12-letter words containing s, a, h, i
- housewarming — a party to celebrate a person's or family's move to a new home.
- human rights — basic civil freedoms
- human safari — an organized tour that takes tourists to unfamiliar places where they can observe the lifestyle of indigenous or other local people: human safaris to remote tribal communities; a human safari through the slums of Mumbai.
- human shield — a person or group of people located or intentionally placed in a potential line of fire or in an area likely to be attacked.
- humanisation — Alternative form of humanization.
- humiliations — Plural form of humiliation.
- hunt sabbing — the activity of sabotaging a hunt due to the belief that animals should not be harmed by humans
- hunting case — a watchcase with a hinged cover to protect the crystal.
- huntsmanship — The art or practice of hunting, or the qualification of a hunter.
- hyannis port — a town in SE Massachusetts, on Nantucket Sound: summer resort.
- hybrid basis — A hybrid basis is a system of accounting that combines some of the features of cost basis with some of the features of accrual basis.
- hydrargyrism — mercurialism.
- hydrastinine — a white, crystalline, poisonous alkaloid, C 11 H 13 NO 3 , synthesized from hydrastine: used to arrest bleeding, especially in the uterus.
- hydroelastic — undergoing a change in elasticity as a result of the flow of water or another fluid
- hydronautics — (nautical) The science of the design and construction of ships, their engines, and their instrumentation.
- hydrosalpinx — A distally blocked Fallopian tube filled with serous or clear fluid.
- hydrostatics — the branch of hydrodynamics that deals with the statics of fluids, usually confined to the equilibrium and pressure of liquids.
- hygrochastic — of or relating to the opening of a fruit or flower caused by water or moisture
- hypaesthesia — an abnormally weak sense of pain, heat, cold, or touch.
- hypapophysis — (anatomy) A process, or other element, of a vertebra developed from the ventral side of the centrum.
- hyper-social — relating to, devoted to, or characterized by friendly companionship or relations: a social club.
- hyperalgesia — an exaggerated sense of pain (opposed to hypalgesia).
- hyperalgesic — Of or pertaining to hyperalgesia.
- hyperkinesia — Pathology. an abnormal amount of uncontrolled muscular action; spasm.
- hyperplastic — Of, or relating to hyperplasia.
- hyperrealism — interest in or concern for the actual or real, as distinguished from the abstract, speculative, etc.
- hypersomniac — a tendency to sleep excessively.
- hyperspatial — Pertaining to hyperspace.
- hypersthenia — abnormal strength or tension
- hypnotisable — Alternative spelling of hypnotizable.
- hypoesthesia — an abnormally weak sense of pain, heat, cold, or touch.
- hypogastrium — the lower and median part of the abdomen.
- hypogonadism — diminished hormonal or reproductive functioning in the testes or the ovaries.
- hypostasised — to assume the reality of (an idea, proposition, etc.); hypostatize.
- hypostatised — to treat or regard (a concept, idea, etc.) as a distinct substance or reality.
- hypostatized — Simple past tense and past participle of hypostatize.
- hypsographic — a branch of geography that deals with the measurement and mapping of the topography of the earth above sea level.
- hysterically — of, relating to, or characterized by hysteria.
- hysteromania — unusually increased sexual desire in a woman
- iatrochemist — a person who practises iatrochemistry
- ichthyosaurs — Plural form of ichthyosaur.
- iconomachist — a person who campaigns against the use of icons in religious worship
- icosahedrons — Plural form of icosahedron.
- idea hamster — a person who is employed as a source of new ideas
- impeachments — Plural form of impeachment.
- imperishable — not subject to decay; indestructible; enduring.
- imperishably — In an imperishable manner.
- in mothballs — a small ball of naphthalene or sometimes of camphor for placing in closets or other storage areas to repel moths from clothing, blankets, etc.
- in rehearsal — being prepared for public performance
- in search of — looking for, seeking