12-letter words containing h, i, s, e
- handstitched — Stitched by hand.
- hanging step — a step projecting from a wall with no real or apparent support at its outer end.
- 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.
- 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.
- harquebusier — a soldier armed with a harquebus.
- harris tweed — a hand-woven tweed made only by residents in the Outer Hebrides from locally dyed and spun wool
- harrison red — a pigment consisting of a paratoluidine toner, characterized by its brilliant red color and tendency to bleed.
- harvest mite — chigger (def 1).
- harvest tick — chigger (def 1).
- harvest time — season when crops are gathered
- hash cookies — biscuits containing cannabis
- hash-slinger — a waiter or waitress, especially in a hash house.
- haussmannize — to rebuild in a similar fashion as Haussmann rebuilt Paris
- haute-savoie — a department in E France. 1775 sq. mi. (4595 sq. km). Capital: Annecy.
- have kittens — to react with disapproval, anxiety, etc
- head station — the main buildings on a large sheep or cattle farm
- headmistress — a woman in charge of a private school.
- headshakings — Plural form of headshaking.
- headshrinker — shrink (def 9).
- 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
- heartstrings — (obsolete, anatomy) The tendons once thought to brace the heart. (15th-19th c.).
- heat-seeking — A heat-seeking missile or device is one that is able to detect a source of heat.
- heavenliness — (uncountable) The state or quality of being heavenly.
- heavyweights — Plural form of heavyweight.
- hebetudinous — the state of being dull; lethargy.
- hegemonistic — the policy or practice of hegemony to serve national interests.
- heimskringla — a book of the 13th century narrating the history of the kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson.
- helianthuses — Plural form of helianthus.
- helical scan — denoting a recording technique used with video tapes in which the recorded tracks on the tape are segments of a helix
- helichrysums — Plural form of helichrysum.
- helicographs — Plural form of helicograph.
- heliogabalus — (Varius Avitus Bassianus"Marcus Aurelius Antoninus") a.d. 204–222, Roman emperor 218–222.
- heliophilous — attracted to sunlight
- heliospheric — Of or pertaining to the heliosphere.
- heliotropism — heliotropic tendency or growth.
- helium flash — the explosive burning of helium in the case of a star of low mass that occurs when the core is so dense that the matter has become degenerate. The burning causes a rapid rise in temperature until it is so high that the gas ceases to be degenerate, after which there is a rapid expansion
- hell-raising — behaviour which causes trouble
- hellaciously — In a hellacious manner.
- helleborines — Plural form of helleborine.
- hellgramites — Plural form of hellgramite.
- helmsmanship — the skill or function of a helmsman
- hemapheresis — apheresis.
- hemarthrosis — (pathology) bleeding in the joints.
- hematologist — the study of the nature, function, and diseases of the blood and of blood-forming organs.
- hemerocallis — the genus comprising the day lilies.
- hemihydrates — Plural form of hemihydrate.
- hemimorphism — The condition of being hemimorphic.
- hemiparasite — A plant that obtains or may obtain part of its food by parasitism, e.g., mistletoe, which also photosynthesizes.
- hemiscotosis — hemianopsia.