12-letter words containing h, o, n, e, s
- potting shed — A potting shed is a small building in a garden, in which you can keep things such as seeds or garden tools.
- prehensorial — relating to a part that grasps
- prehistorian — an authority on or specialist in prehistory
- preschooling — the education of preschool children.
- prester john — a legendary Christian monk and potentate of the Middle Ages, supposed to have had a kingdom in some remote part of Asia or Africa and associated with fabulous narratives of travel.
- prophesyings — gatherings held to expound the prophecies of the Scriptures
- prostanthera — any bush of the Australian genus Prostanthera, with red or white flowers and strongly scented leaves
- protosynthex — A query system for English text.
- put flesh on — If you put flesh on something, you add details and more information to it.
- pyonephritis — suppurative inflammation of the kidney.
- pyrotechnics — the art of making fireworks.
- pyrotechnist — a person skilled in pyrotechnics, especially in the manufacture or use of fireworks.
- relationship — a connection, association, or involvement.
- reprehension — the act of reprehending; reproof; censure.
- rhode island — US state
- ride shotgun — a smoothbore gun for firing small shots to kill birds and small quadrupeds, though often used with buckshot to kill larger animals.
- romney marsh — one of an English breed of hardy sheep, having coarse, long wool.
- rough-spoken — coarse or vulgar in speech.
- run the show — to cause or allow to be seen; exhibit; display.
- running shoe — trainer, sneaker
- saint joseph — a city in NW Missouri, on the Missouri River.
- sarrusophone — a metal double-reed wind instrument with a conical bore, related to the oboe and used especially in military bands.
- scenographic — the art of representing objects in accordance with the rules of perspective.
- schizogenous — schizogenetic.
- schizophrene — a person with schizophrenia or one who tends toward schizophrenia
- schoenheimer — Rudolf [roo-dolf;; German roo-dawlf] /ˈru dɒlf;; German ˈru dɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1898–1941, U.S. biochemist, born in Germany.
- schooner rig — a rig in which the mainmast is taller than the foremast
- schopenhauer — Arthur [ahr-too r] /ˈɑr tʊər/ (Show IPA), 1788–1860, German philosopher.
- second birth — spiritual rebirth.
- second reich — the German Empire 1871–1919.
- second sheet — a sheet of blank stationery, used in a letter as the second and following pages to a sheet having a letterhead.
- second sight — the faculty of seeing future events; clairvoyance.
- second teeth — the teeth which replace the milk teeth
- second-homer — a person who owns another house in addition to their main home, often in an area where they are not native and used as a holiday home
- section hand — a person who works on a section gang.
- selenography — the branch of astronomy that deals with the charting of the moon's surface.
- self-honored — honesty, fairness, or integrity in one's beliefs and actions: a man of honor.
- semi-monthly — made, occurring, done, or published twice a month.
- shadow dance — a dance in which shadows of the dancers are cast on a screen.
- shame on you — expressing disapproval
- share option — A share option is an opportunity for the employees of a company to buy shares at a special price.
- shareholding — a holder or owner of shares, especially in a company or corporation.
- sharp tongue — If you say that someone has a sharp tongue, you are critical of the fact that they say things which are unkind though often clever.
- shatter cone — a cone-shaped fragment of rock, probably formed by violent shock waves, as from meteoritic impact or atomic explosions
- shavano peak — a mountain in central Colorado, in the S Sawatch Range, in the Rocky Mountains. 14,229 feet (4337 meters).
- shawl tongue — kiltie (def 3).
- sheet anchor — Nautical. a large anchor used only in cases of emergency.
- shen congwen — 1902–1988, Chinese author.
- shingle roof — a roof covered with thin rectangular tiles, esp made of wood, that are laid with others in overlapping rows
- shoot a line — to try to create a false image, as by boasting or exaggerating