12-letter words containing o, s, i, e, t
- gila monster — a large, venomous lizard, Heloderma suspectum, of the southwestern U.S. and northwestern Mexico, covered with beadlike scales of yellow, orange, and black.
- give rise to — to get up from a lying, sitting, or kneeling posture; assume an upright position: She rose and walked over to greet me. With great effort he rose to his knees.
- give suck to — to give (a baby or young animal) milk from the breast or udder
- glomerulitis — inflammation of the glomeruli of the kidney.
- glossematics — a school of linguistic analysis developed by Louis Hjelmslev (1899–1965) in Copenhagen in the 1930s based on the study of the distribution of glossemes.
- go to pieces — a separate or limited portion or quantity of something: a piece of land; a piece of chocolate.
- goldsmithery — the occupation of a goldsmith
- gross weight — total weight without deduction for tare, tret, or waste.
- grossularite — a mineral, calcium aluminum garnet, Ca 3 Al 2 Si 3 O 12 , occurring in gray-white to pinkish crystals.
- grotesquerie — Grotesque quality or grotesque things collectively.
- gynecologist — a physician specializing in gynecology. Abbreviation: GYN, gyn.
- gynecomastia — abnormal enlargement of the breast in a male.
- haematolysis — Haemolysis.
- half section — a part that is cut off or separated.
- half-section — a part that is cut off or separated.
- haute-savoie — a department in E France. 1775 sq. mi. (4595 sq. km). Capital: Annecy.
- 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.
- heliotropism — heliotropic tendency or growth.
- hemarthrosis — (pathology) bleeding in the joints.
- hematologist — the study of the nature, function, and diseases of the blood and of blood-forming organs.
- hemiscotosis — hemianopsia.
- henotheistic — Relating to henotheism.
- heortologist — a person who studies heortology
- hepatotoxins — Plural form of hepatotoxin.
- hernioplasty — an operation for the repair of a hernia.
- hessian boot — a knee-high tasseled boot, fashionable in England in the early 19th century.
- heteroclisis — (grammar) The presence of two or more classes of inflection in the inflectional paradigm of a noun, verb etc.
- heteroclites — Plural form of heteroclite.
- heterodoxies — Plural form of heterodoxy.
- heteroecious — the development of different stages of a parasitic species on different host plants.
- heteroousian — a person who believes the Father and the Son to be unlike in substance or essence; an Arian (opposed to Homoousian).
- heteroplasia — the replacement of normal cells by abnormal cells, as in cancer.
- heterosexism — a prejudiced attitude or discriminatory practices against homosexuals by heterosexuals.
- heterosexist — a prejudiced attitude or discriminatory practices against homosexuals by heterosexuals.
- heterosocial — relating to or denoting mixed-sex social relationships
- heterotopias — Plural form of heterotopia.
- hibernations — Plural form of hibernation.
- high society — society (def 9).
- high treason — treason against the sovereign or state.
- high-tension — subjected to or capable of operating under relatively high voltage: high-tension wire.
- hindforemost — with the back part in the front place
- histochemist — someone who specializes in histochemistry
- histogenesis — the origin and development of tissues.
- historicized — Simple past tense and past participle of historicize.
- hit the spot — a rounded mark or stain made by foreign matter, as mud, blood, paint, ink, etc.; a blot or speck.
- hiv positive — (of a person) diagnosed by a test as being infected with HIV.
- hiv-positive — (of a person) diagnosed by a test as being infected with HIV.
- hobble skirt — a woman's skirt that is very narrow at the bottom, causing the wearer to walk with short, mincing steps.