12-letter words containing h, o, n, i, s
- fishing port — a town which has a lot of fishing boats
- fishing worm — an earthworm.
- fishmonger's — a shop that sells fish
- flemish bond — a brickwork bond having alternate stretchers and headers in each course, each header being centered above and below a stretcher.
- flourishment — The act or state of flourishing.
- foreadmonish — (rare, transitive) To admonish beforehand, or before the act or event.
- foreman-ship — a person in charge of a particular department, group of workers, etc., as in a factory or the like.
- fosphenytoin — a prodrug that produces phenytoin and is taken to prevent or treat seizures.
- gainsborough — Thomas, 1727–88, English painter.
- geomechanics — the study and application of rock and soil mechanics
- ghostwritten — Written by a ghostwriter.
- ghoulishness — The quality of being ghoulish.
- gloss finish — a reflective or shiny surface, usually on a photograph but also sometimes on metal, paper, paint, etc
- gobind singh — 1666–1708, tenth and last guru of the Sikhs (1675–1708): assassinated
- goldsmithing — The work of a goldsmith; the forging of gold.
- governorship — the duties, term in office, etc., of a governor.
- gramophonist — a person who uses a gramophone
- gymnosophist — one of a group of Jainist philosophers, existing from ancient times to c1000, characterized by refusal to wear clothes and the abandonment of caste marks; a member of the Digambara sect.
- hadrosaurine — Hadrosaurid.
- haemogenesis — Haematopoiesis.
- haemosiderin — Alternative form of hemosiderin.
- half section — a part that is cut off or separated.
- half-section — a part that is cut off or separated.
- hallucinosis — a mental state characterized by repeated hallucinations.
- halton hills — a city in SE Ontario, in S Canada, near Toronto.
- hanging post — a post from which a door, gate, etc., is hung.
- haptoglobins — Plural form of haptoglobin.
- harmoniously — marked by agreement in feeling, attitude, or action: a harmonious group.
- harmoniumist — a person who plays a harmonium
- harrison red — a pigment consisting of a paratoluidine toner, characterized by its brilliant red color and tendency to bleed.
- harrisonburg — a city in N Virginia.
- head station — the main buildings on a large sheep or cattle farm
- hearing loss — diminished ability to hear
- hebetudinous — the state of being dull; lethargy.
- hegemonistic — the policy or practice of hegemony to serve national interests.
- helleborines — Plural form of helleborine.
- hemodynamics — the branch of physiology dealing with the forces involved in the circulation of the blood.
- henotheistic — Relating to henotheism.
- hepatotoxins — Plural form of hepatotoxin.
- hernioplasty — an operation for the repair of a hernia.
- heron's-bill — stork's-bill (def 1).
- herringbones — Plural form of herringbone.
- hessian boot — a knee-high tasseled boot, fashionable in England in the early 19th century.
- heteroousian — a person who believes the Father and the Son to be unlike in substance or essence; an Arian (opposed to Homoousian).
- hexacosanoic — as in hexacosanoic acid
- hexasiloxane — (organic chemistry) Any siloxane having six -Si-O- groups.
- hibernations — Plural form of hibernation.
- hierophanies — Plural form of hierophany.
- higgs bugson — (humour) A hypothetical bug predicted to exist based on a small number of possibly related event log entries and vague anecdotal user reports. The Higgs Bugson is difficult to reproduce because you don't really know if it's there, and if it is there what is causing it. To find one you will need a Large Hadron Debugger.
- high fashion — haute couture.