12-letter words containing h, a, i, r, s, n
- hyannis port — a town in SE Massachusetts, on Nantucket Sound: summer resort.
- hydrastinine — a white, crystalline, poisonous alkaloid, C 11 H 13 NO 3 , synthesized from hydrastine: used to arrest bleeding, especially in the uterus.
- hydronautics — (nautical) The science of the design and construction of ships, their engines, and their instrumentation.
- hydrosalpinx — A distally blocked Fallopian tube filled with serous or clear fluid.
- hyperkinesia — Pathology. an abnormal amount of uncontrolled muscular action; spasm.
- hypersomniac — a tendency to sleep excessively.
- hypersthenia — abnormal strength or tension
- hysteromania — unusually increased sexual desire in a woman
- icosahedrons — Plural form of icosahedron.
- in rehearsal — being prepared for public performance
- in search of — looking for, seeking
- in the cards — a usually rectangular piece of stiff paper, thin pasteboard, or plastic for various uses, as to write information on or printed as a means of identifying the holder: a 3″ × 5″ file card; a membership card.
- infographics — Plural form of infographic.
- inharmonious — not harmonious; discordant; unmelodious.
- inheritances — Plural form of inheritance.
- interchanges — Plural form of interchange.
- intrapsychic — Within the psyche or mind.
- isosthenuria — the inability of the kidneys to dilute or concentrate urine
- kitchenwares — Plural form of kitchenware.
- 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.
- latchstrings — Plural form of latchstring.
- lion's share — the largest part or share, especially a disproportionate portion: The eldest son received the lion's share of the estate.
- loansharking — the practice of lending money at excessive rates of interest.
- malnourished — poorly or improperly nourished; suffering from malnutrition: thin, malnourished victims of the famine.
- marksmanship — a person who is skilled in shooting at a mark; a person who shoots well.
- mechatronics — The synergistic combination of mechanical engineering, electronic engineering and software engineering for the study of automata from an engineering perspective and the control of advanced hybrid systems.
- merchandised — the manufactured goods bought and sold in any business.
- merchandiser — the manufactured goods bought and sold in any business.
- merchandises — the manufactured goods bought and sold in any business.
- metachronism — An error in chronological ordering in which a character or an event is placed at too late a time.
- metaphrasing — Present participle of metaphrase.
- metatherians — Plural form of metatherian.
- misanthropes — Plural form of misanthrope.
- misanthropic — of, relating to, or characteristic of a misanthrope.
- misapprehend — to misunderstand.
- nail varnish — nail polish.
- near-sighted — seeing distinctly at a short distance only; myopic.
- neurasthenia — Psychiatry. (not in technical use) nervous debility and exhaustion occurring in the absence of objective causes or lesions; nervous exhaustion.
- neurasthenic — pertaining to or suffering from neurasthenia.
- neuropathies — Plural form of neuropathy.
- neuropathist — a specialist in treating diseases of the nervous system; a neurologist
- nilo-saharan — a family of African languages, including the Central and Eastern Sudanic groups as well as Kanuri, Songhai, and other languages, spoken from the Sahara southward to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Tanzania.
- nonspherical — not spherical
- north island — the northernmost principal island of New Zealand. 44,281 sq. mi. (114,690 sq. km).
- np-hilarious — (humour) An algorithm whose complexity is a joke, either literally, as in BogoSort, or metaphorically.
- on shipboard — on board a ship
- panarthritis — arthritis in the entire joint
- parachronism — a chronological error in which a person, event, etc., is assigned a date later than the actual one.
- paragnathism — the condition or fact of having upper and lower jaws of equal length
- paraphrasing — a restatement of a text or passage giving the meaning in another form, as for clearness; rewording.