12-letter words containing e, n, t, h, o
- grandmothers — Plural form of grandmother.
- groundsheets — Plural form of groundsheet.
- gynantherous — having the stamens converted into pistils by the action of frost, disease, or insects.
- haematoxylin — Alternative spelling of hematoxylin.
- haematoxylon — any thorny leguminous tree of the genus Haematoxylon, esp the logwood, of tropical America and SW Africa. The heartwood yields the dye haematoxylin
- haemoprotein — Alternative spelling of hemoprotein.
- half section — a part that is cut off or separated.
- half-section — a part that is cut off or separated.
- halogenating — Present participle of halogenate.
- halogenation — (chemistry) The reaction of a halogen with something, especially the replacement of a hydrogen atom of an organic compound with a halogen one.
- halotolerant — (biology) Able to tolerate a high concentration of salt in its environment.
- hambletonian — one of a superior strain of American trotting horses descended from the stallion Hambletonian.
- haricot bean — Haricot beans are small white beans that are eaten as a vegetable. They are often sold dried rather than fresh.
- harmonometer — the equipment used for measuring the harmonic relations of sounds
- harvest moon — the moon at and about the period of fullness that is nearest to the autumnal equinox.
- have need to — to be compelled or required to; must
- have pity on — to have sympathy or show mercy for
- hazelnut oil — an oil extracted from hazelnuts and used mostly in cooking
- head station — the main buildings on a large sheep or cattle farm
- headstrongly — In a headstrong manner.
- hearthstones — Plural form of hearthstone.
- hebetudinous — the state of being dull; lethargy.
- heel-and-toe — noting a pace, as in walking contests, in which the heel of the front foot touches ground before the toes of the rear one leave it.
- hegemonistic — the policy or practice of hegemony to serve national interests.
- heldentenors — Plural form of heldentenor.
- heliocentric — measured or considered as being seen from the center of the sun.
- hellespontus — an area in the southern hemisphere of Mars.
- help on with — If you help someone on with an item of clothing, you help them put it on.
- hemangiomata — See under angioma.
- hematogenous — originating in the blood.
- hemiplankton — plankton that spend part of their life cycle in a vegetative state on the sea bottom, riverbed, etc. (opposed to holoplankton).
- hemodilution — a decreased concentration of cells and solids in blood, usually caused by an influx of fluid.
- henotheistic — Relating to henotheism.
- hepatization — the transformation of tissue into a liver-like substance, esp of the lungs in pneumonia
- hepatogenous — originating in the liver
- hepatotoxins — Plural form of hepatotoxin.
- heptahedrons — Plural form of heptahedron.
- hernioplasty — an operation for the repair of a hernia.
- heroic tenor — a tenor with a dramatic voice
- herpetofauna — the reptiles and amphibians that inhabit a given area
- herring boat — a fishing boat that specializes in catching herring
- herstmonceux — a village in S England, in E Sussex north of Eastbourne: 15th-century castle, site of the Royal Observatory, which was transferred from Greenwich between 1948 and 1958, until 1990
- hessian boot — a knee-high tasseled boot, fashionable in England in the early 19th century.
- heterochrony — a genetic shift in timing of the development of a tissue or anatomical part, or in the onset of a physiological process, relative to an ancestor.
- heterodyning — Present participle of heterodyne.
- heterogenous — having its source or origin outside the organism; having a foreign origin.
- heterogonous — Botany. of or relating to monoclinous flowers of two or more kinds occurring on different individuals of the same species, the kinds differing in the relative length of stamens and pistils (opposed to homogonous).
- heterogynous — having females of two different kinds, one sexual and the other abortive or neuter, as ants.
- heterokaryon — a cell containing two or more nuclei of differing genetic constitutions.
- heterokontan — of or relating to a heterokont