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12-letter words containing h, a, n, s

  • athos, mount — autonomous monastic district occupying the tip of the easternmost prong of the Chalcidice peninsula, NE Greece: 130 sq mi (337 sq km); pop. 1,500
  • attorneyship — The office or profession of an attorney.
  • autochangers — Plural form of autochanger.
  • autochthones — Alternative spelling of autochthons.
  • autohypnosis — the process or result of self-induced hypnosis
  • backbenchers — Plural form of backbencher.
  • backslashing — Present participle of backslash.
  • bag snatcher — a thief whose main tactic is to grab women's handbags and run off with them
  • bairnsfather — Bruce. 1888–1959, British cartoonist, born in India: best known for his cartoons of the war in the trenches during World War I
  • baking sheet — A baking sheet is a flat piece of metal on which you bake foods such as biscuits or pies in an oven.
  • banach space — a vector space on which a norm is defined that is complete.
  • banana shrub — a tall Chinese shrub, Michelia figo, of the magnolia family, having cream-yellow flowers with a reddish edge and a strong banana odor.
  • bandersnatch — a fictional creature created by Lewis Carroll in his poem Jabberwocky, and appearing also in The Hunting of the Snark and Through the Looking-Glass
  • bank charges — penalties charged by a bank to a customer, for example when the customer's account is overdrawn or if a cheque is not honoured
  • basset hound — A basset hound is a dog with short strong legs, a long body, and long ears. It is kept as a pet or used for hunting.
  • bathing suit — A bathing suit is a piece of clothing which people wear when they go swimming.
  • bean-shooter — peashooter.
  • bhubaneshwar — a state in E India. 60,136 sq. mi. (155,752 sq. km). Capital: Bhubaneshwar.
  • biomechanics — the study of the mechanics of the movement of living organisms
  • blandishment — the act of blandishing; cajolery
  • boatsmanship — seamanship as applied to boats, especially rowboats and motorboats.
  • bond washing — a series of deals in bonds made with the intention of avoiding taxation
  • bounce flash — a flash lamp designed to produce a bounced flash.
  • brainwashing — the process of brainwashing.
  • braunschweig — Brunswick
  • brinkmanship — Brinkmanship is a method of behaviour, especially in politics, in which you deliberately get into dangerous situations which could result in disaster but which could also bring success.
  • bronchospasm — an abnormal contraction of the bronchi resulting in restriction of the airway
  • buccaneerish — of or relating to a buccaneer
  • bushwhacking — to make one's way through woods by cutting at undergrowth, branches, etc.
  • cacophonious — cacophonous
  • cadent house — any of the four houses that precede the angles: the third, sixth, ninth, and twelfth houses, which correspond, respectively, to neighborhood and relatives, work and health, philosophy and foreign travel, and secret matters and service to others.
  • calisthenics — Calisthenics are simple exercises that you can do to keep fit and healthy.
  • callisthenes — c360–327 b.c, Greek philosopher: chronicled Alexander the Great's conquests.
  • callisthenic — Alternative spelling of calisthenic.
  • campshedding — to line (the bank of a river) with campshot.
  • candlefishes — Plural form of candlefish.
  • canvas chair — a chair in which the seat and back are made from canvas
  • canvas shoes — soft shoes with a canvas upper
  • carbon brush — a small block of carbon used to convey current between the stationary and moving parts of an electric generator, motor, etc
  • cardan shaft — A cardan shaft or cardan drive is a propeller shaft fitted with universal joints at each end.
  • cardinalfish — any of the perchlike fishes of the family Apogonidae, many species of which are bright red with black markings.
  • cardinalship — The office (or term of office) of a cardinal.
  • cartoonishly — in a cartoonish manner
  • casehardened — Simple past tense and past participle of caseharden.
  • cash account — an account with a brokerage which stipulates that the client pays in full for any transactions, rather than being extended credit
  • cash advance — an amount of money borrowed as a short-term loan against a salary, credit card, etc
  • cash economy — an economic system, or part of one, in which financial transactions are carried out in cash rather than via direct debit, standing order, bank transfer, or credit card
  • cash in hand — a payment made directly in cash, rather than through a bank
  • cash journal — cashbook.
  • cash machine — ATM1
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