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12-letter words containing n, o, t, h, e, i

  • ethnopoetics — A poetical, linguistic and anthropological movement dealing with poetry written by, or in the style of, indigenous peoples.
  • euphoniumist — Someone who plays the euphonium.
  • exheredation — A disinheriting; disherison.
  • exhibitioner — A student who has been awarded an exhibition (scholarship).
  • exhilaration — A feeling of excitement, happiness, or elation.
  • exhortations — Plural form of exhortation.
  • fianchettoed — Simple past tense and past participle of fianchetto.
  • flourishment — The act or state of flourishing.
  • fosphenytoin — a prodrug that produces phenytoin and is taken to prevent or treat seizures.
  • fotheringhay — a village in NE Northamptonshire, in E England, near Peterborough: Mary, Queen of Scots, imprisoned here and executed 1587.
  • fountainhead — a fountain or spring from which a stream flows; the head or source of a stream.
  • freight note — a document containing full particulars of goods shipped or for shipment
  • frighten off — scare away
  • genethliacon — A birthday ode.
  • geotechnical — of or relating to practical applications of geological science in civil engineering, mining, etc.
  • gerontophile — someone who is sexually attracted to old people
  • get in touch — make contact
  • ghostwritten — Written by a ghostwriter.
  • giant hornet — any large, stinging paper wasp of the family Vespidae, as Vespa crabro (giant hornet) introduced into the U.S. from Europe, or Vespula maculata (bald-faced hornet or white-faced hornet) of North America.
  • haematoxylin — Alternative spelling of hematoxylin.
  • haemoprotein — Alternative spelling of hemoprotein.
  • half section — a part that is cut off or separated.
  • half-section — a part that is cut off or separated.
  • halogenating — Present participle of halogenate.
  • halogenation — (chemistry) The reaction of a halogen with something, especially the replacement of a hydrogen atom of an organic compound with a halogen one.
  • hambletonian — one of a superior strain of American trotting horses descended from the stallion Hambletonian.
  • haricot bean — Haricot beans are small white beans that are eaten as a vegetable. They are often sold dried rather than fresh.
  • have pity on — to have sympathy or show mercy for
  • hazelnut oil — an oil extracted from hazelnuts and used mostly in cooking
  • head station — the main buildings on a large sheep or cattle farm
  • hebetudinous — the state of being dull; lethargy.
  • hegemonistic — the policy or practice of hegemony to serve national interests.
  • heliocentric — measured or considered as being seen from the center of the sun.
  • help on with — If you help someone on with an item of clothing, you help them put it on.
  • hemangiomata — See under angioma.
  • 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.
  • henotheistic — Relating to henotheism.
  • hepatization — the transformation of tissue into a liver-like substance, esp of the lungs in pneumonia
  • hepatotoxins — Plural form of hepatotoxin.
  • hernioplasty — an operation for the repair of a hernia.
  • heroic tenor — a tenor with a dramatic voice
  • herring boat — a fishing boat that specializes in catching herring
  • hessian boot — a knee-high tasseled boot, fashionable in England in the early 19th century.
  • heterodyning — Present participle of heterodyne.
  • heteroousian — a person who believes the Father and the Son to be unlike in substance or essence; an Arian (opposed to Homoousian).
  • heterophonic — the simultaneous performance of the same melodic line, with slight individual variations, by two or more performers.
  • hibernations — Plural form of hibernation.
  • hierophantic — (in ancient Greece) an official expounder of rites of worship and sacrifice.
  • high concept — a simple and often striking idea or premise, as of a story or film, that lends itself to easy promotion and marketing.
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