12-letter words containing s, c, r, e
- great schism — a period of division in the Roman Catholic Church, 1378–1417, over papal succession, during which there were two, or sometimes three, claimants to the papal office.
- 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.
- greenfinches — Plural form of greenfinch.
- greengrocers — Plural form of greengrocer.
- griddlecakes — Plural form of griddlecake.
- groom's cake — a fruit cake in layers of graduated size, served at a wedding.
- gross income — Accounting. total revenue received before any deductions or allowances, as for rent, cost of goods sold, taxes, etc.
- groupuscules — Plural form of groupuscule.
- hagiocracies — Plural form of hagiocracy.
- hall process — a process in which aluminum is refined by electrolytic reduction of alumina fused with cryolite.
- handicappers — Plural form of handicapper.
- 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.
- hard-surface — to make the surface of (something) hard or firm, as by compacting or paving it: to hard-surface a parking area.
- hardscrabble — providing or yielding meagerly in return for much effort; demanding or unrewarding: the hardscrabble existence of mountainside farmers.
- harness race — a trotting or pacing race for Standardbred horses harnessed to sulkies.
- harvest tick — chigger (def 1).
- health scare — a state of alarm caused by a revelation concerning public heath
- helichrysums — Plural form of helichrysum.
- helicographs — Plural form of helicograph.
- heliospheric — Of or pertaining to the heliosphere.
- help screens — computer instructions displayed on a visual display unit
- hemerocallis — the genus comprising the day lilies.
- hermeneutics — the science of interpretation, especially of the Scriptures.
- heroic verse — a form of verse adapted to the treatment of heroic or exalted themes: in classical poetry, dactylic hexameter; in English and German, iambic pentameter; and in French, the Alexandrine. An example of heroic verse is Achilles' wrath, to Greece the direful spring / Of woes unnumbered, heavenly goddess, sing!
- herstmonceux — a village in S England, in E Sussex north of Eastbourne: 15th-century castle, site of the Royal Observatory, which was transferred from Greenwich between 1948 and 1958, until 1990
- heteroclisis — (grammar) The presence of two or more classes of inflection in the inflectional paradigm of a noun, verb etc.
- heteroclites — Plural form of heteroclite.
- heteroecious — the development of different stages of a parasitic species on different host plants.
- heterosocial — relating to or denoting mixed-sex social relationships
- hever castle — a Tudor mansion near Edenbridge in Kent: home of Anne Boleyn before her marriage; Italian garden added in the 20th century by the Astor family
- hierarchists — hierarchical principles, rule, or influence.
- hierocracies — Plural form of hierocracy.
- highschooler — (US) A student at a high school.
- hire charges — the amount of money it costs to hire something, such as a bike, car, etc
- historicized — Simple past tense and past participle of historicize.
- home stretch — final stages: of race or journey
- homeschooler — One who homeschools a student (typically the parent).
- homescreetch — a mistle thrush
- homo erectus — an extinct species of the human lineage, formerly known as Pithecanthropus erectus, having upright stature and a well-evolved postcranial skeleton, but with a smallish brain, low forehead, and protruding face.
- horse racing — a contest of speed among horses that either are ridden by jockeys or pull sulkies and their drivers.
- horse's neck — a drink of whiskey and ginger ale, served with ice and garnished with a spiral of lemon peel on the rim of the glass.
- horse-collar — (especially in baseball) a score of zero.
- horse-doctor — an informal word for a vet who specializes in treating horses
- house church — a group of Christians meeting for worship in a private house
- house doctor — a resident physician in a hospital, hotel, or other public institution.
- house prices — the sums in money for which houses may be bought or sold
- housecleaner — Someone employed to clean a house.
- housewrecker — wrecker (def 4).
- hucksterings — Plural form of huckstering.
- hydroelastic — undergoing a change in elasticity as a result of the flow of water or another fluid