12-letter words containing h, e, n, r, i, s
- franchisable — a privilege of a public nature conferred on an individual, group, or company by a government: a franchise to operate a bus system.
- freakishness — The characteristic or quality of being freakish.
- freethinkers — Plural form of freethinker.
- french fries — thin fried sticks of potato
- french sixth — (in musical harmony) an augmented sixth chord having a major third and an augmented fourth between the root and the augmented sixth
- french stick — a long straight notched stick loaf
- french twist — French roll.
- freshmanship — the state of being a freshman; the period during which a student is considered to be a freshman
- furnishments — Plural form of furnishment.
- garnisheeing — Present participle of garnishee.
- garnishments — Plural form of garnishment.
- gatecrashing — Present participle of gatecrash.
- generalships — Plural form of generalship.
- german sixth — (in musical harmony) an augmented sixth chord having a major third and a perfect fifth between the root and the augmented sixth
- ghostwritten — Written by a ghostwriter.
- governorship — the duties, term in office, etc., of a governor.
- greenfinches — Plural form of greenfinch.
- greenishness — The quality of being greenish.
- greenwashing — Present participle of greenwash.
- hadrosaurine — Hadrosaurid.
- haemosiderin — Alternative form of hemosiderin.
- hairdressing — the act or process of cutting, combing out, doing up, or styling hair.
- hairlessness — The condition or quality of being hairless.
- handicappers — Plural form of handicapper.
- hard science — any of the natural or physical sciences, as chemistry, biology, physics, or astronomy, in which aspects of the universe are investigated by means of hypotheses and experiments.
- hare krishna — a religious sect based on Vedic scriptures, whose followers engage in joyful congregational chanting of Krishna's name: founded in the U.S. in 1966.
- harrison red — a pigment consisting of a paratoluidine toner, characterized by its brilliant red color and tendency to bleed.
- hash-slinger — a waiter or waitress, especially in a hash house.
- headshrinker — shrink (def 9).
- hearing loss — diminished ability to hear
- hearing test — a test to establish whether someone's hearing is normal or whether they have suffered some degree of hearing loss
- heartstrings — (obsolete, anatomy) The tendons once thought to brace the heart. (15th-19th c.).
- heimskringla — a book of the 13th century narrating the history of the kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson.
- hell-raising — behaviour which causes trouble
- helleborines — Plural form of helleborine.
- henley-shirt — a short- or long-sleeved pullover sport shirt, usually of cotton, with a round neckband and an often covered neckline placket.
- hepadnavirus — Any member of the virus family Hepadnaviridae, capable of causing liver infections in humans and animals.
- hermeneutics — the science of interpretation, especially of the Scriptures.
- hernioplasty — an operation for the repair of a hernia.
- heron's-bill — stork's-bill (def 1).
- herringbones — Plural form of herringbone.
- heteroousian — a person who believes the Father and the Son to be unlike in substance or essence; an Arian (opposed to Homoousian).
- hibernations — Plural form of hibernation.
- hidradenitis — (medicine) inflammation of the sweat glands.
- hierophanies — Plural form of hierophany.
- high treason — treason against the sovereign or state.
- hindforemost — with the back part in the front place
- hindquarters — the posterior end of a halved carcass of beef, lamb, etc., sectioned usually between the twelfth and thirteenth ribs.
- his and hers — (of paired objects) for a man and woman respectively
- horribleness — causing or tending to cause horror; shockingly dreadful: a horrible sight.