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12-letter words containing h, o, n, r, i

  • rock cornish — a small hybrid chicken produced by mating Cornish and White Rock chickens and marketed especially as a roaster.
  • rockhounding — the activity of searching for and collecting rocks
  • roller chain — a power chain consisting of parallel pairs of flat links joined by pins covered with rollers, and engaging with the teeth of sprockets.
  • roughhousing — the act of behaving in a boisterous or rough way
  • run off with — to go quickly by moving the legs more rapidly than at a walk and in such a manner that for an instant in each step all or both feet are off the ground.
  • running shoe — trainer, sneaker
  • ryobu shinto — a fusion of Shinto and Buddhism, which flourished in Japan in the 13th century
  • scenographic — the art of representing objects in accordance with the rules of perspective.
  • 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
  • scorpionfish — any of several tropical and temperate marine scorpaenid fishes, especially members of the genus Scorpaena, many having venomous dorsal spines.
  • scotch grain — a coarse, pebble-grained finish given to heavy leather, esp. for men's shoes
  • second birth — spiritual rebirth.
  • second reich — the German Empire 1871–1919.
  • 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.
  • shingle roof — a roof covered with thin rectangular tiles, esp made of wood, that are laid with others in overlapping rows
  • shooting war — open conflict between hostile nations involving direct military engagements.
  • shopbreaking — the act of breaking into a shop
  • shore dinner — a meal consisting chiefly of seafood.
  • short notice — little warning
  • short-acting — (of a drug) quickly effective, but requiring regularly repeated doses for long-term treatment, being rapidly absorbed, distributed in the body, and excreted
  • short-winded — short of breath; liable to difficulty in breathing.
  • shortcomings — a failure, defect, or deficiency in conduct, condition, thought, ability, etc.: a social shortcoming; a shortcoming of his philosophy.
  • shortcutting — to cause to be shortened by the use of a shortcut.
  • sinanthropus — the genus to which Peking man was formerly assigned.
  • siphonophore — any pelagic hydrozoan of the order Siphonophora, being a floating or swimming colony composed of polyps.
  • smotheriness — the condition or state of smothering
  • smotheringly — in a smothering manner
  • spinsterhood — Disparaging and Offensive. a woman still unmarried beyond the usual age of marrying.
  • sponsorships — a person who vouches or is responsible for a person or thing.
  • sportfishing — fishing with a rod and reel for sport, especially for saltwater sport fish from a motorboat.
  • stenographic — the art of writing in shorthand.
  • stereophonic — pertaining to a system of sound recording or reproduction using two or more separate channels to produce a more realistic effect by capturing the spatial dimensions of a performance (the location of performers as well as their acoustic surroundings), used especially with high-fidelity recordings and reproduction systems (opposed to monophonic).
  • stringholder — an oblong piece of wood at the lower end of the body of a viol or other stringed instrument to which the strings are attached.
  • strophanthin — a very poisonous, bitter glycoside or mixture of glycosides obtained from the dried, ripe seeds of a strophanthus, especially Strophanthus kombe, used as a cardiac stimulant.
  • subarachnoid — of, relating to, or situated below the arachnoid membrane.
  • superheroine — a woman noted for courageous acts or nobility of character: Esther and other biblical heroines.
  • synarthrodia — synarthrosis.
  • synarthrosis — immovable articulation; a fixed or immovable joint; suture.
  • synchro unit — a type of alternating-current motor designed to maintain continuously, at some remote location, the same rotational angle that may be imposed by force upon the electrically connected rotating element of a similar motor.
  • synchroneity — the state of being synchronous; synchronism.
  • synchronical — happening at the same time
  • technetronic — pertaining to or characterized by cultural changes brought about by advances in technology, electronics, and communications: a technetronic era.
  • technicolour — brightly, showily, or garishly coloured; vividly noticeable
  • technocratic — of, relating to, or designating a technocrat or technocracy.
  • telharmonium — a musical keyboard instrument operating by alternating currents of electricity which, on impulse from the keyboard, produce music at a distant point via telephone lines.
  • the brownies — (in the US) the junior division of the Girl Scouts, usually for girls six to eight years old
  • the creation — God's act of bringing the universe into being
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