12-letter words containing h, e, r, o, i
- siphonophore — any pelagic hydrozoan of the order Siphonophora, being a floating or swimming colony composed of polyps.
- sixth former — student: 16-18
- skeuomorphic — an ornament or design on an object copied from a form of the object when made from another material or by other techniques, as an imitation metal rivet mark found on handles of prehistoric pottery.
- smotheriness — the condition or state of smothering
- smotheringly — in a smothering manner
- soccer pitch — the field of play used in soccer
- spermophytic — able to produce seed
- spinsterhood — Disparaging and Offensive. a woman still unmarried beyond the usual age of marrying.
- spirochaetal — resulting from spirochaetes
- stenographic — the art of writing in shorthand.
- stereophonic — pertaining to a system of sound recording or reproduction using two or more separate channels to produce a more realistic effect by capturing the spatial dimensions of a performance (the location of performers as well as their acoustic surroundings), used especially with high-fidelity recordings and reproduction systems (opposed to monophonic).
- stretch limo — A stretch limo is a very long and luxurious car in which a rich, famous, or important person is driven somewhere.
- stringholder — an oblong piece of wood at the lower end of the body of a viol or other stringed instrument to which the strings are attached.
- strobe light — a device for studying the motion of a body, especially a body in rapid revolution or vibration, by making the motion appear to slow down or stop, as by periodically illuminating the body or viewing it through widely spaced openings in a revolving disk.
- strobe-light — a device for studying the motion of a body, especially a body in rapid revolution or vibration, by making the motion appear to slow down or stop, as by periodically illuminating the body or viewing it through widely spaced openings in a revolving disk.
- strophiolate — having a strophiole
- superheroine — a woman noted for courageous acts or nobility of character: Esther and other biblical heroines.
- superiorship — the state or position of being superior
- synchroneity — the state of being synchronous; synchronism.
- technetronic — pertaining to or characterized by cultural changes brought about by advances in technology, electronics, and communications: a technetronic era.
- technicolour — brightly, showily, or garishly coloured; vividly noticeable
- technocratic — of, relating to, or designating a technocrat or technocracy.
- telharmonium — a musical keyboard instrument operating by alternating currents of electricity which, on impulse from the keyboard, produce music at a distant point via telephone lines.
- teratophobia — fear of giving birth to a monster
- tetramorphic — (in art) of or related to a composite representation of the four evangelists' symbols
- the big four — a small powerful group, as of banks, companies, etc, esp the four largest banks in Britain (Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds TSB, and NatWest)
- the brownies — (in the US) the junior division of the Girl Scouts, usually for girls six to eight years old
- the creation — God's act of bringing the universe into being
- the in-crowd — fashionable people; top people
- the interior — the domestic or internal affairs of any of certain countries
- the pointers — the two brightest stars in the Plough (Dubhe and Merak), which lie in the direction pointing towards the Pole Star and are therefore used to locate it
- the scorpion — the constellation Scorpio, the eighth sign of the zodiac
- the-pioneers — a historical novel (1823) by James Fenimore Cooper.
- theanthropic — of or relating to both God or a god and human beings; both divine and human.
- theatregoing — the act of regularly attending the theatre
- theatromania — an abnormal fondness or mania for the theatre
- theocentrism — having God as the focal point of thoughts, interests, and feelings: theocentric philosophy.
- theocratical — a form of government in which God or a deity is recognized as the supreme civil ruler, the God's or deity's laws being interpreted by the ecclesiastical authorities.
- theorematist — a person who creates or discovers a theorem
- theoretician — a person who deals with or is expert in the theoretical side of a subject: a military theoretician.
- theorization — to form a theory or theories.
- thermidorian — a member of the French moderate group who participated in the downfall of Robespierre and his followers on the 9th Thermidor (July 27th), 1794.
- thermohaline — relating to both the temperature and salinity of ocean water
- thermolabile — subject to destruction or loss of characteristic properties by the action of moderate heat, as certain toxins and enzymes (opposed to thermostable).
- thermometric — an instrument for measuring temperature, often a sealed glass tube that contains a column of liquid, as mercury, that expands and contracts, or rises and falls, with temperature changes, the temperature being read where the top of the column coincides with a calibrated scale marked on the tube or its frame.
- thermomotive — pertaining to motion produced by heat.
- thermophilic — growing best in a warm environment.
- thermosiphon — an arrangement of siphon tubes that enables water in a heating apparatus to circulate by means of convection.
- thermostatic — 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.
- thermotropic — oriented growth of an organism in response to heat.