12-letter words containing h, i, e
- arthrotomies — Plural form of arthrotomy.
- assessorship — the occupation, post or duties of a person who assesses, advises, or estimates
- astonishable — (obsolete) Astonishing.
- astonishment — Astonishment is a feeling of great surprise.
- astrochemist — (chemistry, astronomy) A chemist or astronomer whose speciality is astrochemistry.
- asynchronies — a lack of synchronism or coincidence in time.
- at this rate — If you say that at this rate something bad or extreme will happen, you mean that it will happen if things continue to develop as they have been doing.
- atheological — having an aversion or resistance to theology
- atheoretical — having no connection with and not founded on theory
- athletically — physically active and strong; good at athletics or sports: an athletic child.
- atmospherics — Atmospherics are elements in something such as a piece of music or a book which create a certain atmosphere.
- atmospherium — an optical system used to simulate images of atmospheric phenomena, as cloud formations, storms, and day and night, on the inside of a dome.
- attorneyship — The office or profession of an attorney.
- authenticate — If you authenticate something, you state officially that it is genuine after examining it.
- authenticity — the quality or state of being authentic; reliability; genuineness
- authorizable — able to be authorized
- autotheistic — Self-worshiping; prideful in the extreme.
- axel heiberg — the largest island belonging to the Sverdrup group in the Canadian Northwest Territories. 15,779 sq. mi. (40,868 sq. km).
- axiom schema — (logic) A formula in the language of an axiomatic system, containing one or more. These metasyntactic variables (or "schematic variables") that stand for terms or subformulae. An example is the Axiom of Comprehension.
- azathioprine — a synthetic drug that suppresses the normal immune responses of the body and is administered orally during and after organ transplantation and also in certain types of autoimmune disease. Formula: C9H7N7O2S
- bachelorship — the state of being a bachelor; bachelorhood
- back-kitchen — a room off a main kitchen, usually further towards the back of the house where washing-up or preparatory cooking work might be done; a scullery
- backstitches — Plural form of backstitch.
- bairnsfather — Bruce. 1888–1959, British cartoonist, born in India: best known for his cartoons of the war in the trenches during World War I
- baking sheet — A baking sheet is a flat piece of metal on which you bake foods such as biscuits or pies in an oven.
- baluchithere — a hornless rhinoceros of the extinct genus Baluchitherium that inhabited central Asia during the Oligocene and early Miocene epochs: the largest land mammal known.
- bantamweight — A bantamweight is a boxer who weighs between 51 and 53.5 kilograms, or a wrestler who weighs between 52 and 57 kilograms. A bantamweight is heavier than a flyweight but lighter than a featherweight.
- baraesthesia — the ability to sense pressure
- barber chair — a chair used by barbers, adjustable in height and having an adjustable headrest, back, and footrest.
- barophoresis — the diffusion of suspended particles at a rate dependent on external forces
- barrel chair — a kind of upholstered chair with an upright, rounded back
- bashkirtseff — Marie, original name Marya Konstantinovna Bashkirtseva. 1858–84, Russian painter and diarist who wrote in French, noted esp for her Journal (1887)
- basic weight — basis weight.
- basis weight — the weight in pounds of a ream of paper of a basic size, usually 25 × 38 inches (63 × 96 cm) for book stock, 17 × 22 inches (43 × 55 cm) for writing stock, and 20 × 26 inches (50 × 66 cm) for cover stock.
- basket chair — a chair made of wickerwork; a wicker chair
- basque shirt — a knitted pullover shirt having a crew neck, long or short sleeves, and a pattern of horizontal stripes.
- bathetically — in a bathetic fashion
- bathypelagic — of, relating to, or inhabiting the lower depths of the ocean between approximately 1000 and 4000 metres
- be done with — to end relations with
- be one thing — You can say that the first of two ideas, actions, or situations is one thing when you want to contrast it with a second idea, action, or situation and emphasize that the second one is much more difficult, important, or extreme.
- beachcombing — The action of a beachcomber.
- beacon light — a light signal for shipping
- beat the air — to strike violently or forcefully and repeatedly.
- beaumarchais — Pierre Augustin Caron de (pjɛr oɡystɛ̃ karɔ̃ də). 1732–99, French dramatist, noted for his comedies The Barber of Seville (1775) and The Marriage of Figaro (1784)
- bedfordshire — a county of S central England, administered since 2009 by the unitary authorities of Bedford and Central Bedfordshire: mainly low-lying, with the Chiltern Hills in the south: the geographical county includes Luton, which became a separate unitary authority in 1997. Area (excluding Luton): 1192 sq km (460 sq miles)
- beefheartian — of or recalling the music of Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band, an avant-garde rock/blues band (1966–1982); incorporating strange rhythms, free jazz elements, bizarre lyrics, and growling vocals
- beehive tomb — a type of subterranean tomb of the Mycenaean civilization consisting of a domed chamber entered by a passage through a hillside.
- behaviorally — manner of behaving or acting.
- behaviourism — Behaviourism is the belief held by some psychologists that the only valid method of studying the psychology of people or animals is to observe how they behave.
- behenic acid — a crystalline, saturated fatty acid, C 22 H 44 O 2 , obtained from plant sources, used chiefly in the manufacture of cosmetics, waxes, and plasticizers.