered.
- woman-chaser — a philanderer; womanizer.
- wooden horse — Trojan horse (def 1).
- wranglership — (at Cambridge University) the position of a wrangler
- wrathfulness — The quality of being wrathful; wrath.
- wretchedness — very unfortunate in condition or circumstances; miserable; pitiable.
- xiphisternum — The lowest part of the sternum; the xiphoid process.
- yachtsperson — A yachtsman or yachtswoman.
- zephyranthes — any of various bulbous plants belonging to the genus Zephyranthes, of the amaryllis family, as Z. grandiflora, having showy rose or pink flowers.