12-letter words containing o, t, r, h, i
- disauthorize — to take authority away from (a person or organization)
- disinhibitor — Something that causes a reduction in one's inhibitions; that makes people, or animals act more impulsively.
- do the trick — a crafty or underhanded device, maneuver, stratagem, or the like, intended to deceive or cheat; artifice; ruse; wile.
- dorothea dix — Dorothea Lynde [lind] /lɪnd/ (Show IPA), (Dorothy) 1802–87, U.S. educator and social reformer.
- dragon light — a herbal remedy for impotence
- drift anchor — a sea anchor or drag.
- drinker moth — a large yellowish-brown bombycid eggar moth, Philudoria potatoria, having a stout hairy body, the larvae of which drink dew and feed on grasses
- droughtiness — Dryness of the weather; lack of rain.
- dryopithecus — an extinct genus of generalized hominoids that lived in Europe and Africa during the Miocene Epoch and whose members are characterized by small molars and incisors.
- e-thrombosis — a clot in the bloodstream caused by long periods spent being physically inactive at a computer
- earth-moving — Earth-moving equipment is machinery that is used for digging and moving large amounts of soil.
- electrophile — (chemistry) a compound or functional group that is attractive to, and accepts electrons, especially accepting an electron pair from a nucleophile to form a bond.
- electrophori — Plural form of electrophorus.
- enantiomorph — Each of two crystalline or other geometric forms that are mirror images of each other.
- enarthrodial — Relating to an enarthrosis.
- epanorthosis — (rhetoric) A rhetorical device or element in which a speaker or writer retracts a word that has been spoken and substitutes a stronger or more suitable word; often done for emphasis or sarcasm.
- erythrocytic — Of or pertaining to erythrocytes.
- erythromycin — An antibiotic used in the treatment of infections caused by Gram-positive bacteria. It is similar in its effects to penicillin.
- erythropenia — A decrease in the number of erythrocytes, associated with anemia.
- etherization — (surgery) anaesthetization using ether.
- etheromaniac — a person who is addicted to ether
- ethnocentric — Evaluating other peoples and cultures according to the standards of one's own culture.
- ethnographic — Relating to ethnography.
- ethnohistory — The branch of anthropology concerned with the history of peoples and cultures, especially non-Western ones.
- eutrophicate — (ecology, intransitive) To become eutrophic.
- executorship — The office or position of an executor.
- 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.
- extremophile — A microorganism, especially an archaean, that lives in conditions of extreme temperature, acidity, alkalinity, or chemical concentration.
- extrovertish — Extroverted.
- factory ship — a whaling ship equipped to process killed whales and to transport the oil and by-products.
- field theory — a detailed mathematical description of the distribution and movement of matter under the influence of one or more fields.
- fifty-fourth — next after the fifty-third; being the ordinal number for 54.
- first school — A first school is a school for children aged between five and eight or nine.
- firth of tay — the estuary of the River Tay on the North Sea coast of Scotland. Length: 40 km (25 miles)
- fish factory — a factory where fish is processed
- fishing port — a town which has a lot of fishing boats
- flight arrow — an arrow having a conical or pyramidal head without barbs.
- flightworthy — being in proper physical or mechanical condition for safe flight; airworthy: a flightworthy spacecraft.
- flourishment — The act or state of flourishing.
- flowcharting — (computing) the design and construction of flowcharts.
- foolhardiest — Superlative form of foolhardy.
- foresightful — care or provision for the future; provident care; prudence.
- forthrightly — In a forthright manner.
- forty-eighth — next after the forty-seventh; being the ordinal number for 48.
- foster child — a child raised by someone who is not its natural or adoptive parent.
- fotheringhay — a village in NE Northamptonshire, in E England, near Peterborough: Mary, Queen of Scots, imprisoned here and executed 1587.
- freight note — a document containing full particulars of goods shipped or for shipment