12-letter words containing h, e, n, r, i
- millihenries — Plural form of millihenry.
- miner's inch — a unit of measure of water flow, varying with locality but often a flow equaling 1.5 cu. ft. (0.04 m 3) per minute.
- ministership — (government) The position held by a minister.
- mirthfulness — joyous; cheerful; jolly; merry: a mirthful laugh.
- misanthropes — Plural form of misanthrope.
- misapprehend — to misunderstand.
- monochloride — a chloride containing one atom of chlorine with one atom of another element or a group.
- monotrichate — (of bacteria) having a single flagellum at one pole.
- motherliness — The property of being motherly.
- n hemisphere — that half of the celestial sphere north of the celestial equator
- near-sighted — seeing distinctly at a short distance only; myopic.
- neckerchiefs — Plural form of neckerchief.
- necrophiliac — an erotic attraction to corpses.
- necrophilism — necrophilia.
- necrophilous — displaying a preference for dead tissue, esp of certain bacteria and insects
- neighborhood — the area or region around or near some place or thing; vicinity: the kids of the neighborhood; located in the neighborhood of Jackson and Vine streets.
- neighbouring — (British, Canada) Situated or living nearby or adjacent to.
- neoanthropic — neanthropic.
- nephrologist — A physician whose speciality is nephrology.
- nephropathic — characterized by or relating to nephropathy
- nephroptosis — An abnormal condition in which the kidney drops down into the pelvis when the patient stands up.
- nephrotomies — Plural form of nephrotomy.
- netherlandic — Dutch (def 7).
- neurasthenia — Psychiatry. (not in technical use) nervous debility and exhaustion occurring in the absence of objective causes or lesions; nervous exhaustion.
- neurasthenic — pertaining to or suffering from neurasthenia.
- neurochemist — A researcher or other professional in the field of neurochemistry.
- neuropathies — Plural form of neuropathy.
- neuropathist — a specialist in treating diseases of the nervous system; a neurologist
- neurotrophic — of or relating to the effect of nerves on the nutritive processes.
- neutrophiles — (of a cell or cell part) having an affinity for neutral dyes.
- neutrophilic — (of a cell or its contents) readily stained only by neutral dyes.
- neutrosophic — Neutrosophy
- new brighton — a town in E Minnesota.
- new hebrides — former name of Vanuatu.
- niche market — specific or limited consumer interest
- nielsbohrium — dubnium: symbol, Ns: the name originally proposed by Russian scientists for this element
- night dancer — (in Uganda) a person believed to employ the help of the dead in destroying other people
- night editor — an editor responsible for getting a morning newspaper to press, for the night operations of a wire service, or the like.
- night letter — former name of overnight telegram. Abbreviation: NL.
- night person — a person who prefers to stay up late or who functions best during the nighttime hours.
- night porter — A night porter is a person whose job is to be on duty at the main reception desk of a hotel throughout the night.
- night prayer — the last of the seven canonical hours; compline
- night terror — a sudden feeling of extreme fear that awakens a sleeping person, usually during slow-wave sleep, and is not associated with a dream or nightmare.
- nightclubber — One who visits a nightclub.
- nightcrawler — An earthworm of the species Lumbricus terrestris, known for its large size and nocturnal surfacings.
- nightdresses — Plural form of nightdress.
- ninety-third — next after the ninety-second; being the ordinal number for 93.
- ninety-three — a cardinal number, 90 plus 3.
- ninth-grader — a student in their ninth year at school
- nitromethane — a colorless, oily, slightly water-soluble, poisonous liquid, CH 3 NO 2 , used chiefly as a solvent, rocket fuel, and gasoline additive and in organic synthesis.