12-letter words containing h, o, m, r
- time-honored — revered or respected because of antiquity and long continuance: a time-honored custom.
- toe the mark — a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface: a line down the middle of the page.
- tourist home — a private home with rooms for rent, usually for one night, to tourists, travelers, etc.
- tracheostomy — the construction of an artificial opening through the neck into the trachea, usually for the relief of difficulty in breathing.
- trachomatous — a chronic, contagious infection of the conjunctiva and cornea, characterized by the formation of granulations and scarring and caused by the bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis.
- trench mouth — Vincent's angina.
- trichogramma — any minute wasp of the genus Trichogramma, comprising a beneficial group of chalcidflies that parasitize the eggs of a variety of insect pests.
- trichotomize — to divide into three parts or categories
- trichotomous — division into three parts, classes, categories, etc.
- trichromatic — pertaining to the use or combination of three colors, as in printing or in color photography.
- trimethoprim — a synthetic crystalline compound, C 11 H 18 N 4 O 3 , usually combined with a sulfonamide as an antibiotic preparation in the treatment of urinary tract infections and pneumocystis pneumonia.
- trocheameter — a device that records the distance that a motor vehicle has travelled
- trochelminth — any invertebrate of the phylum Trochelminthes (now usually broken up into several phyla), comprising the rotifers, gastrotrichs, and several other forms.
- trondhjemite — a coarse-grained igneous rock composed of quartz, plagioclase feldspar, and a small amount of biotite.
- typhoid mary — Mary ("Typhoid Mary") 1869?–1938, U.S. cook, born in Ireland: known immune carrier of typhoid fever who infected many with the disease, institutionalized in 1914.
- unharmonious — marked by agreement in feeling, attitude, or action: a harmonious group.
- unharmonized — to bring into harmony, accord, or agreement: to harmonize one's views with the new situation.
- uniform with — having the same form, appearance, etc. as
- urethrectomy — excision or removal of part or all of the urethra.
- urethrostomy — the construction of an artificial opening from the urethra through the perineum, permitting the passage of urine.
- very much so — The expression very much so is an emphatic way of answering 'yes' to something or saying that it is true or correct.
- villahermosa — a state in SE Mexico, on the Gulf of Campeche. 9783 sq. mi. (25,338 sq. km). Capital: Villahermosa.
- von stroheim — Erich [er-ik;; German ey-rikh] /ˈɛr ɪk;; German ˈeɪ rɪx/ (Show IPA), 1885–1957, U.S. actor and director, born in Austria.
- warehouseman — a person who stores goods for others for pay.
- warehousemen — Irregular plural form of warehouseman.
- weather bomb — a type of extratropical cyclone characterized by a low pressure system in which the central barometric pressure drops at least 24 millibars in 24 hours, which can produce hurricane-force winds with very heavy rainfall or snow.
- weatherwoman — a woman who works as a weathercaster.
- weatherwomen — Plural form of weatherwoman.
- well-humored — a comic, absurd, or incongruous quality causing amusement: the humor of a situation.
- what is more — moreover, in addition
- whole number — Also called counting number. one of the positive integers or zero; any of the numbers (0, 1, 2, 3, …).
- whore-monger — someone who consorts with whores; a lecher or pander.
- whoremongers — Plural form of whoremonger.
- woman-chaser — a philanderer; womanizer.
- wordsmithery — the craft or skill of a wordsmith
- wordsmithing — Present participle of wordsmith.
- x chromosome — a sex chromosome of humans and most mammals that determines femaleness when paired with another X chromosome and that occurs singly in males.
- x-chromosome — a sex chromosome of humans and most mammals that determines femaleness when paired with another X chromosome and that occurs singly in males.
- y chromosome — a sex chromosome of humans and most mammals that is present only in males and is paired with an X chromosome.
- y-chromosome — a sex chromosome of humans and most mammals that is present only in males and is paired with an X chromosome.
- yellowhammer — a common European bunting, Emberiza citrinella, the male of which is marked with bright yellow.
- zoochemistry — the branch of chemistry dealing with the constituents of the animal body; animal chemistry.