12-letter words containing h, i, s, e
- close stitch — buttonhole stitch.
- closed chain — any structural arrangement, used in the models and formulas of molecules, consisting of a chain of atoms that forms a closed geometric figure; ring
- clothes-line — a strong, narrow rope, cord, wire, etc., usually stretched between two poles, posts, or buildings, on which clean laundry is hung to dry.
- clotheslined — Simple past tense and past participle of clothesline.
- clotheslines — Plural form of clothesline.
- clownishness — The state of being clownish.
- co-ownership — the fact or state of being one of the joint owners of something
- code-sharing — a commercial agreement between two airlines that allows passengers to use a ticket from one airline to travel on another
- coding sheet — a form on which a program is written
- coenesthesia — general awareness of one's own body
- cohesibility — the nature of being cohesible
- cohesionless — lacking cohesion
- cohesiveness — characterized by or causing cohesion: a cohesive agent.
- conchiferous — (esp of molluscs) having or producing a shell
- constraineth — Archaic third-person singular form of constrain.
- consumership — the state of being a consumer
- cookie sheet — A cookie sheet is a flat piece of metal on which you bake foods such as cookies in an oven.
- coppersmiths — Plural form of coppersmith.
- copyrighters — Plural form of copyrighter.
- coquettishly — (of a woman) characteristically flirtatious, especially in a teasing, lighthearted manner.
- corn whiskey — a whisky made from maize
- cosmochemist — a student of cosmochemistry
- costophrenic — Synonym of phrenicocostal.
- crazy eights — a card game played by two or more persons with a 52-card deck, the object of which is to be the first to get rid of one's hand by successively playing a card of the same suit or denomination as that played by the preceding player, with an eight counting for any desired suit.
- criosphinxes — Plural form of criosphinx.
- damselfishes — Plural form of damselfish.
- daniel shays — Daniel, 1747–1825, American Revolutionary War soldier: leader of a popular insurrection (Shays' Rebellion) in Massachusetts 1786–87.
- de-emphasize — to remove emphasis from
- death duties — Death duties were a tax which had to be paid on the money and property of someone who had died. This tax is now called inheritance tax.
- death spiral — a period of continuous deterioration that leads ultimately to catastrophic failure or destruction
- debaucheries — Plural form of debauchery.
- deemphasized — Simple past tense and past participle of deemphasize.
- deemphasizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deemphasize.
- dehumanising — Present participle of dehumanise.
- dehumidifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dehumidify.
- demographics — data resulting from the science of demography; population statistics
- demographies — the science of vital and social statistics, as of the births, deaths, diseases, marriages, etc., of populations.
- demolishment — to destroy or ruin (a building or other structure), especially on purpose; tear down; raze.
- denbighshire — a county of N Wales: split between Clwyd and Gwynedd in 1974; reinstated with different boundaries in 1996: borders the Irish Sea, with the Cambrian Mountains in the south: chiefly agricultural. Administrative centre: Ruthin. Pop: 94 900 (2003 est). Area: 844 sq km (327 sq miles)
- desulphurize — to free or become free from sulphur
- devilishness — The state or quality of being devilish.
- dichotomised — Simple past tense and past participle of dichotomise.
- dilettantish — a person who takes up an art, activity, or subject merely for amusement, especially in a desultory or superficial way; dabbler.
- diminishable — That may be diminished.
- diminishment — to make or cause to seem smaller, less, less important, etc.; lessen; reduce.
- diphosphates — a pyrophosphate.
- diphtheroids — resembling diphtheria, especially in the formation of a false membrane in the throat.
- directorship — a person or thing that directs.
- disaccharide — any of a group of carbohydrates, as sucrose or lactose, that yield monosaccharides on hydrolysis.
- disauthorize — to take authority away from (a person or organization)