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12-letter words containing h, a, e, r, s

  • cosmographer — (astrophysics) A scientist specializing in understanding and describing the nature of the universe.
  • countershaft — an intermediate shaft that is driven by, but rotates in the opposite direction to, a main shaft, esp in a gear train
  • crash course — A crash course in a particular subject is a short course in which you are taught basic facts or skills, for example before you start a new job.
  • crash helmet — A crash helmet is a helmet that motorcyclists wear in order to protect their heads if they have an accident.
  • crazy eights — a card game played by two or more persons with a 52-card deck, the object of which is to be the first to get rid of one's hand by successively playing a card of the same suit or denomination as that played by the preceding player, with an eight counting for any desired suit.
  • cream cheese — Cream cheese is a very rich, soft white cheese.
  • cream sherry — a full-bodied sweet sherry
  • crosspatches — Plural form of crosspatch.
  • crystal meth — crystal methamphetamine, a concentrated and highly potent form of methamphetamine with dangerous side effects
  • dasher block — a block at the end of a yard or gaff for supporting a signal or ensign halyard.
  • daughterless — Without a daughter.
  • death spiral — a period of continuous deterioration that leads ultimately to catastrophic failure or destruction
  • death throes — The death throes of something are its final stages, just before it fails completely or ends.
  • debaucheries — Plural form of debauchery.
  • debaucherous — tending toward or involving debauchery, or excessive indulgence in sensual pleasures: a night of debaucherous fun.
  • decahydrates — Plural form of decahydrate.
  • demographers — Plural form of demographer.
  • demographics — data resulting from the science of demography; population statistics
  • demographies — the science of vital and social statistics, as of the births, deaths, diseases, marriages, etc., of populations.
  • disaccharide — any of a group of carbohydrates, as sucrose or lactose, that yield monosaccharides on hydrolysis.
  • disauthorize — to take authority away from (a person or organization)
  • discographer — a person who compiles discographies.
  • disenchanter — One who disenchants.
  • disfranchise — to deprive (a person) of a right of citizenship, as of the right to vote.
  • disharmonize — (intransitive) To cause disorder.
  • disheartened — to depress the hope, courage, or spirits of; discourage.
  • dishonorable — showing lack of honor or integrity; ignoble; base; disgraceful; shameful: Cheating is dishonorable.
  • double sharp — a symbol (× or ) that raises by two semitones the pitch of the following note.
  • dram refresh — (storage)   The operation which cycles through a DRAM reading each row and writing it back again to compensate for the gradual leakage of charge from the capacitors which store the data. This may be done by the CPU but is often done by a dedicated memory controller.
  • drapery shop — a shop selling fabrics and sewing materials
  • dreadnoughts — Plural form of dreadnought.
  • dust catcher — Informal. a knickknack or other household object that is little used.
  • dutch master — one of a number of renowned and influential Dutch painters
  • dysmenorrhea — painful menstruation.
  • earl marshal — an officer of the English peerage who presides over the College of Heralds and organizes royal processions and other important ceremonies
  • earth closet — a type of lavatory in which earth is used to cover excreta
  • earth summit — a summit conference of 100 or more earth leaders debating global environmental and development issues, specifically the summit held in Rio de Janeiro in 1992, but the term is also applied e.g. to a projected similar event in 2012
  • earthshaking — imperiling, challenging, or affecting basic beliefs, attitudes, relationships, etc.
  • echolocators — Plural form of echolocator.
  • edaphosaurus — Any of several dinosaurs of the family Edaphosauridae, from the Carboniferous and Permian periods, that had a distinctive dorsal sail or crest.
  • elasmobranch — A cartilaginous fish of a group that comprises the sharks, rays, and skates.
  • electroclash — a type of electronic music, originating in the first decade of the 21st century, that combines modern techno with synthesizer music characteristic of the 1980s
  • ellipsograph — an instrument that draws ellipses
  • enfranchised — Simple past tense and past participle of enfranchise.
  • enfranchises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of enfranchise.
  • epanorthosis — (rhetoric) A rhetorical device or element in which a speaker or writer retracts a word that has been spoken and substitutes a stronger or more suitable word; often done for emphasis or sarcasm.
  • eratosthenes — ?276–?194 bc, Greek mathematician and astronomer, who calculated the circumference of the earth by observing the angle of the sun's rays at different places
  • erev shabbat — the day before the Sabbath, i.e. Friday
  • erythematous — Of or pertaining to erythema.
  • erythroblast — An immature erythrocyte containing a nucleus.
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