12-letter words containing i, n, t, h
- high-hatting — to snub or treat condescendingly.
- high-protein — (of a food) rich in proteins
- high-tension — subjected to or capable of operating under relatively high voltage: high-tension wire.
- highfaluting — pompous; bombastic; haughty; pretentious.
- highlighting — to emphasize or make prominent.
- hiking boots — stout, sturdy boots, suitable for hiking in
- hiking trail — a specially designated route for hikers to use
- hill country — hilly area
- hill station — a village, post, or the like, especially in S Asia, at a high altitude where government officials and others can be stationed to escape the great heat of tropical summers.
- hindforemost — with the back part in the front place
- hindquarters — the posterior end of a halved carcass of beef, lamb, etc., sectioned usually between the twelfth and thirteenth ribs.
- hinterlander — One who lives in the hinterland.
- hippocentaur — Centaur.
- histogenesis — the origin and development of tissues.
- histrionical — (British) Alternative form of histrionic.
- hit and miss — unpredictable, unreliable
- hit the line — to try to carry the ball through the opposing line
- hit-and-miss — sometimes successful or rewarding and sometimes not.
- hiv-negative — not infected with the HIV virus
- hobnail boot — a boot with a hobnail in the sole
- hold against — resent sb for sth
- holding tank — a tank for the temporary storage of a substance.
- holopneustic — having all the spiracles open, as the tracheal systems of most insects.
- holothurians — Plural form of holothurian.
- holy trinity — Trinity (def 1).
- home posting — an appointment to a position within one's own country
- home staging — the professional service of preparing homes for sale in such a way as to appeal to potential buyers and generate higher selling prices: Realtors who encourage sellers to invest in home staging are reporting substantial monetary returns—for both themselves and their clients.
- homesteading — a dwelling with its land and buildings, occupied by the owner as a home and exempted by a homestead law from seizure or sale for debt.
- hominization — the evolution of the human traits that set the genus Homo apart from its primate ancestors.
- hominy grits — grits (def 1).
- homocysteine — An amino acid that occurs in the body as an intermediate in the metabolism of methionine and cysteine.
- homologation — to approve; confirm or ratify.
- homoromantic — Romantically attracted to those of the same gender.
- honest injun — honestly (used to emphasize the truth of a statement).
- honor bright — upon my honor; really and truly: I did sweep the floor, honor bright.
- honorability — (American spelling) Alternative form of honourability.
- honours list — annual list of persons given royal awards
- hootenannies — Plural form of hootenanny.
- horatian ode — an ode consisting of several stanzas all of the same form.
- horizontally — at right angles to the vertical; parallel to level ground.
- hot swapping — (hardware) The connection and disconnection of peripherals or other components without interrupting system operation. This facility may have design implications for both hardware and software.
- house martin — a small European swallow, Delichon urbica, that builds its nest under the eaves of houses.
- housepainter — A professional painter of houses.
- housetrained — Simple past tense and past participle of housetrain.
- housing list — a list of people waiting to obtain council houses
- hovering act — an act forbidding or restricting the loitering of foreign or domestic vessels within the prescribed limits of a coastal nation.
- hucksterings — Plural form of huckstering.
- human rights — basic civil freedoms
- humanisation — Alternative form of humanization.
- humanitarian — having concern for or helping to improve the welfare and happiness of people.