12-letter words containing r, h, e, y
- dysmenorrhea — painful menstruation.
- early blight — a disease of plants characterized by leaf spotting, defoliation, and stunted growth, caused by any of several fungi, as Alternaria solani or Cercospora apii.
- early hebrew — noting or pertaining to the alphabetical script used for the writing of Hebrew mainly from the 11th to the 6th centuries b.c.
- ectypography — a form of etching or engraving in which the design is produced in relief
- ephemerality — (uncountable) The state or condition of being ephemeral; transience.
- erythematous — Of or pertaining to erythema.
- erythroblast — An immature erythrocyte containing a nucleus.
- 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.
- ethnohistory — The branch of anthropology concerned with the history of peoples and cultures, especially non-Western ones.
- ethylmercury — (chemistry) The organometallic cation CH3CH2Hg+; it is a toxicant that does not seem to accumulate in the environment.
- euphorically — In a euphoric manner.
- everywhither — (archaic,or,poetic) to everywhere.
- farsightedly — In a farsighted manner.
- father's day — a day, usually the third Sunday in June, set aside in honor of fathers.
- female rhyme — feminine rhyme.
- field theory — a detailed mathematical description of the distribution and movement of matter under the influence of one or more fields.
- filthy lucre — money: to lose one's health for the sake of filthy lucre.
- fire hydrant — a hydrant for use in extinguishing fires.
- flash memory — Computers. a type of reprogrammable memory that retains information even with the power turned off.
- flyfisherman — Flyfisher.
- flyfishermen — Plural form of flyfisherman.
- flying shear — (in a continuous rolling mill) a shear that moves with the piece being cut.
- forehandedly — Prudently, with thrift and foresight.
- formaldehyde — a colorless, toxic, potentially carcinogenic, water-soluble gas, CH 2 O, having a suffocating odor, usually derived from methyl alcohol by oxidation: used chiefly in aqueous solution, as a disinfectant and preservative, and in the manufacture of various resins and plastics.
- fort mchenry — a town in NE Illinois.
- forty-eighth — next after the forty-seventh; being the ordinal number for 48.
- 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
- freight yard — a place on a rail network where freight trains are made up or broken up
- french-style — French-cut.
- frightenedly — thrown into a fright; afraid; scared; terrified: a frightened child cowering in the corner.
- gauge theory — a type of theory of elementary particles designed to explain the strong, weak, and electromagnetic interactions in terms of exchange of virtual particles
- gene therapy — the application of genetic engineering to the transplantation of genes into human cells in order to cure a disease caused by a genetic defect, as a missing enzyme.
- geochemistry — the science dealing with the chemical changes in and the composition of the earth's crust.
- geohydrology — hydrogeology.
- geothermally — By geothermal means, especially by means of geothermal energy.
- get anywhere — to be successful
- glacé cherry — a crystallized or candied cherry, used in cookery and cocktail-making
- gold therapy — administration of gold salts as a treatment for disease, especially rheumatoid arthritis.
- goldsmithery — the occupation of a goldsmith
- graph theory — the branch of mathematics dealing with linear graphs.
- grass hockey — field hockey.
- gray panther — a member of an organized group of elderly people seeking to secure or protect their rights by collective action.
- grey panther — a member of the generation of affluent older consumers, who regard themselves as young, active, and sociable
- group theory — the branch of mathematics that deals with the structure of mathematical groups and mappings between them.
- gully-washer — a usually short, heavy rainstorm.