12-letter words containing h, o, n, s
- phytobenthos — microscopic plants that live in the bottom of the ocean
- phytogenesis — the origin and development of plants.
- pigeon-chest — chicken breast.
- pinchcommons — a person who is frugal with food
- plainclothes — Plainclothes police officers wear ordinary clothes instead of a police uniform.
- pollen brush — the mass of stiff hairs on the legs or abdomen of an insect, for collecting pollen.
- pollyannaish — an excessively or blindly optimistic person.
- ponzi scheme — a swindle in which a quick return, made up of money from new investors, on an initial investment lures the victim into much bigger risks.
- porphyropsin — a purple pigment occurring in the retina of the eye of certain freshwater fishes
- posing pouch — a thong that emphasizes the genitals
- posthypnotic — of or relating to the period after hypnosis.
- postmidnight — the middle of the night; twelve o'clock at night.
- 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.
- psychognosis — the use of hypnosis to study mental phenomena
- psychonomics — the study of the individual mind in relation to its environment
- psychotronic — of or relating to a genre of usually low-budget movies that includes horror, fantasy, science-fiction, and underground films.
- push polling — the use of loaded questions in a supposedly objective telephone opinion poll during a political campaign in order to bias voters against an opposing candidate
- 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.
- radiophonist — a person who produces radiophonic music
- rainbow fish — guppy.
- 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.
- rock cornish — a small hybrid chicken produced by mating Cornish and White Rock chickens and marketed especially as a roaster.
- romney marsh — one of an English breed of hardy sheep, having coarse, long wool.
- rosh hashana — the Jewish New Year, celebrated on the 1st and 2d days of Tishri
- rough-spoken — coarse or vulgar in speech.
- roughhousing — the act of behaving in a boisterous or rough way
- run the show — to cause or allow to be seen; exhibit; display.
- running shoe — trainer, sneaker
- ryobu shinto — a fusion of Shinto and Buddhism, which flourished in Japan in the 13th century
- saint john's — an island state comprising Antigua and two smaller islands: a member of the former West Indies Associated States; formerly a British crown colony; gained independence 1981. 171 sq. mi. (442 sq. km). Capital: St. John's.
- saint joseph — a city in NW Missouri, on the Missouri River.
- saint thomas — Saint Thomas ("the Angelic Doctor") 1225?–74, Italian scholastic philosopher: a major theologian of the Roman Catholic Church.
- sancho panza — Sancho, Sancho Panza.
- sarrusophone — a metal double-reed wind instrument with a conical bore, related to the oboe and used especially in military bands.
- satanophobia — a morbid fear of the devil or Satan
- satin-smooth — pleasantly soft and smooth, like satin
- scalding hot — that scalds; burning; too hot