12-letter words containing r, h, d, i, s
- heterodoxies — Plural form of heterodoxy.
- hidradenitis — (medicine) inflammation of the sweat glands.
- hidrocystoma — An adenoma of the sweat glands.
- hidropoiesis — the production of sweat.
- high hurdles — a race in which runners leap over hurdles 42 inches (107 cm) high.
- 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.
- his and hers — (of paired objects) for a man and woman respectively
- his-lordship — (often initial capital letter) a term of respect used when speaking of or to certain noblemen (usually preceded by his or your).
- historicized — Simple past tense and past participle of historicize.
- homebuilders — Plural form of homebuilder.
- horse riding — activity: riding on a horse
- horsewhipped — Simple past tense and past participle of horsewhip.
- house spider — any largish dark spider of the genus Tegenaria that is common in houses, such as the cardinal spider
- house wizard — (Probably from ad-agency tradetalk, "house freak") A hacker occupying a technical-specialist, R&D, or systems position at a commercial shop. A really effective house wizard can have influence out of all proportion to his/her ostensible rank and still not have to wear a suit. Used especially of Unix wizards. The term "house guru" is equivalent.
- housebuilder — One who builds houses, particularly one who does so professionally.
- housetrained — Simple past tense and past participle of housetrain.
- huddersfield — a town in West Yorkshire, in N central England.
- hudson river — Henry, died 1611? English navigator and explorer.
- hummingbirds — Plural form of hummingbird.
- hybrid basis — A hybrid basis is a system of accounting that combines some of the features of cost basis with some of the features of accrual basis.
- hydrargyrism — mercurialism.
- 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
- hydrokinesis — (science fiction): The psychic ability to manipulate or control water.
- hydrologists — Plural form of hydrologist.
- hydronautics — (nautical) The science of the design and construction of ships, their engines, and their instrumentation.
- hydrophilous — pollinated by the agency of water.
- hydrosalpinx — A distally blocked Fallopian tube filled with serous or clear fluid.
- hydrostatics — the branch of hydrodynamics that deals with the statics of fluids, usually confined to the equilibrium and pressure of liquids.
- hydrosulfide — a compound containing the univalent group –HS.
- hydrosulfite — hyposulfite (def 1).
- hydrotropism — oriented growth in response to water.
- hyperbolised — to use hyperbole; exaggerate.
- hyperboloids — Plural form of hyperboloid.
- hyperidrosis — excessive or abnormal sweating
- hypohidrosis — abnormally diminished sweating.
- icosahedrons — Plural form of icosahedron.
- idea hamster — a person who is employed as a source of new ideas
- idiothermous — warm-blooded
- impoverished — reduced to poverty.
- in the cards — a usually rectangular piece of stiff paper, thin pasteboard, or plastic for various uses, as to write information on or printed as a means of identifying the holder: a 3″ × 5″ file card; a membership card.
- inside right — (esp formerly) a player having mainly midfield and attacking roles
- irish bridge — a paved ford.
- kindred-ship — a person's relatives collectively; kinfolk; kin.
- lisle thread — a fine, high-twisted and hard-twisted cotton thread, at least two-ply, used for hosiery, gloves, etc.
- malnourished — poorly or improperly nourished; suffering from malnutrition: thin, malnourished victims of the famine.
- marsh orchid — any of various orchids of the genus Dactylorhiza, growing in damp places and having mostly purplish flowers
- mediatorship — the position of a mediator
- merchandised — the manufactured goods bought and sold in any business.