12-letter words containing h, e, n, r, i, s
- phrontistery — a place or establishment for thinking, studying, or learning
- prankishness — the quality or condition of being prankish
- pre-shipping — a vessel, especially a large oceangoing one propelled by sails or engines.
- prehensorial — relating to a part that grasps
- prehistorian — an authority on or specialist in prehistory
- prenticeship — an apprenticeship
- preschooling — the education of preschool children.
- priggishness — a person who displays or demands of others pointlessly precise conformity, fussiness about trivialities, or exaggerated propriety, especially in a self-righteous or irritating manner.
- prophesyings — gatherings held to expound the prophecies of the Scriptures
- pyonephritis — suppurative inflammation of the kidney.
- pyrotechnics — the art of making fireworks.
- pyrotechnist — a person skilled in pyrotechnics, especially in the manufacture or use of fireworks.
- rechristened — to receive into the Christian church by baptism; baptize.
- red bandfish — a fish, Cepola haastii, found on the inner continental shelf around New Zealand: family Cepolidae
- refreshingly — having the power to restore freshness, vitality, energy, etc.: a refreshing nap.
- refurnishing — to supply (a house, room, etc.) with necessary furniture, carpets, appliances, etc.
- relationship — a connection, association, or involvement.
- relinquished — to renounce or surrender (a possession, right, etc.): to relinquish the throne.
- relinquisher — to renounce or surrender (a possession, right, etc.): to relinquish the throne.
- renfrewshire — a historic county in SW Scotland.
- replenishing — to make full or complete again, as by supplying what is lacking, used up, etc.: to replenish one's stock of food.
- reprehension — the act of reprehending; reproof; censure.
- reprehensive — the act of reprehending; reproof; censure.
- rescheduling — the act of changing the time, date, or schedule of
- residentship — a person who resides in a place.
- resynthesize — to form (a material or abstract entity) by combining parts or elements (opposed to analyze): to synthesize a statement.
- retainership — the condition of being a retainer or of having retainers.
- rhode island — US state
- ride shotgun — a smoothbore gun for firing small shots to kill birds and small quadrupeds, though often used with buckshot to kill larger animals.
- ring changes — to make the form, nature, content, future course, etc., of (something) different from what it is or from what it would be if left alone: to change one's name; to change one's opinion; to change the course of history.
- rising hinge — a gravity hinge causing a door, shutter, etc., to rise slightly when opened.
- running shoe — trainer, sneaker
- rutlandshire — a former county, now part of Leicestershire, in central England.
- saccharinely — of the nature of or resembling that of sugar: a powdery substance with a saccharine taste.
- saint helier — a British island in the English Channel: the largest of the Channel Islands. 44 sq. mi. (116 sq. km). Capital: St. Helier.
- saint hubert — a borough in S Quebec, Canada, just E of Montreal.
- saint-hubert — town in S Quebec, Canada: part of metropolitan Montreal: pop. 77,000
- scenographic — the art of representing objects in accordance with the rules of perspective.
- schizophrene — a person with schizophrenia or one who tends toward schizophrenia
- schneiderman — Rose, 1884–1972, U.S. labor leader, born in Poland.
- schoenheimer — Rudolf [roo-dolf;; German roo-dawlf] /ˈru dɒlf;; German ˈru dɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1898–1941, U.S. biochemist, born in Germany.
- schooner rig — a rig in which the mainmast is taller than the foremast
- schreinering — to produce a lustrous finish on (a fabric) by subjecting it to pressure exerted by rollers engraved with many fine lines.
- schreinerize — to produce a lustrous finish on (a fabric) by subjecting it to pressure exerted by rollers engraved with many fine lines.
- scratch line — a line that marks the start of a race.
- scrimshander — a person who makes scrimshaw objects.
- scrimshanker — a shirker
- second birth — spiritual rebirth.
- second reich — the German Empire 1871–1919.
- sergeantfish — the cobia, Rachycentron canadum.