12-letter words containing e, n, t, h, r
- great-nephew — a son of one's nephew or niece; grandnephew.
- greater than — (character) ">" ASCII character 62. Common names: ITU-T: greater than; ket ("<" = bra); right angle; right angle bracket; right broket. Rare: into, toward; write to; blow ("<" = suck); gozinta; out; zap (all from Unix I/O redirection); INTERCAL: right angle. See also less than.
- greenlighted — to give permission to proceed; authorize: The renovation project was green-lighted by the board of directors.
- grey panther — a member of the generation of affluent older consumers, who regard themselves as young, active, and sociable
- groundsheets — Plural form of groundsheet.
- gutwrenching — Alternative spelling of gut-wrenching.
- gynantherous — having the stamens converted into pistils by the action of frost, disease, or insects.
- haemoprotein — Alternative spelling of hemoprotein.
- half-century — a period of 100 years.
- halotolerant — (biology) Able to tolerate a high concentration of salt in its environment.
- hand leather — a piece of leather wrapped around the hand of a shoemaker in order to protect it from being cut while pulling thread
- hand-printed — (of numbers, letters, or designs) printed, or put on a surface, by hand rather than by machine
- hand-written — to write (something) by hand.
- handbreadths — Plural form of handbreadth.
- handicrafter — One who engages in handicrafts.
- handsbreadth — A small distance.
- 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.
- headstrongly — In a headstrong manner.
- health drink — a drink that claims to be beneficial to health
- hearing test — a test to establish whether someone's hearing is normal or whether they have suffered some degree of hearing loss
- heart urchin — an echinoderm of the order Spatangoida, having an elongate, somewhat heart-shaped outer covering.
- heartburning — rankling discontent, especially from envy or jealousy; grudge.
- hearteningly — In a heartening way; cheeringly.
- heartfulness — The state or quality of being heartful.
- hearthstones — Plural form of hearthstone.
- heartrending — causing or expressing intense grief, anguish, or distress.
- heartstrings — (obsolete, anatomy) The tendons once thought to brace the heart. (15th-19th c.).
- heartwarming — gratifying; rewarding; satisfying: a heartwarming response to his work.
- hedenbergite — a contact metamorphic mineral of the pyroxene family, calcium ferrous silicate, CaFe(SiO 3) 2 , that forms black prismatic crystals in crystalline limestone.
- heldentenors — Plural form of heldentenor.
- heliocentric — measured or considered as being seen from the center of the sun.
- helmet liner — a soft or padded lining for a helmet.
- henley-shirt — a short- or long-sleeved pullover sport shirt, usually of cotton, with a round neckband and an often covered neckline placket.
- henry tanner — Henry Ossawa [os-uh-wuh] /ˈɒs ə wə/ (Show IPA), 1859–1937, U.S. painter, in France after 1891.
- heptahedrons — Plural form of heptahedron.
- hereditament — any inheritable estate or interest in property.
- hereditarian — a person who believes that differences between individuals or groups, including moral and intellectual attributes, are predominantly determined by genetic factors (opposed to environmentalist).
- hermeneutics — the science of interpretation, especially of the Scriptures.
- 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
- 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.