12-letter words containing h, o, l, s, t, n
- in mothballs — a small ball of naphthalene or sometimes of camphor for placing in closets or other storage areas to repel moths from clothing, blankets, etc.
- inhospitable — not inclined to, or characterized by, hospitality, as persons or actions; unfriendly.
- inhospitably — not inclined to, or characterized by, hospitality, as persons or actions; unfriendly.
- last honours — observances of respect at a funeral
- latin school — a secondary school emphasizing instruction in Latin and Greek.
- lithogenesis — (geology) The formation of sedimentary rock.
- lithopedions — Plural form of lithopedion.
- loathfulness — (rare) The condition of being loathful; reluctance.
- locksmithing — The science and art of making and defeating locks.
- long clothes — dress-like garments formerly worn by a baby
- long-sighted — farsighted; hypermetropic.
- lycanthropes — Plural form of lycanthrope.
- lysolecithin — any compound of lecithin produced by the removal of one of the fatty acid groups by hydrolysis
- marshalltown — a city in central Iowa.
- monk's cloth — a heavy cotton fabric in a basket weave, used for curtains, bedspreads, etc.
- motherliness — The property of being motherly.
- nasotracheal — (anatomy) Of or relating to the nose and trachea.
- nephrologist — A physician whose speciality is nephrology.
- netherworlds — Plural form of netherworld.
- 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.
- 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
- no less than — at least
- north island — the northernmost principal island of New Zealand. 44,281 sq. mi. (114,690 sq. km).
- old chestnut — old saying, cliché
- on the loose — free or released from fastening or attachment: a loose end.
- on the shelf — a thin slab of wood, metal, etc., fixed horizontally to a wall or in a frame, for supporting objects.
- on the slate — on credit
- on the tiles — on a spree, esp of drinking or debauchery
- open slather — to spread or apply thickly: to slather butter on toast.
- outlandishly — In an outlandish manner.
- penalty shot — a free shot at the goal defended only by the goalkeeper, awarded to an offensive player for certain defensive violations.
- photoanalyst — a person who analyzes and interprets photographs, especially a military specialist in aerial or satellite photography.
- phrenologist — a psychological theory or analytical method based on the belief that certain mental faculties and character traits are indicated by the configurations of the skull.
- plainclothes — Plainclothes police officers wear ordinary clothes instead of a police uniform.
- put flesh on — If you put flesh on something, you add details and more information to it.
- relationship — a connection, association, or involvement.
- scalding hot — that scalds; burning; too hot
- school night — any night of the week that precedes a day of school
- semi-monthly — made, occurring, done, or published twice a month.
- shawl tongue — kiltie (def 3).
- shoot a line — to try to create a false image, as by boasting or exaggerating
- short column — a column whose relative dimensions ensure that when it is overloaded it fails by crushing, rather than buckling
- shot on goal — a shot that enters the goal or would have entered the goal if it had not been blocked by the goalkeeper or another defensive player.
- silhouetting — a two-dimensional representation of the outline of an object, as a cutout or configurational drawing, uniformly filled in with black, especially a black-paper, miniature cutout of the outlines of a person's face in profile.
- siphonostele — a hollow tube of vascular tissue enclosing a pith and embedded in ground tissue.
- sixth column — the persons residing in a country at war who are devoted to aiding the fifth column in its activities, especially by lowering morale, spreading rumors, etc.
- slot machine — a gambling machine operated by inserting coins into a slot and pulling a handle that activates a set of spinning symbols on wheels, the final alignment of which determines the payoff that is released into a receptacle at the bottom.