12-letter words containing h, i, t, e, a
- re-authorize — to give authority or official power to; empower: to authorize an employee to sign purchase orders.
- re-establish — to found, institute, build, or bring into being on a firm or stable basis: to establish a university; to establish a medical practice.
- reachability — to get to or get as far as in moving, going, traveling, etc.: The boat reached the shore.
- reality show — A reality show is a type of television program that aims to show how ordinary people behave in everyday life, or in situations, often created by the program makers, which are intended to represent everyday life.
- red goatfish — a goatfish, Mullus auratus.
- rehabilitant — a person who is undergoing rehabilitation, especially for a physical disability.
- rehabilitate — to restore to a condition of good health, ability to work, or the like.
- reichsthaler — a silver thaler of Germany, originally issued in 1566; rix-dollar.
- relationship — a connection, association, or involvement.
- retainership — the condition of being a retainer or of having retainers.
- retrophiliac — someone who has a strong liking for things from the past
- rhetorically — used for, belonging to, or concerned with mere style or effect.
- rheumatismal — of or relating to rheumatism
- rhythmopoeia — the art or process of composing, for example, music or poetry rhythmically
- right-angled — A right-angled triangle has one angle that is a right angle.
- right-handed — having the right hand or arm more serviceable than the left; using the right hand by preference: a right-handed painter.
- right-hander — a person who is right-handed, especially a baseball pitcher who throws with the right hand.
- rutlandshire — a former county, now part of Leicestershire, in central England.
- safety chain — a chain on the fastening of a bracelet, watch, etc, to ensure that it cannot open enough to fall off accidentally
- saint helena — Saint, c247–c330, mother of Constantine I.
- saint helens — a city in Merseyside, in NW England, near Liverpool.
- saint helier — a British island in the English Channel: the largest of the Channel Islands. 44 sq. mi. (116 sq. km). Capital: St. Helier.
- saint hubert — a borough in S Quebec, Canada, just E of Montreal.
- saint joseph — a city in NW Missouri, on the Missouri River.
- saint phalle — Niki de [nik-ee duh;; French nee-kee duh] /ˈnɪk i də;; French niˈki də/ (Show IPA), 1930–2002, French sculptor and painter.
- saint-hubert — town in S Quebec, Canada: part of metropolitan Montreal: pop. 77,000
- saint-mihiel — a town in NE France, on the Meuse River, NW of Nancy: captured by American forces 1918.
- sanity check — (programming) 1. Checking code (or anything else, e.g. a Usenet posting) for completely stupid mistakes. Implies that the check is to make sure the author was sane when it was written; e.g. if a piece of scientific software relied on a particular formula and was giving unexpected results, one might first look at the nesting of parentheses or the coding of the formula, as a "sanity check", before looking at the more complex I/O or data structure manipulation routines, much less the algorithm itself. Compare reality check. 2. A run-time test, either validating input or ensuring that the program hasn't screwed up internally (producing an inconsistent value or state).
- scratch file — A scratch file is a temporary computer file which you use as a work area or as a store while a program is operating.
- scratch line — a line that marks the start of a race.
- section hand — a person who works on a section gang.
- see daylight — the light of day: At the end of the tunnel they could see daylight.
- self-heating — the state of a body perceived as having or generating a relatively high degree of warmth.
- semiattached — partially attached; semidetached.
- semidetached — partly detached.
- sergeantfish — the cobia, Rachycentron canadum.
- set straight — to give the correct facts to; inform properly
- shamateurism — a sports term referring to a state in which an athlete is classified as an amateur but acts like a professional, usually by raising money
- share option — A share option is an opportunity for the employees of a company to buy shares at a special price.
- shareability — the state or property of being able to be shared
- sharp-witted — having or showing mental acuity; intellectually discerning; acute.
- sheath knife — a knife carried in a sheath.
- shield match — a cricket match for the Sheffield Shield
- shirt jacket — a shirtlike jacket.
- shirt-tailed — (of a garment) having a shirt-tail
- shirtwaister — a tailored blouse or shirt worn by women.
- shoot a line — to try to create a false image, as by boasting or exaggerating
- short-haired — having short hair
- sivapithecus — a genus of extinct Miocene primates of Asia that resemble the modern orangutan.
- sixth-grader — a pupil in their sixth US school year after kindergarten, who is usually around 11 or 12 years old