12-letter words containing i, s, h
- anaesthetics — the science, study, and practice of anaesthesia and its application
- anaesthetise — anesthetize.
- anaesthetist — An anaesthetist is a doctor who specializes in giving anaesthetics to patients.
- anaesthetize — When a doctor or other trained person anaesthetizes a patient, they make the patient unconscious or unable to feel pain by giving them an anaesthetic.
- anamorphosis — an image or drawing distorted in such a way that it becomes recognizable only when viewed in a specified manner or through a special device
- anaphrodisia — diminished sexual desire.
- anapophysial — of or relating to an anapophysis.
- anathematise — Alternative spelling of anathematize.
- anathematism — A formula of words used to cast anathema upon heretics etc.
- anemone fish — any of various damselfishes of the genus Amphiprion, such as A. percula (clown anemone fish), that usually live closely associated with sea anemones
- anemophilous — (of flowering plants such as grasses) pollinated by the wind
- anesthetists — Plural form of anesthetist.
- anesthetized — to render physically insensible, as by an anesthetic.
- anesthetizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of anesthetize.
- angel's hair — Also called capelli d’angelo. Italian Cookery. a type of very thin pasta.
- angiopathies — Plural form of angiopathy.
- anisaldehyde — a colorless, oily, aromatic liquid, the para form of C 8 H 8 O 2 , having a vanillalike odor: used chiefly in the manufacture of cosmetics and perfume, and as an intermediate in organic synthesis.
- anisomorphic — differing in the semantic scope of terms referring to the real world: for instance, English and Russian are anisomorphic with regard to colour terms, English treating light blue and navy blue as shades of one colour but Russian treating these two shades as unrelated
- anisothermal — (thermodynamics) Of or pertaining to a system that is not in thermal equilibrium, that does not have a single fixed temperature.
- annihilistic — Relating to annihilation.
- anorthositic — resembling or consisting of anorthosite
- antasthmatic — relieving the symptoms of asthma
- anthocyanins — Plural form of anthocyanin.
- anthologised — Simple past tense and past participle of anthologise.
- anthologiser — Alternative spelling of anthologizer.
- anthologizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of anthologize.
- anthophilous — (esp of insects) frequenting flowers
- anti-british — opposed to anything characteristic of or relating to Britain
- anti-strophe — the part of an ancient Greek choral ode answering a previous strophe, sung by the chorus when returning from left to right.
- antibacchius — a metrical foot consisting of three syllables, of which the first two are long and the third is short
- antibacklash — relating to the prevention of a violent backward reaction or movement
- anticathexis — a change from one emotion to its opposite, as from hate to love.
- anticathodes — Plural form of anticathode.
- antichthones — the antipodes
- antihumanism — opposition to humanism
- antihysteric — acting to counter hysteria
- antiochus iv — ?215–164 bc, Seleucid king of Syria (175–164), who attacked the Jews and provoked the revolt of the Maccabees
- antiphrastic — relating to antiphrasis
- antique shop — a shop where antiques are sold
- antirrhinums — Plural form of antirrhinum.
- antistrophes — Plural form of antistrophe.
- antistrophic — Of or pertaining to an antistrophe.
- antistrophon — an argument that is retorted against an opponent
- antitheistic — opposed to belief in god or gods
- aphoristical — Alternative form of aphoristic.
- aphrodisiacs — Plural form of aphrodisiac.
- apostrophise — to address by apostrophe.
- apostrophize — to address an apostrophe to
- apothecaries — Plural form of apothecary.
- apotheosized — Simple past tense and past participle of apotheosize.