12-letter words containing r, h, n, e
- heptahedrons — Plural form of heptahedron.
- here and now — in this place; in this spot or locality (opposed to there): Put the pen here.
- hereditament — any inheritable estate or interest in property.
- hereditarian — a person who believes that differences between individuals or groups, including moral and intellectual attributes, are predominantly determined by genetic factors (opposed to environmentalist).
- hereinbefore — before in this document, statement, etc.
- hermeneutics — the science of interpretation, especially of the Scriptures.
- hernioplasty — an operation for the repair of a hernia.
- heroic tenor — a tenor with a dramatic voice
- heron's-bill — stork's-bill (def 1).
- herpetofauna — the reptiles and amphibians that inhabit a given area
- herring boat — a fishing boat that specializes in catching herring
- herring gull — a common, large gull, Larus argentatus, of the Northern Hemisphere.
- herringboned — Simple past tense and past participle of herringbone.
- herringbones — Plural form of herringbone.
- herstmonceux — a village in S England, in E Sussex north of Eastbourne: 15th-century castle, site of the Royal Observatory, which was transferred from Greenwich between 1948 and 1958, until 1990
- heterochrony — a genetic shift in timing of the development of a tissue or anatomical part, or in the onset of a physiological process, relative to an ancestor.
- heterodyning — Present participle of heterodyne.
- heterogenous — having its source or origin outside the organism; having a foreign origin.
- heterogonous — Botany. of or relating to monoclinous flowers of two or more kinds occurring on different individuals of the same species, the kinds differing in the relative length of stamens and pistils (opposed to homogonous).
- heterogynous — having females of two different kinds, one sexual and the other abortive or neuter, as ants.
- heterokaryon — a cell containing two or more nuclei of differing genetic constitutions.
- heterokontan — of or relating to a heterokont
- heteronomous — subject to or involving different laws.
- heteronymous — of, relating to, or characteristic of a heteronym.
- heteroousian — a person who believes the Father and the Son to be unlike in substance or essence; an Arian (opposed to Homoousian).
- heterophonic — the simultaneous performance of the same melodic line, with slight individual variations, by two or more performers.
- heteropteran — A bug of the group Heteroptera.
- hexacarbonyl — (inorganic chemistry) Any compound having six carbonyl groups.
- hibernaculum — a protective case or covering, especially for winter, as of an animal or a plant bud.
- hibernations — Plural form of hibernation.
- hickory pine — bristlecone pine.
- hidradenitis — (medicine) inflammation of the sweat glands.
- hierophanies — Plural form of hierophany.
- hierophantic — (in ancient Greece) an official expounder of rites of worship and sacrifice.
- high treason — treason against the sovereign or state.
- high-protein — (of a food) rich in proteins
- 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.
- hinterlander — One who lives in the hinterland.
- hippocentaur — Centaur.
- hippocrepian — (of an aquatic organism or plant) shaped like a horseshoe
- hire company — a company that hires things out to people
- his and hers — (of paired objects) for a man and woman respectively
- hohenzollern — a member of the royal family that ruled in Romania from 1866 to 1947, in Prussia from 1701 to 1918, and in the German Empire from 1871 to 1918.
- home and dry — If you say that someone is, in British English home and dry, or in American English home free, you mean that they have been successful or that they are certain to be successful.
- home country — the country a person comes from
- honey badger — ratel.
- honeycreeper — any of several small, usually brightly colored birds, related to the tanagers and wood warblers, of tropical and semitropical America.
- honeymooners — Plural form of honeymooner.
- 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.