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12-letter words containing r, o, s, h, a

  • isochromatic — Optics. having the same color or tint.
  • isosthenuria — the inability of the kidneys to dilute or concentrate urine
  • isothermally — occurring at constant temperature.
  • johannesburg — a city in S Transvaal, in the NE Republic of South Africa.
  • johnsongrass — a tall perennial sorghum widely used as forage
  • joseph brant — Joseph (Thayendanegea) 1742–1807, Mohawk Indian chief who fought on the side of the British in the American Revolution.
  • kashmir goat — one of a long-haired breed of goat raised in Tibet and the higher elevations of China, the Indian subcontinent, Afghanistan, and Turkey for its meat, milk, and cashmere wool.
  • katamorphism — metamorphism at or near the earth's surface: breaks down complex minerals into simpler ones.
  • katharevousa — The purist form of modern Greek used in traditional literary writing, as opposed to the form that is spoken and used in everyday writing (called demotic).
  • lachrymosity — suggestive of or tending to cause tears; mournful.
  • lamprophyres — Plural form of lamprophyre.
  • last honours — observances of respect at a funeral
  • leatherwoods — Plural form of leatherwood.
  • lion's share — the largest part or share, especially a disproportionate portion: The eldest son received the lion's share of the estate.
  • litholatrous — of or relating to the worship of stones
  • loansharking — the practice of lending money at excessive rates of interest.
  • longshoreman — a person employed on the wharves of a port, as in loading and unloading vessels.
  • lycanthropes — Plural form of lycanthrope.
  • macrophagous — (of an animal) feeding on relatively large particles of food
  • macrophysics — the branch of physics that deals with physical objects large enough to be observed and treated directly.
  • make history — do sth of great significance
  • malnourished — poorly or improperly nourished; suffering from malnutrition: thin, malnourished victims of the famine.
  • marsh mallow — an Old World mallow, Althaea officinalis, having pink flowers, found in marshy places.
  • marsh orchid — any of various orchids of the genus Dactylorhiza, growing in damp places and having mostly purplish flowers
  • marshalltown — a city in central Iowa.
  • marshmallows — Plural form of marshmallow.
  • marshmallowy — Similar to a marshmallow.
  • massotherapy — treatment by massage.
  • mastigophora — a phylum of protozoans comprising nonphotosynthetic, chiefly free-living flagellates: some species are important pathogens of humans and other animals.
  • mastigophore — Any flagellate of the phylum Mastigophora.
  • mechatronics — The synergistic combination of mechanical engineering, electronic engineering and software engineering for the study of automata from an engineering perspective and the control of advanced hybrid systems.
  • mediatorship — the position of a mediator
  • meganthropus — a proposed genus of extinct, late lower Pleistocene primates based on two large lower jaws found in Java, and believed to be either Australopithecine or human.
  • melanophores — Plural form of melanophore.
  • memory smash — (jargon)   A Xerox PARC term for writing to the location addressed by a dangling pointer.
  • metachronism — An error in chronological ordering in which a character or an event is placed at too late a time.
  • metachronous — Medicine/Medical. occurring at a different time than a similar event: metachronous tumors.
  • metamorphism — Geology. a change in the structure or constitution of a rock due to natural agencies, as pressure and heat, especially when the rock becomes harder and more completely crystalline.
  • metamorphist — a member of a group of 16th century Christians who believed that the humanly body of Jesus Christ metamorphosed into God during the Ascension
  • metamorphose — to change the form or nature of; transform.
  • metamorphous — metamorphic.
  • microphagous — (of an animal) feeding on small particles of food
  • microphallus — The condition of having an abnormally small penis; micropenis.
  • misanthropes — Plural form of misanthrope.
  • misanthropic — of, relating to, or characteristic of a misanthrope.
  • misbehaviour — (British) alternative spelling of misbehavior.
  • mob hysteria — the heightened and extreme emotions that can be experienced by people in a large crowd
  • monochromats — Plural form of monochromat.
  • monohydrates — Plural form of monohydrate.
  • morphallaxis — Biology. the regeneration of a destroyed body part by the reorganization of its remaining cells.
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