12-letter words containing r, e, s, t
- here to stay — If you say that something is here to stay, you mean that people have accepted it and it has become a part of everyday life.
- hermeneutics — the science of interpretation, especially of the Scriptures.
- hernioplasty — an operation for the repair of a hernia.
- herstmonceux — a village in S England, in E Sussex north of Eastbourne: 15th-century castle, site of the Royal Observatory, which was transferred from Greenwich between 1948 and 1958, until 1990
- heterauxesis — an unequal or asymmetrical growth of cells, parts of plants or animals
- heteroblasty — the morphological changes that occur in plants between juvenility and adulthood
- 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.
- heterogamous — Genetics. having unlike gametes, or reproducing by the union of such gametes (opposed to isogamous).
- heterogenous — having its source or origin outside the organism; having a foreign origin.
- heterogonous — Botany. of or relating to monoclinous flowers of two or more kinds occurring on different individuals of the same species, the kinds differing in the relative length of stamens and pistils (opposed to homogonous).
- heterografts — Plural form of heterograft.
- heterogynous — having females of two different kinds, one sexual and the other abortive or neuter, as ants.
- heterologous — Biology. of different origin; pertaining to heterology.
- heteromerous — having or consisting of parts that differ in quality, number of elements, or the like: a heteromerous flower.
- heteronomous — subject to or involving different laws.
- heteronymous — of, relating to, or characteristic of a heteronym.
- 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.
- heteroplasty — the repair of lesions with tissue from another individual or species.
- heterosexism — a prejudiced attitude or discriminatory practices against homosexuals by heterosexuals.
- heterosexist — a prejudiced attitude or discriminatory practices against homosexuals by heterosexuals.
- heterosexual — of, relating to, or exhibiting heterosexuality.
- heterosocial — relating to or denoting mixed-sex social relationships
- heterosphere — The upper part of the atmosphere, above about sixty miles, in which there is great variation in its composition.
- heterostyled — (of a plant) having styles of different forms or lengths in the flowers.
- heterotherms — Plural form of heterotherm.
- heterotopias — Plural form of heterotopia.
- heterotrophs — Biology. an organism requiring organic compounds for its principal source of food.
- heterozygous — having dissimilar pairs of genes for any hereditary characteristic.
- hever castle — a Tudor mansion near Edenbridge in Kent: home of Anne Boleyn before her marriage; Italian garden added in the 20th century by the Astor family
- hexahydrates — Plural form of hexahydrate.
- hibernations — Plural form of hibernation.
- hidradenitis — (medicine) inflammation of the sweat glands.
- hierarchists — hierarchical principles, rule, or influence.
- high treason — treason against the sovereign or state.
- high-stepper — seeking unrestrained pleasure, as by frequenting night clubs, parties, etc.; leading a wild and fast life: a high-stepping young crowd.
- higher still — a system of post-Standard Grade qualifications offered at five levels including Higher and Advanced Higher
- highlighters — Plural form of highlighter.
- hindforemost — with the back part in the front place
- hindquarters — the posterior end of a halved carcass of beef, lamb, etc., sectioned usually between the twelfth and thirteenth ribs.
- historicized — Simple past tense and past participle of historicize.
- hobble skirt — a woman's skirt that is very narrow at the bottom, causing the wearer to walk with short, mincing steps.
- holkar state — a former state of central India, ruled by the Holkar dynasty of Maratha rulers of Indore (18th century until 1947)
- home stretch — final stages: of race or journey
- homescreetch — a mistle thrush
- homesteaders — Plural form of homesteader.
- homo erectus — an extinct species of the human lineage, formerly known as Pithecanthropus erectus, having upright stature and a well-evolved postcranial skeleton, but with a smallish brain, low forehead, and protruding face.