12-letter words containing i, n, s, h, t, u
- hunting case — a watchcase with a hinged cover to protect the crystal.
- hunting dogs — the constellation Canes Venatici.
- huntsmanship — The art or practice of hunting, or the qualification of a hunter.
- hydronautics — (nautical) The science of the design and construction of ships, their engines, and their instrumentation.
- in the dumps — a depressed state of mind (usually preceded by in the): to be in the dumps over money problems.
- inescutcheon — A small shield placed within a larger one.
- inexhaustive — not exhaustive; not thorough
- inhumanities — Plural form of inhumanity.
- insightfully — characterized by or displaying insight; perceptive.
- isosthenuria — the inability of the kidneys to dilute or concentrate urine
- languishment — the act or state of languishing.
- magnus hitch — a knot similar to a clove hitch but taking one more turn around the object to which the line is being bent; rolling hitch.
- meetinghouse — A Quaker place of worship.
- midnight sun — the sun visible at midnight in mid-summer in arctic and antarctic regions.
- mirthfulness — joyous; cheerful; jolly; merry: a mirthful laugh.
- monostichous — (of parts) forming one row
- monotrichous — (of bacteria) having a single flagellum at one pole.
- mount pisgah — the mountain slopes to the northeast of the Dead Sea, from one of which, Mount Nebo, Moses viewed Canaan
- mountain ash — variety of tree
- naughty bits — genitals
- neurasthenia — Psychiatry. (not in technical use) nervous debility and exhaustion occurring in the absence of objective causes or lesions; nervous exhaustion.
- neurasthenic — pertaining to or suffering from neurasthenia.
- neurochemist — A researcher or other professional in the field of neurochemistry.
- neuropathies — Plural form of neuropathy.
- neuropathist — a specialist in treating diseases of the nervous system; a neurologist
- neutrophiles — (of a cell or cell part) having an affinity for neutral dyes.
- neutrosophic — Neutrosophy
- nitrophilous — (of plants) growing in soil well supplied with nitrogen
- nourishments — Plural form of nourishment.
- ortho-cousin — parallel cousin.
- orthocousins — the children of two brothers or two sisters
- outlandishly — In an outlandish manner.
- outpouchings — Plural form of outpouching.
- outthrusting — Present participle of outthrust.
- phillumenist — a collector of matchbooks and matchboxes.
- ride shotgun — a smoothbore gun for firing small shots to kill birds and small quadrupeds, though often used with buckshot to kill larger animals.
- rush matting — a floor covering made from rushes (plants of the genus Juncus)
- rutlandshire — a former county, now part of Leicestershire, in central England.
- ryobu shinto — a fusion of Shinto and Buddhism, which flourished in Japan in the 13th century
- saint hubert — a borough in S Quebec, Canada, just E of Montreal.
- saint-hubert — town in S Quebec, Canada: part of metropolitan Montreal: pop. 77,000
- shortcutting — to cause to be shortened by the use of a shortcut.
- shut-in well — confined to one's home, a hospital, etc., as from illness.
- sight unseen — the power or faculty of seeing; perception of objects by use of the eyes; vision.
- silhouetting — a two-dimensional representation of the outline of an object, as a cutout or configurational drawing, uniformly filled in with black, especially a black-paper, miniature cutout of the outlines of a person's face in profile.
- sinanthropus — the genus to which Peking man was formerly assigned.
- sixth column — the persons residing in a country at war who are devoted to aiding the fifth column in its activities, especially by lowering morale, spreading rumors, etc.
- soup kitchen — a place where food, usually soup, is served at little or no charge to the needy.
- south island — the largest island of New Zealand. 58,093 sq. mi. (150,460 sq. km).
- south-facing — facing towards the south