12-letter words containing h, a, r, i, s
- triumphalism — triumphant spirit or character.
- triumphalist — Triumphalist behaviour is behaviour in which politicians or organizations celebrate a victory or a great success, especially when this is intended to upset the people they have defeated.
- trophallaxis — (among social insects) the exchange of nutriments or other secretions between members of a colony.
- tsesarevitch — (in Russian history) the eldest son of a tsar or his heir apparent
- turkish bath — a bath in which the bather, after copious perspiration in a steam room, showers and has a rubdown.
- twitch grass — couch grass.
- typographist — a person skilled in the art of typography
- ubangi-shari — former name of the Central African Republic.
- unchivalrous — having the qualities of chivalry, as courage, courtesy, and loyalty.
- undischarged — gun: not let off
- unfranchised — a privilege of a public nature conferred on an individual, group, or company by a government: a franchise to operate a bus system.
- unharmonious — marked by agreement in feeling, attitude, or action: a harmonious group.
- unhistorical — of, pertaining to, treating, or characteristic of history or past events: historical records; historical research.
- unhysterical — not showing or suggesting any hysteria; controlled; sensible; calm;
- unperishable — imperishable
- unshrinkable — not able to contract or become smaller in size
- upright bass — double bass
- urolithiasis — a diseased condition marked by the formation of stones in the urinary tract.
- vanga shrike — any of several birds of the family Vangidae, endemic to Madagascar, some of which resemble shrikes, with great diversity in size, color, and bill shape.
- vaporishness — the quality or state of being vaporish
- variety show — vaudeville performance
- varnish tree — any of various trees yielding sap or other substances used for varnish, as Rhus verniciflua, of Japan.
- venus's-hair — a delicate maidenhair fern, Adiantum capillus-veneris.
- vereshchagin — Vasili Vasilievich [vuh-syee-lyee vuh-syee-lyi-vyich] /vʌˈsyi lyi vʌˈsyi lyɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1842–1904, Russian painter.
- villahermosa — a state in SE Mexico, on the Gulf of Campeche. 9783 sq. mi. (25,338 sq. km). Capital: Villahermosa.
- vine harvest — the gathering of the grapes from grapevines
- waking hours — Your waking hours are the times when you are awake rather than asleep.
- warning shot — gunshot fired into the air
- warwickshire — a county in central England. 765 sq. mi. (1980 sq. km).
- wash drawing — a watercolor painting executed by applying a series of monochrome washes one over the other.
- water shield — Also called water target. an aquatic plant, Brasenia schreberi, of the water lily family, having purple flowers, floating, elliptic leaves, and a jellylike coating on the underwater stems and roots.
- waterishness — the state of being waterish
- watermanship — the skill, duties, business, etc., of a waterman.
- weather ship — a ship equipped for meteorological observation.
- weather-wise — skillful in predicting weather.
- weatherstrip — A strip of rubber, metal, or other material used to seal the edges of a door or window against the cold.
- welsh rabbit — a dish of melted cheese, usually mixed with ale or beer, milk, and spices, served over toast.
- what is more — moreover, in addition
- whereagainst — against which
- wherewithals — Plural form of wherewithal.
- white raisin — a raisin dried from a white grape
- white russia — Belorussia
- white slaver — a person engaged in white-slave traffic or business.
- white-slaver — a person engaged in white-slave traffic or business.
- whitethroats — Plural form of whitethroat.
- whitherwards — toward what or which place
- windcheaters — Plural form of windcheater.
- witch's mark — devil's mark.
- work-sharing — an arrangement whereby one full-time job may be carried out by two people working part time
- wranglership — (at Cambridge University) the position of a wrangler