12-letter words containing r, h, i, n, o, a
- honorability — (American spelling) Alternative form of honourability.
- horatian ode — an ode consisting of several stanzas all of the same form.
- horizontally — at right angles to the vertical; parallel to level ground.
- horse marine — (formerly) a marine mounted on horseback or a cavalryman doing duty on shipboard.
- horse racing — a contest of speed among horses that either are ridden by jockeys or pull sulkies and their drivers.
- horsemanship — the art, ability, skill, or manner of a horseman.
- house martin — a small European swallow, Delichon urbica, that builds its nest under the eaves of houses.
- housepainter — A professional painter of houses.
- housetrained — Simple past tense and past participle of housetrain.
- housewarming — a party to celebrate a person's or family's move to a new home.
- hovering act — an act forbidding or restricting the loitering of foreign or domestic vessels within the prescribed limits of a coastal nation.
- hyannis port — a town in SE Massachusetts, on Nantucket Sound: summer resort.
- hydrodynamic — pertaining to forces in or motions of liquids.
- hydronautics — (nautical) The science of the design and construction of ships, their engines, and their instrumentation.
- hydronically — in a hydronic manner; in a manner relating to a heating system that uses water
- hydroplaning — a seaplane.
- hydrosalpinx — A distally blocked Fallopian tube filled with serous or clear fluid.
- hypersomniac — a tendency to sleep excessively.
- hypochondria — Also, hypochondriasis [hahy-poh-kuh n-drahy-uh-sis] /ˌhaɪ poʊ kənˈdraɪ ə sɪs/ (Show IPA). Psychiatry. an excessive preoccupation with one's health, usually focusing on some particular symptom, as cardiac or gastric problems.
- hyponatremia — (medicine) An abnormally low concentration of sodium (or salt) in blood plasma.
- hypophrygian — (in medieval church music) of or relating to the fourth of the eight scales
- hysteromania — unusually increased sexual desire in a woman
- iconographic — of or relating to iconography.
- icosahedrons — Plural form of icosahedron.
- in charge of — having responsibility for
- in hot water — If you are in hot water, you are in trouble.
- in search of — looking for, seeking
- infographics — Plural form of infographic.
- inhalatorium — a room or building in which vapours are breathed in
- inharmonical — Alternative form of inharmonic.
- inharmonious — not harmonious; discordant; unmelodious.
- iontotherapy — (medicine) The therapeutic use of iontophoresis.
- iron-hearted — cruel; heartless; unfeeling.
- isosthenuria — the inability of the kidneys to dilute or concentrate urine
- joint author — a person who shares the writing of a book, article, etc, with another
- keratohyalin — (biology) A protein structure found in granules in the stratum granulosum of the epidermis, which may be involved in keratinization, and in Hassall corpuscles in the thymus.
- kinetography — a camera for taking pictures for a kinetoscope.
- kittikachorn — Thanom [thah-nom] /θɑˈnɒm/ (Show IPA), 1911–2004, Thai army officer and statesman: premier 1963–73.
- lachrymation — the secretion of tears, especially in abnormal abundance.
- lion's share — the largest part or share, especially a disproportionate portion: The eldest son received the lion's share of the estate.
- lion-hearted — exceptionally courageous or brave.
- loansharking — the practice of lending money at excessive rates of interest.
- lounge chair — a chair designed for lounging, as an easy chair, chaise longue, or recliner.
- lycanthropic — a delusion in which one imagines oneself to be a wolf or other wild animal.
- machairodont — having sabre-like teeth; sabre-toothed
- machine word — word (def 10).
- machine-word — a unit of language, consisting of one or more spoken sounds or their written representation, that functions as a principal carrier of meaning. Words are composed of one or more morphemes and are either the smallest units susceptible of independent use or consist of two or three such units combined under certain linking conditions, as with the loss of primary accent that distinguishes black·bird· from black· bird·. Words are usually separated by spaces in writing, and are distinguished phonologically, as by accent, in many languages.
- macroetching — to etch deeply into the surface of (a metal).
- malnourished — poorly or improperly nourished; suffering from malnutrition: thin, malnourished victims of the famine.
- marconigraph — (dated) wireless telegraph.