12-letter words containing o, s, h, i

night school — a school held in the evening, especially for working adults and others who are unable to attend school during the day.
night vision — ability to see at night or in a dim light.
nightclothes — Clothes worn to bed.
nihil obstat — permission to publish a book, granted by an official censor who, upon examining it, has certified that it contains nothing contrary to faith or morals.
nilo-saharan — a family of African languages, including the Central and Eastern Sudanic groups as well as Kanuri, Songhai, and other languages, spoken from the Sahara southward to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Tanzania.
nitrophilous — (of plants) growing in soil well supplied with nitrogen
noahide laws — the seven laws given to Noah after the Flood, which decree the establishment of a fair system of justice in society, and prohibit idolatry, blasphemy, murder, adultery and incest, robbery, and the eating of flesh taken from a living animal
non-cohesion — the act or state of cohering, uniting, or sticking together.
non-cohesive — characterized by or causing cohesion: a cohesive agent.
non-hispanic — Spanish.
non-shedding — to pour forth (water or other liquid), as a fountain.
non-strophic — Also, strophical. consisting of, pertaining to, or characterized by a strophe or strophes.
nonaesthetic — not aesthetic, not related to the appreciation of beauty
nonphysician — a person who is not a physician
nonpsychotic — Psychiatry. characterized by or afflicted with psychosis. Synonyms: (in nontechnical usage) insane, psychopathic, lunatic, mentally ill; mad, disturbed, deranged, demented, non compos mentis. Antonyms: sane; compos mentis, clearheaded, lucid.
nonspherical — not spherical
nonvanishing — (mathematics) (of a quantity) that is nonzero at all points in a space.
north island — the northernmost principal island of New Zealand. 44,281 sq. mi. (114,690 sq. km).
nourishments — Plural form of nourishment.
np-hilarious — (humour) An algorithm whose complexity is a joke, either literally, as in BogoSort, or metaphorically.
nucleophiles — Plural form of nucleophile.
nursing home — a private residential institution equipped to care for persons unable to look after themselves, as the aged or chronically ill.
observership — someone or something that observes.
ochlocracies — Plural form of ochlocracy.
octastichous — relating to a particular coiled distribution of leaves on the stem that is characterized by having eight leaves per coil on the stem
octastrophic — having or containing eight verses or strophes
oesophagitis — Alternative spelling of esophagitis.
of o's birth — The country, town, or village of your birth is the place where you were born.
office hours — hours when a business is open
old-womanish — Sometimes Offensive. having characteristics considered typical of an old woman, as excessive fussiness or timidity.
oldfashioned — Rare spelling of old-fashioned.
oligochaetes — Plural form of oligochaete.
oligophagous — (especially of insects) eating only a few types of food.
ombrophilous — (of plants) tolerant of wet conditions
omnishambles — Chiefly British Informal. a situation, especially in politics, in which poor judgment results in disorder or chaos with potentially disastrous consequences.
on shipboard — on board a ship
on the skids — a plank, bar, log, or the like, especially one of a pair, on which something heavy may be slid or rolled along.
on the skite — on a drinking spree
on the stick — alert, efficient, etc.
on the tiles — on a spree, esp of drinking or debauchery
one-base hit — single (def 24).
onion-shaped — bulb-shaped; shaped like an onion
operatorship — (in the oil and gas industries) the right to operate a well, field, or other oil source.
ophiolatrous — of, relating to, or practising snake-worshipping
ophiophagous — eating snakes.
ophiophilist — a person who loves snakes
ophthalmitis — ophthalmia.
opisthodomos — Also called posticum. a small room in the cella of a classical temple, as for a treasury.
opisthograph — a manuscript, parchment, or book having writing on both sides of the leaves.
opisthotonic — of or relating to opisthotonos

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