12-letter words containing h, o, s, i, e, r
- hibernations — Plural form of hibernation.
- hidropoiesis — the production of sweat.
- hierocracies — Plural form of hierocracy.
- hierophanies — Plural form of hierophany.
- high treason — treason against the sovereign or state.
- highschooler — (US) A student at a high school.
- hindforemost — with the back part in the front place
- hippo regius — a seaport of ancient Numidia: St. Augustine was bishop here a.d. 395–430; the site of modern Annaba, in Algeria.
- historicized — Simple past tense and past participle of historicize.
- hobble skirt — a woman's skirt that is very narrow at the bottom, causing the wearer to walk with short, mincing steps.
- homebuilders — Plural form of homebuilder.
- homoiotherms — Plural form of homoiotherm.
- hoovervilles — a collection of huts and shacks, as at the edge of a city, housing the unemployed during the 1930s.
- horribleness — causing or tending to cause horror; shockingly dreadful: a horrible sight.
- horse marine — (formerly) a marine mounted on horseback or a cavalryman doing duty on shipboard.
- horse pistol — a large pistol formerly carried by horsemen.
- horse racing — a contest of speed among horses that either are ridden by jockeys or pull sulkies and their drivers.
- horse riding — activity: riding on a horse
- horse trials — a competitive sporting event at which riders have to show their skill in dressage, show-jumping, and cross-country
- horse's tail — burro's tail.
- horsemanship — the art, ability, skill, or manner of a horseman.
- horseshoeing — Present participle of horseshoe.
- horsewhipped — Simple past tense and past participle of horsewhip.
- hostile fire — an unintentional fire, from which any resulting loss can be claimed as an insurance liability (opposed to friendly fire).
- house martin — a small European swallow, Delichon urbica, that builds its nest under the eaves of houses.
- house prices — the sums in money for which houses may be bought or sold
- house spider — any largish dark spider of the genus Tegenaria that is common in houses, such as the cardinal spider
- house wizard — (Probably from ad-agency tradetalk, "house freak") A hacker occupying a technical-specialist, R&D, or systems position at a commercial shop. A really effective house wizard can have influence out of all proportion to his/her ostensible rank and still not have to wear a suit. Used especially of Unix wizards. The term "house guru" is equivalent.
- housebuilder — One who builds houses, particularly one who does so professionally.
- housepainter — A professional painter of houses.
- housetrained — Simple past tense and past participle of housetrain.
- housewarming — a party to celebrate a person's or family's move to a new home.
- hudson river — Henry, died 1611? English navigator and explorer.
- hydroelastic — undergoing a change in elasticity as a result of the flow of water or another fluid
- hydrokinesis — (science fiction): The psychic ability to manipulate or control water.
- hydrosulfide — a compound containing the univalent group –HS.
- hydrosulfite — hyposulfite (def 1).
- hyper-social — relating to, devoted to, or characterized by friendly companionship or relations: a social club.
- hyperbolised — to use hyperbole; exaggerate.
- hyperboloids — Plural form of hyperboloid.
- hyperidrosis — excessive or abnormal sweating
- hyperostosis — abnormal development of bony tissue.
- hypersomniac — a tendency to sleep excessively.
- hypertension — Pathology. elevation of the blood pressure, especially the diastolic pressure. an arterial disease characterized by this condition.
- hysterogenic — inducing hysteria.
- hysteromania — unusually increased sexual desire in a woman
- iatrochemist — a person who practises iatrochemistry
- icosahedrons — Plural form of icosahedron.
- idiothermous — warm-blooded
- impoverished — reduced to poverty.