12-letter words containing h, i, l, t, s
- lecithinases — Plural form of lecithinase.
- lectureships — Plural form of lectureship.
- leiotrichous — Having smooth hair.
- liberty ship — a slow cargo ship built in large numbers for the U.S. merchant marine during World War II and having a capacity of about 11,000 deadweight tons.
- lichtenstein — Roy, 1923–97, U.S. painter and sculptor.
- life history — the series of living phenomena exhibited by an organism in the course of its development from inception to death.
- light switch — lever or knob for controlling a light
- light-struck — (of a film or the like) damaged by accidental exposure to light.
- lightweights — Plural form of lightweight.
- limit switch — a switch that automatically cuts off current to an electric motor when an object moved by it, as an elevator, has passed a given point.
- lisle thread — a fine, high-twisted and hard-twisted cotton thread, at least two-ply, used for hosiery, gloves, etc.
- listenership — the people or number of people who listen to a radio station, record, type of music, etc.: The station has a listenership of 200,000.
- lithogenesis — (geology) The formation of sedimentary rock.
- litholatrous — of or relating to the worship of stones
- lithopedions — Plural form of lithopedion.
- lithophagous — swallowing or feeding on stones
- lithophilous — (of animals and plants) inhabiting or growing in stony places
- lithospermum — any annual or perennial herbs and small shrubs of the genus lithospermum, of the borage family, native to Europe, N America, and northern Asia, and having white, blue, or yellow flowers
- lithospheric — Of or pertaining to the lithosphere.
- lithotritise — to perform a lithotrity
- little horse — the constellation Equuleus.
- little hours — the canonical hours of prime, terce, sext, and nones in the divine office
- locksmithing — The science and art of making and defeating locks.
- long-sighted — farsighted; hypermetropic.
- lymphangitis — inflammation of the lymphatic vessels.
- lysolecithin — any compound of lecithin produced by the removal of one of the fatty acid groups by hydrolysis
- malt whiskey — Malt whiskey or malt is whiskey that is made from malt.
- matopo hills — the granite hills south of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, where Cecil Rhodes chose to be buried
- mesolecithal — centrolecithal.
- mesothelioma — a malignant tumor of the covering of the lung or the lining of the pleural and abdominal cavities, often associated with exposure to asbestos.
- metal polish — cleaning fluid designed to clean, polish or add shine to metal
- metaphysical — pertaining to or of the nature of metaphysics.
- milk thistle — flowering plant
- mirthfulness — joyous; cheerful; jolly; merry: a mirthful laugh.
- morphologist — the branch of biology dealing with the form and structure of organisms.
- motherliness — The property of being motherly.
- muscle shirt — Slang. a T-shirt having short sleeves or no sleeves.
- musk thistle — a composite plant, Carduus nutans, having heads of nodding, rose-purple flowers, introduced into the U.S. from Eurasia.
- mythologizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mythologize.
- nephrologist — A physician whose speciality is nephrology.
- neutrophiles — (of a cell or cell part) having an affinity for neutral dyes.
- night school — a school held in the evening, especially for working adults and others who are unable to attend school during the day.
- nightclothes — Clothes worn to bed.
- nightingales — Plural form of nightingale.
- nihil obstat — permission to publish a book, granted by an official censor who, upon examining it, has certified that it contains nothing contrary to faith or morals.
- nitrophilous — (of plants) growing in soil well supplied with nitrogen
- north island — the northernmost principal island of New Zealand. 44,281 sq. mi. (114,690 sq. km).
- oligochaetes — Plural form of oligochaete.
- on the tiles — on a spree, esp of drinking or debauchery
- ophiolatrous — of, relating to, or practising snake-worshipping