12-letter words containing h, o, s
- column shift — A column shift is a gearshift lever mounted on the steering column.
- common shrew — a small mouse-like long-snouted mammal, Sorex araneus, of the family Soricidae: order Insectivora (insectivores)
- compost heap — an outdoor pile of compostabale material that degrades into compost
- conchiferous — (esp of molluscs) having or producing a shell
- conchologist — One who collects shells, especially for the purpose of scientific study.
- constraineth — Archaic third-person singular form of constrain.
- consumership — the state of being a consumer
- cookie sheet — A cookie sheet is a flat piece of metal on which you bake foods such as cookies in an oven.
- coppersmiths — Plural form of coppersmith.
- coprophagist — a person who eats excrement
- coprophagous — (esp of certain beetles) feeding on dung
- coprophilous — growing in or on dung
- copyrighters — Plural form of copyrighter.
- coquettishly — (of a woman) characteristically flirtatious, especially in a teasing, lighthearted manner.
- coresearcher — a joint researcher
- corn whiskey — a whisky made from maize
- corner house — a house situated on the corner of two streets
- cornhuskings — Plural form of cornhusking.
- cornishwoman — a woman who is a native or inhabitant of Cornwall
- coronagraphs — Plural form of coronagraph.
- corrivalship — the position of a corrival
- cosmochemist — a student of cosmochemistry
- cosmographer — (astrophysics) A scientist specializing in understanding and describing the nature of the universe.
- cosmographic — Of or pertaining to cosmography.
- costophrenic — Synonym of phrenicocostal.
- cottonmouths — Plural form of cottonmouth.
- couchsurfing — Couchsurfing is the practice of sleeping at the houses of several different people for a period of time without paying.
- countershaft — an intermediate shaft that is driven by, but rotates in the opposite direction to, a main shaft, esp in a gear train
- crash course — A crash course in a particular subject is a short course in which you are taught basic facts or skills, for example before you start a new job.
- criosphinxes — Plural form of criosphinx.
- cross-stitch — Cross-stitch is a type of decorative sewing where one stitch crosses another.
- crossbencher — A member of the British parliament, or a similar assembly, who does not vote regularly with either the government or the main opposition party.
- crosschecked — Simple past tense and past participle of crosscheck.
- crosspatches — Plural form of crosspatch.
- cryptorchids — Plural form of cryptorchid.
- cryptorchism — failure of one or both testes to descend into the scrotum.
- cushion pink — a low-growing mountain plant, Silene acaulis, of Europe and North America, having deep pink to purplish, solitary flowers and forming mosslike patches on rocky or barren ground.
- custom house — a government office, esp at a port, where customs are collected and ships cleared for entry
- customhouses — Plural form of customhouse.
- customs shed — a large building in which customs officers carry out customs inspections
- cyanohydrins — Plural form of cyanohydrin.
- cymotrichous — having wavy hair
- cytochalasin — any of a group of metabolites derived from fungus that interfere with cell processes
- czechoslovak — Czechoslovak means belonging or relating to the former state of Czechoslovakia.
- dasher block — a block at the end of a yard or gaff for supporting a signal or ensign halyard.
- dasyphyllous — (of leaves) hairy or woolly
- day hospital — part of a hospital that offers therapeutic services, where patients usually attend all day but go home or to a hospital ward at night
- death throes — The death throes of something are its final stages, just before it fails completely or ends.
- debaucherous — tending toward or involving debauchery, or excessive indulgence in sensual pleasures: a night of debaucherous fun.
- demographers — Plural form of demographer.