12-letter words containing r, h, d, i, s
- merchandiser — the manufactured goods bought and sold in any business.
- merchandises — the manufactured goods bought and sold in any business.
- methysergide — an ergot alkaloid derivative, C 2 1 H 2 7 N 3 O 2 , used in the prophylaxis and treatment of migraine and cluster headaches.
- middle irish — the Irish language of the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries.
- misapprehend — to misunderstand.
- mithridatism — the production of immunity against the action of a poison by taking the poison in gradually increased doses.
- monorchidism — a prenatal or postnatal condition in which one testis is absent or has not descended into the scrotum.
- moorish idol — a black, white, and yellow fish, Zanclus cornutus (or canescens), inhabiting the tropical Indian and Pacific oceans, having a long snout and an elongated dorsal fin.
- near-sighted — seeing distinctly at a short distance only; myopic.
- new hebrides — former name of Vanuatu.
- nightdresses — Plural form of nightdress.
- north island — the northernmost principal island of New Zealand. 44,281 sq. mi. (114,690 sq. km).
- on shipboard — on board a ship
- orchidaceous — belonging to the plant family Orchidaceae.
- orthodontics — the branch of dentistry dealing with the prevention and correction of irregular teeth, as by means of braces.
- orthodontist — the branch of dentistry dealing with the prevention and correction of irregular teeth, as by means of braces.
- orthodromics — the act or art of sailing on a great circle
- orthopaedics — (used with a singular verb) the medical specialty concerned with correction of deformities or functional impairments of the skeletal system, especially the extremities and the spine, and associated structures, as muscles and ligaments.
- orthopaedist — Alternative spelling of orthopedist.
- overfinished — having an excessively polished finish
- overlordship — a person who is lord over another or over other lords: to obey the will of one's sovereign and overlord.
- parasphenoid — a bone next to the sphenoid bone in the skull of some animals
- pedomorphism — a speeding up of the rate of development, resulting in an adult form that has the appearance of its larval or juvenile ancestor.
- polyhedrosis — an often fatal disease of certain insect larvae or decapod crustaceans, caused by viruses containing DNA.
- poster child — a child appearing on a poster for a charitable organization.
- predischarge — of or pertaining to the period prior to discharge, esp prior to discharge from hospital or from employment
- prepublished — to publish in advance of a scheduled date.
- radiesthesia — the ability to sense energy forces or radiation, esp from the human body
- radiesthetic — of or relating to radiesthesia
- radiophonist — a person who produces radiophonic music
- raised beach — a wave-cut platform raised above the shoreline by a relative fall in the water level
- rechristened — to receive into the Christian church by baptism; baptize.
- red bandfish — a fish, Cepola haastii, found on the inner continental shelf around New Zealand: family Cepolidae
- red goatfish — a goatfish, Mullus auratus.
- reemphasized — to give emphasis to; lay stress upon; stress: to emphasize a point; to emphasize the eyes with mascara.
- relinquished — to renounce or surrender (a possession, right, etc.): to relinquish the throne.
- rescheduling — the act of changing the time, date, or schedule of
- residentship — a person who resides in a place.
- rhode island — US state
- ride shotgun — a smoothbore gun for firing small shots to kill birds and small quadrupeds, though often used with buckshot to kill larger animals.
- rubbish dump — a place or area where waste materials are dumped
- rutlandshire — a former county, now part of Leicestershire, in central England.
- saccharoidal — having a crystalline or granular texture: said esp. of some sandstones and marbles
- sandwich bar — a place where sandwiches are sold
- scabbardfish — any of several marine fishes having a long, compressed, silvery body, especially a cutlassfish, Trichiurus lepturus, of the western Atlantic.
- schneiderman — Rose, 1884–1972, U.S. labor leader, born in Poland.
- scratch disk — 1. (storage) See scratch. 2. (operating system) Unallocated space on Windows 95's primary hard disk partition, used for virtual memory. Shortage of space on this partition can result in the error "scratch disk full".
- scratchbuild — to build a scale model of something from scratch, that is, from raw materials like wood, clay or paper
- scratchpad i — (language) A general-purpose language originally for interactive symbolic mathematics by Richard Jenks, Barry Trager, Stephen M. Watt and Robert S. Sutor of IBM Research, ca 1971. It features abstract parametrised data types, multiple inheritance and polymorphism. There were implementations for VM/CMS and AIX.
- scrimshander — a person who makes scrimshaw objects.