12-letter words containing o, t, r, h
- erythrocytes — Plural form of erythrocyte.
- erythrocytic — Of or pertaining to erythrocytes.
- erythroderma — An inflammatory skin disease with erythema and scaling that affects nearly the entire cutaneous surface.
- 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.
- ethnographer — One who practices ethnography.
- 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.
- export house — a company that does not manufacture goods but is instead concerned solely with the financing or handling of their export
- 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.
- fall through — to drop or descend under the force of gravity, as to a lower place through loss or lack of support.
- feather shot — fine bean shot.
- 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
- flamethrower — a weapon, either mounted or portable, that sprays ignited incendiary fuel for some distance.
- 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.
- floor-length — extending to the floor: a floor-length skirt.
- flourishment — The act or state of flourishing.
- flowcharting — (computing) the design and construction of flowcharts.
- fluoranthene — (organic compound) A polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon consisting of a benzene ring attached to each of the rings of a naphthalene molecule; it is carcinogenic, and is a product of incomplete combustion.
- foolhardiest — Superlative form of foolhardy.
- for all that — the whole of (used in referring to quantity, extent, or duration): all the cake; all the way; all year.
- for the best — of the highest quality, excellence, or standing: the best work; the best students.
- foregathered — Simple past tense and past participle of foregather.
- foreshortens — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of foreshorten.
- foresightful — care or provision for the future; provident care; prudence.
- forethoughts — Plural form of forethought.
- fort mchenry — a town in NE Illinois.
- forthrightly — In a forthright manner.
- forty-eighth — next after the forty-seventh; being the ordinal number for 48.
- forty-fourth — next after the forty-third; being the ordinal number for 44.
- 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.
- fourteenthly — in (the) fourteenth place