12-letter words containing r, e, s, t
- homoiotherms — Plural form of homoiotherm.
- homothermous — (biology) warm-blooded.
- honor system — a system whereby the students at a school, the inmates in a prison, etc., are put on their honor to observe certain rules in order to minimize administrative supervision or to promote honesty.
- horse nettle — a large, prickly North American weed, Solanum carolinense, of the nightshade family, having violet to white flowers in a few clusters.
- horse pistol — a large pistol formerly carried by horsemen.
- horse trader — a person who is shrewd and clever at bargaining.
- horse trials — a competitive sporting event at which riders have to show their skill in dressage, show-jumping, and cross-country
- horse's tail — burro's tail.
- horse-doctor — an informal word for a vet who specializes in treating horses
- horse-trader — a person who buys and sells horses
- hostile fire — an unintentional fire, from which any resulting loss can be claimed as an insurance liability (opposed to friendly fire).
- hotelkeepers — Plural form of hotelkeeper.
- house arrest — confinement of an arrested person to his or her residence or to a public place, as a hospital, instead of in a jail: He was under house arrest until the day of his trial.
- house doctor — a resident physician in a hospital, hotel, or other public institution.
- house hunter — a person who house-hunts
- house martin — a small European swallow, Delichon urbica, that builds its nest under the eaves of houses.
- housefathers — Plural form of housefather.
- housemasters — Plural form of housemaster.
- housemothers — Plural form of housemother.
- housepainter — A professional painter of houses.
- housetrained — Simple past tense and past participle of housetrain.
- hubertusburg — a castle in E Germany, E of Leipzig: treaty ending the Seven Years' War signed here 1763.
- hucksterings — Plural form of huckstering.
- hurtlessness — harmlessness; innocence
- hydrastinine — a white, crystalline, poisonous alkaloid, C 11 H 13 NO 3 , synthesized from hydrastine: used to arrest bleeding, especially in the uterus.
- hydroelastic — undergoing a change in elasticity as a result of the flow of water or another fluid
- hydrogenates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hydrogenate.
- hydrolysates — Plural form of hydrolysate.
- hydrometeors — Plural form of hydrometeor.
- hydrosulfate — a salt formed by the direct union of sulfuric acid with an organic base, especially an alkaloid, and usually more soluble than the base.
- hydrosulfite — hyposulfite (def 1).
- hypercoaster — Megacoaster.
- hypercritics — a person who is excessively or captiously critical.
- hyperintense — existing or occurring in a high or extreme degree: intense heat.
- hypermarkets — Plural form of hypermarket.
- hyperostosis — abnormal development of bony tissue.
- hyperplastic — Of, or relating to hyperplasia.
- hyperspatial — Pertaining to hyperspace.
- hypersthenia — abnormal strength or tension
- hypertension — Pathology. elevation of the blood pressure, especially the diastolic pressure. an arterial disease characterized by this condition.
- hypertensive — characterized by or causing high blood pressure.
- hysterectomy — excision of the uterus.
- hysterically — of, relating to, or characterized by hysteria.
- hysterogenic — inducing hysteria.
- hysteromania — unusually increased sexual desire in a woman
- hysteroscopy — (medicine) The examination of the uterus using a hysteroscope.
- iatrochemist — a person who practises iatrochemistry
- iatrogenesis — (medicine) Any adverse effect (or complication) resulting from medical treatment.
- ice crystals — ice formations
- idea hamster — a person who is employed as a source of new ideas