12-letter words containing s, a, i, e, t
- grossularite — a mineral, calcium aluminum garnet, Ca 3 Al 2 Si 3 O 12 , occurring in gray-white to pinkish crystals.
- guesstimated — Simple past tense and past participle of guesstimate.
- guesstimates — Plural form of guesstimate.
- gynecomastia — abnormal enlargement of the breast in a male.
- habitualness — The characteristic of being habitual.
- haematemesis — Alternative spelling of hematemesis.
- haematolysis — Haemolysis.
- hairsbreadth — a very small space or distance: We escaped an accident by a hairsbreadth.
- half section — a part that is cut off or separated.
- half-section — a part that is cut off or separated.
- hallucinates — to have hallucinations.
- hand setting — Also called French telephone. a telephone having a mouthpiece and earpiece mounted at opposite ends of a handle.
- handstitched — Stitched by hand.
- hanging step — a step projecting from a wall with no real or apparent support at its outer end.
- harris tweed — a hand-woven tweed made only by residents in the Outer Hebrides from locally dyed and spun wool
- harvest mite — chigger (def 1).
- harvest tick — chigger (def 1).
- harvest time — season when crops are gathered
- haute-savoie — a department in E France. 1775 sq. mi. (4595 sq. km). Capital: Annecy.
- have kittens — to react with disapproval, anxiety, etc
- head station — the main buildings on a large sheep or cattle farm
- headmistress — a woman in charge of a private school.
- hearing test — a test to establish whether someone's hearing is normal or whether they have suffered some degree of hearing loss
- heartstrings — (obsolete, anatomy) The tendons once thought to brace the heart. (15th-19th c.).
- heat-seeking — A heat-seeking missile or device is one that is able to detect a source of heat.
- heavyweights — Plural form of heavyweight.
- helianthuses — Plural form of helianthus.
- hellgramites — Plural form of hellgramite.
- hemarthrosis — (pathology) bleeding in the joints.
- hematologist — the study of the nature, function, and diseases of the blood and of blood-forming organs.
- hemihydrates — Plural form of hemihydrate.
- hemiparasite — A plant that obtains or may obtain part of its food by parasitism, e.g., mistletoe, which also photosynthesizes.
- hepatotoxins — Plural form of hepatotoxin.
- hernioplasty — an operation for the repair of a hernia.
- hesitatingly — In a hesitating manner.
- hessian boot — a knee-high tasseled boot, fashionable in England in the early 19th century.
- heterauxesis — an unequal or asymmetrical growth of cells, parts of plants or animals
- heteroousian — a person who believes the Father and the Son to be unlike in substance or essence; an Arian (opposed to Homoousian).
- heteroplasia — the replacement of normal cells by abnormal cells, as in cancer.
- heterosocial — relating to or denoting mixed-sex social relationships
- heterotopias — Plural form of heterotopia.
- hibernations — Plural form of hibernation.
- hidradenitis — (medicine) inflammation of the sweat glands.
- hierarchists — hierarchical principles, rule, or influence.
- high treason — treason against the sovereign or state.
- hindquarters — the posterior end of a halved carcass of beef, lamb, etc., sectioned usually between the twelfth and thirteenth ribs.
- hit the sack — a large bag of strong, coarsely woven material, as for grain, potatoes, or coal.
- home staging — the professional service of preparing homes for sale in such a way as to appeal to potential buyers and generate higher selling prices: Realtors who encourage sellers to invest in home staging are reporting substantial monetary returns—for both themselves and their clients.
- homeopathist — a person who practices or favors homeopathy.
- homesteading — a dwelling with its land and buildings, occupied by the owner as a home and exempted by a homestead law from seizure or sale for debt.