12-letter words containing n, i, h, l, t
- health drink — a drink that claims to be beneficial to health
- hearteningly — In a heartening way; cheeringly.
- heating bill — a bill for the supply of energy to heat a building
- heeling tank — either of two lateral ballast tanks permitting an icebreaker to heel and crush ice to either side.
- helianthemum — (botany) Any of the genus Helianthemum of rockroses.
- helianthuses — Plural form of helianthus.
- heliocentric — measured or considered as being seen from the center of the sun.
- helmet liner — a soft or padded lining for a helmet.
- help on with — If you help someone on with an item of clothing, you help them put it on.
- hemiplankton — plankton that spend part of their life cycle in a vegetative state on the sea bottom, riverbed, etc. (opposed to holoplankton).
- hemodilution — a decreased concentration of cells and solids in blood, usually caused by an influx of fluid.
- henley-shirt — a short- or long-sleeved pullover sport shirt, usually of cotton, with a round neckband and an often covered neckline placket.
- hernioplasty — an operation for the repair of a hernia.
- hesitatingly — In a hesitating manner.
- highfaluting — pompous; bombastic; haughty; pretentious.
- highlighting — to emphasize or make prominent.
- 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.
- hinterlander — One who lives in the hinterland.
- histrionical — (British) Alternative form of histrionic.
- hit the line — to try to carry the ball through the opposing line
- 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).
- homologation — to approve; confirm or ratify.
- honorability — (American spelling) Alternative form of honourability.
- honours list — annual list of persons given royal awards
- horizontally — at right angles to the vertical; parallel to level ground.
- housing list — a list of people waiting to obtain council houses
- humiliations — Plural form of humiliation.
- hyperinflate — to subject to hyperinflation: hyperinflated prices.
- hypnotically — of or relating to hypnosis or hypnotism.
- hypnotisable — Alternative spelling of hypnotizable.
- hypnotizable — One who is susceptible to hypnosis.
- iconophilist — a person with a taste for pictures and symbols
- in line with — conforming to
- in mothballs — a small ball of naphthalene or sometimes of camphor for placing in closets or other storage areas to repel moths from clothing, blankets, etc.
- in the black — lacking hue and brightness; absorbing light without reflecting any of the rays composing it.
- in the clear — free from darkness, obscurity, or cloudiness; light: a clear day.
- in the field — Work or study that is done in the field is done in a real, natural environment rather than in a theoretical way or in controlled conditions.
- in the flesh — the soft substance of a human or other animal body, consisting of muscle and fat.
- in the least — You can use in the least and the least bit to emphasize a negative.
- in the world — the earth or globe, considered as a planet.
- incharitable — Obsolete form of uncharitable.
- inchoatively — in an inchoative or rudimentary fashion; initially
- incoherently — without logical or meaningful connection; disjointed; rambling: an incoherent sentence.