12-letter words containing s, h, a, n, o
- hootenannies — Plural form of hootenanny.
- horse around — a large, solid-hoofed, herbivorous quadruped, Equus caballus, domesticated since prehistoric times, bred in a number of varieties, and used for carrying or pulling loads, for riding, and for racing.
- horse manure — horse's excrement
- horse marine — (formerly) a marine mounted on horseback or a cavalryman doing duty on shipboard.
- horse racing — a contest of speed among horses that either are ridden by jockeys or pull sulkies and their drivers.
- horsemanship — the art, ability, skill, or manner of a horseman.
- hosepipe ban — a ban, due to water shortage, on using hosepipes to water the garden or wash cars
- hot swapping — (hardware) The connection and disconnection of peripherals or other components without interrupting system operation. This facility may have design implications for both hardware and software.
- house martin — a small European swallow, Delichon urbica, that builds its nest under the eaves of houses.
- housecleaner — Someone employed to clean a house.
- househusband — a man whose spouse works and who stays home to manage their household.
- housepainter — A professional painter of houses.
- housetrained — Simple past tense and past participle of housetrain.
- housewarming — a party to celebrate a person's or family's move to a new home.
- humanisation — Alternative form of humanization.
- humiliations — Plural form of humiliation.
- hyannis port — a town in SE Massachusetts, on Nantucket Sound: summer resort.
- hydrocarbons — any of a class of compounds containing only hydrogen and carbon, as an alkane, methane, CH 4 , an alkene, ethylene, C 2 H 4 , an alkyne, acetylene, C 2 H 2 , or an aromatic compound, benzene, C 6 H 6 .
- hydrogenates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hydrogenate.
- 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.
- hymenoplasty — (medicine) Plastic surgery affecting a woman's hymen, usually involving reconstruction to the unbroken condition ordinarily characteristic of virginity.
- hypersomniac — a tendency to sleep excessively.
- hypnotisable — Alternative spelling of hypnotizable.
- hypognathous — having the lower jaw or mandible longer than the upper.
- hypogonadism — diminished hormonal or reproductive functioning in the testes or the ovaries.
- hypoplastron — the third lateral plate in the plastron of turtles
- hysteromania — unusually increased sexual desire in a woman
- iconomachist — a person who campaigns against the use of icons in religious worship
- icosahedrons — Plural form of icosahedron.
- 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 search of — looking for, seeking
- inchoateness — The quality of being inchoate.
- infographics — Plural form of infographic.
- inharmonious — not harmonious; discordant; unmelodious.
- inhospitable — not inclined to, or characterized by, hospitality, as persons or actions; unfriendly.
- inhospitably — not inclined to, or characterized by, hospitality, as persons or actions; unfriendly.
- isosthenuria — the inability of the kidneys to dilute or concentrate urine
- jackson hole — a valley in NW Wyoming, near the Teton Range: wildlife preserve.
- james hutton — James, 1726–97, Scottish geologist: formulated uniformitarianism.
- 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.
- kinesophobia — Fear of movement.
- kitchen soap — heavy-duty soap intended for use in the kitchen
- landholdings — Plural form of landholding.
- last honours — observances of respect at a funeral
- latin school — a secondary school emphasizing instruction in Latin and Greek.
- lay hands on — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- lemon squash — lemon soda; a soft drink of lemon juice and soda water.