12-letter words containing s, a, i, n, e
- gonfaloniers — Plural form of gonfalonier.
- gormandizers — gourmandise1 .
- graciousness — pleasantly kind, benevolent, and courteous.
- graminaceous — Of, pertaining to, or resembling a grass.
- graminivores — Plural form of graminivore.
- grand siècle — the 17th century in French art and literature, esp the classical period of Louis XIV
- granddaddies — Plural form of granddaddy.
- graspingness — The quality of being grasping.
- grease paint — an oily mixture of melted tallow or grease and a pigment, used by actors, clowns, etc., for making up their faces.
- great plains — a semiarid region E of the Rocky Mountains, in the U.S. and Canada.
- greenbackism — a former political party, organized in 1874, opposed to the retirement or reduction of greenbacks and favoring their increase as the only paper currency.
- greenwashing — Present participle of greenwash.
- gregarianism — the practice of living or clustering together in crowds or flocks
- grosswardein — German name of Oradea.
- guinea grass — a grass, Panicum maximum, native to Africa, used for forage in warm regions of North and South America.
- gynecomastia — abnormal enlargement of the breast in a male.
- habitualness — The characteristic of being habitual.
- hadrosaurine — Hadrosaurid.
- haemogenesis — Haematopoiesis.
- haemosiderin — Alternative form of hemosiderin.
- hairdressing — the act or process of cutting, combing out, doing up, or styling hair.
- hairlessness — The condition or quality of being hairless.
- half section — a part that is cut off or separated.
- half-english — of, relating to, or characteristic of England or its inhabitants, institutions, etc.
- 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.
- hand-selling — a gift or token for good luck or as an expression of good wishes, as at the beginning of the new year or when entering upon a new situation or enterprise.
- handicappeds — Plural form of handicapped.
- handicappers — Plural form of handicapper.
- handies peak — a peak in SW Colorado, in the San Juan Mountains. 14,048 feet (4285 meters).
- handstitched — Stitched by hand.
- hanging step — a step projecting from a wall with no real or apparent support at its outer end.
- hard science — any of the natural or physical sciences, as chemistry, biology, physics, or astronomy, in which aspects of the universe are investigated by means of hypotheses and experiments.
- hare krishna — a religious sect based on Vedic scriptures, whose followers engage in joyful congregational chanting of Krishna's name: founded in the U.S. in 1966.
- harrison red — a pigment consisting of a paratoluidine toner, characterized by its brilliant red color and tendency to bleed.
- hash-slinger — a waiter or waitress, especially in a hash house.
- haussmannize — to rebuild in a similar fashion as Haussmann rebuilt Paris
- have kittens — to react with disapproval, anxiety, etc
- head station — the main buildings on a large sheep or cattle farm
- headshakings — Plural form of headshaking.
- headshrinker — shrink (def 9).
- hearing loss — diminished ability to hear
- 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.
- heavenliness — (uncountable) The state or quality of being heavenly.
- heimskringla — a book of the 13th century narrating the history of the kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson.
- helianthuses — Plural form of helianthus.
- helical scan — denoting a recording technique used with video tapes in which the recorded tracks on the tape are segments of a helix