12-letter words containing h, e, r, d, t, s
- the hebrides — a group of over 500 islands off the W coast of Scotland: separated by the North Minch, Little Minch, and the Sea of the Hebrides: the chief islands are Skye, Raasay, Rum, Eigg, Coll, Tiree, Mull, Jura, Colonsay, and Islay (Inner Hebrides), and Lewis with Harris, North Uist, Benbecula, South Uist, and Barra (Outer Hebrides)
- the herdsman — the constellation Boötes
- the hundreds — the numbers 100 to 109
- the nearside — the side of a vehicle normally nearer the kerb (in Britain, the left side)
- the shudders — a feeling of horror, repugnance, etc.
- thermostated — a device, including a relay actuated by thermal conduction or convection, that functions to establish and maintain a desired temperature automatically or signals a change in temperature for manual adjustment.
- third estate — the third of the three estates or political orders: the commons in France or England. Compare estate (def 5).
- third person — the grammatical person used by the speaker of an utterance in referring to anyone or anything other than the speaker or the one (third person singular) or ones (third person plural) being addressed.
- third sector — the segment of a nation's economy that is made up of neither public nor business concerns, as nonprofit health or educational institutions.
- third stream — a style of music that uses features of both jazz and classical music in an attempt to develop a new and distinctive musical idiom.
- thitherwards — in that direction
- thunderflash — a pyrotechnic device which is noisy, but not dangerous, and which is used in military exercises
- thunderstick — bull-roarer.
- thunderstone — any of various stones or fossils formerly thought to be fallen thunderbolts.
- thunderstorm — a transient storm of lightning and thunder, usually with rain and gusty winds, sometimes with hail or snow, produced by cumulonimbus clouds.
- trade school — a high school giving instruction chiefly in the skilled trades.
- transit shed — a building located on or near a pier (piershed) or wharf (wharf shed) used for short-term storage of cargo in transit.
- triadelphous — (of stamens) united by the filaments into three sets or bundles.
- unchristened — not christened
- underclothes — clothes worn under outer clothes.
- undershirted — wearing an undershirt
- watchstander — (US) A person who is on watch on a ship.
- water shield — Also called water target. an aquatic plant, Brasenia schreberi, of the water lily family, having purple flowers, floating, elliptic leaves, and a jellylike coating on the underwater stems and roots.
- wethersfield — a town in central Connecticut.
- whitherwards — toward what or which place
- windcheaters — Plural form of windcheater.
- witheredness — The state of being withered.
- wordsmithery — the craft or skill of a wordsmith
- wretchedness — very unfortunate in condition or circumstances; miserable; pitiable.