12-letter words containing r, h, n, e
- inheritances — Plural form of inheritance.
- inkhorn term — an obscure, affectedly or ostentatiously erudite borrowing from another language, especially Latin or Greek.
- inside right — (esp formerly) a player having mainly midfield and attacking roles
- inter-branch — a division or subdivision of the stem or axis of a tree, shrub, or other plant.
- inter-ethnic — pertaining to or characteristic of a people, especially a group (ethnic group) sharing a common and distinctive culture, religion, language, or the like.
- interborough — between boroughs.
- interchanged — Simple past tense and past participle of interchange.
- interchanger — a person or thing that interchanges
- interchanges — Plural form of interchange.
- interchannel — occurring or existing between two or more channels
- interchapter — a short chapter in a book that occurs between two major chapters
- intergrowths — Plural form of intergrowth.
- intermeshing — That mesh between one another.
- interpsychic — of or relating to the human soul or mind; mental (opposed to physical).
- interwishing — to want; desire; long for (usually followed by an infinitive or a clause): I wish to travel. I wish that it were morning.
- interwreathe — To weave into a wreath; to intertwine.
- interwrought — having been interworked
- inthrallment — Obsolete spelling of enthrallment.
- into the red — into debt or an unprofitable financial condition
- intrahepatic — (anatomy) Within the liver.
- intrenchment — Archaic spelling of entrenchment.
- introvertish — Introverted.
- ionophoresis — electrophoresis, esp of small ions
- ionospherist — Someone who studies the ionosphere.
- iontotherapy — (medicine) The therapeutic use of iontophoresis.
- iron-hearted — cruel; heartless; unfeeling.
- isosthenuria — the inability of the kidneys to dilute or concentrate urine
- johannesburg — a city in S Transvaal, in the NE Republic of South Africa.
- john bircher — Bircher.
- john gilmore — (person) A noted Unix hacker who cofounded Usenet's anarchic alt.* newsgroup hierarchy with Brian Reid. He also worked on GDB. E-mail: John Gilmore <[email protected]>.
- joseph brant — Joseph (Thayendanegea) 1742–1807, Mohawk Indian chief who fought on the side of the British in the American Revolution.
- jumping hare — springhare.
- kentish fire — prolonged clapping by an audience, especially in unison, indicating impatience or disapproval.
- 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.
- keraunograph — an instrument for recording thunderstorms by detecting the radio waves generated
- khornerstone — A multipurpose benchmark from Workstation Labs used in various periodicals. The source is not free. Results are published in "UNIX Review".
- khyber knife — a long Indian knife having a triangular, single-edged blade with the handle set off center toward the back.
- kind hearted — having or showing sympathy or kindness: a kindhearted woman.
- kind-hearted — having or showing sympathy or kindness: a kindhearted woman.
- kindred-ship — a person's relatives collectively; kinfolk; kin.
- kinetography — a camera for taking pictures for a kinetoscope.
- kitchenwares — Plural form of kitchenware.
- labyrinthine — of, relating to, or resembling a labyrinth.
- lake herring — a cisco or whitefish, especially Coregonus artedii, of the Great Lakes.
- lantern fish — any of several small, deep-sea fishes of the family Myctophidae, having rows of luminous organs along each side, certain species of which migrate to the surface at night.
- large-handed — generous; profuse
- laryngophone — A type of contact microphone that absorbs vibrations directly from the wearer's throat.
- law merchant — the principles and rules, drawn chiefly from custom, determining the rights and obligations of commercial transactions; commercial law.
- leatherbound — Bound in leather.
- leathernecks — Plural form of leatherneck.