12-letter words containing h, e, i, r, s
- in the works — exertion or effort directed to produce or accomplish something; labor; toil.
- incoherences — Plural form of incoherence.
- inheritances — Plural form of inheritance.
- inside right — (esp formerly) a player having mainly midfield and attacking roles
- interchanges — Plural form of interchange.
- intergrowths — Plural form of intergrowth.
- intermeshing — That mesh between one another.
- interpsychic — of or relating to the human soul or mind; mental (opposed to physical).
- interwishing — to want; desire; long for (usually followed by an infinitive or a clause): I wish to travel. I wish that it were morning.
- introvertish — Introverted.
- ionophoresis — electrophoresis, esp of small ions
- ionospherist — Someone who studies the ionosphere.
- irish bridge — a paved ford.
- irish coffee — a mixture of hot coffee and Irish whiskey, sweetened and topped with whipped cream.
- irish gaelic — Irish (def 4).
- irish setter — one of an Irish breed of setters having a golden-chestnut or mahogany-red coat.
- ischiorectal — (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the region between the rectum and the ischial tuberosity.
- ishtar terra — a plateau region in the northern hemisphere of Venus.
- isosthenuria — the inability of the kidneys to dilute or concentrate urine
- isothermally — occurring at constant temperature.
- jesus christ — Jesus (def 1).
- kentish fire — prolonged clapping by an audience, especially in unison, indicating impatience or disapproval.
- kindred-ship — a person's relatives collectively; kinfolk; kin.
- kirschwasser — a fragrant, colorless, unaged brandy distilled from a fermented mash of cherries, produced especially in Germany, Switzerland, and Alsace, France.
- kitchenwares — Plural form of kitchenware.
- lamplighters — Plural form of lamplighter.
- 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.
- laureateship — a person who has been honored for achieving distinction in a particular field or with a particular award: a Nobel laureate.
- lectureships — Plural form of lectureship.
- leiotrichous — Having smooth hair.
- leisure home — a house for use on weekends, vacations, or the like.
- liberty ship — a slow cargo ship built in large numbers for the U.S. merchant marine during World War II and having a capacity of about 11,000 deadweight tons.
- life history — the series of living phenomena exhibited by an organism in the course of its development from inception to death.
- lincolnshire — a county in E England. 2272 sq. mi. (5885 sq. km).
- lion's share — the largest part or share, especially a disproportionate portion: The eldest son received the lion's share of the estate.
- lisle thread — a fine, high-twisted and hard-twisted cotton thread, at least two-ply, used for hosiery, gloves, etc.
- listenership — the people or number of people who listen to a radio station, record, type of music, etc.: The station has a listenership of 200,000.
- lithospermum — any annual or perennial herbs and small shrubs of the genus lithospermum, of the borage family, native to Europe, N America, and northern Asia, and having white, blue, or yellow flowers
- lithospheric — Of or pertaining to the lithosphere.
- lithotritise — to perform a lithotrity
- little horse — the constellation Equuleus.
- little hours — the canonical hours of prime, terce, sext, and nones in the divine office
- liverishness — Quality of being liverish.
- make history — do sth of great significance
- malnourished — poorly or improperly nourished; suffering from malnutrition: thin, malnourished victims of the famine.
- mastigophore — Any flagellate of the phylum Mastigophora.
- matriarchies — Plural form of matriarchy.
- 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.
- mediatorship — the position of a mediator
- merchandised — the manufactured goods bought and sold in any business.