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12-letter words containing h, e, n, r, i

  • handicrafter — One who engages in handicrafts.
  • handkerchief — a small piece of linen, silk, or other fabric, usually square, and used especially for wiping one's nose, eyes, face, etc., or for decorative purposes.
  • harbingering — Present participle of harbinger.
  • hard feeling — resentment; ill will
  • 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.
  • hard-wearing — resistant to extensive wear; durable: a pair of hardwearing jeans.
  • 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.
  • hare-brained — giddy; reckless.
  • haricot bean — Haricot beans are small white beans that are eaten as a vegetable. They are often sold dried rather than fresh.
  • harlequinade — a pantomime, farce, or similar play in which Harlequin plays the principal part.
  • harmonizable — That can be harmonized.
  • 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).
  • health drink — a drink that claims to be beneficial to health
  • 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
  • heart urchin — an echinoderm of the order Spatangoida, having an elongate, somewhat heart-shaped outer covering.
  • heartburning — rankling discontent, especially from envy or jealousy; grudge.
  • hearteningly — In a heartening way; cheeringly.
  • heartrending — causing or expressing intense grief, anguish, or distress.
  • heartstrings — (obsolete, anatomy) The tendons once thought to brace the heart. (15th-19th c.).
  • heartwarming — gratifying; rewarding; satisfying: a heartwarming response to his work.
  • hebephreniac — a person suffering from hebephrenia
  • hedenbergite — a contact metamorphic mineral of the pyroxene family, calcium ferrous silicate, CaFe(SiO 3) 2 , that forms black prismatic crystals in crystalline limestone.
  • heffelfinger — William Walter ("Pudge") 1867–1954, U.S. football player.
  • heimskringla — a book of the 13th century narrating the history of the kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson.
  • heliocentric — measured or considered as being seen from the center of the sun.
  • hell-raising — behaviour which causes trouble
  • helleborines — Plural form of helleborine.
  • helmet liner — a soft or padded lining for a helmet.
  • helping verb — auxiliary verb.
  • hemorrhaging — a profuse discharge of blood, as from a ruptured blood vessel; bleeding.
  • 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.
  • hereditament — any inheritable estate or interest in property.
  • hereditarian — a person who believes that differences between individuals or groups, including moral and intellectual attributes, are predominantly determined by genetic factors (opposed to environmentalist).
  • hereinbefore — before in this document, statement, etc.
  • hermeneutics — the science of interpretation, especially of the Scriptures.
  • hernioplasty — an operation for the repair of a hernia.
  • heroic tenor — a tenor with a dramatic voice
  • heron's-bill — stork's-bill (def 1).
  • herring boat — a fishing boat that specializes in catching herring
  • herring gull — a common, large gull, Larus argentatus, of the Northern Hemisphere.
  • herringboned — Simple past tense and past participle of herringbone.
  • herringbones — Plural form of herringbone.
  • heterodyning — Present participle of heterodyne.
  • heteroousian — a person who believes the Father and the Son to be unlike in substance or essence; an Arian (opposed to Homoousian).
  • heterophonic — the simultaneous performance of the same melodic line, with slight individual variations, by two or more performers.
  • hibernaculum — a protective case or covering, especially for winter, as of an animal or a plant bud.
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