12-letter words containing s, h, e, l, t, r
- electroshock — Of or relating to medical treatment by means of electric shocks.
- erythroblast — An immature erythrocyte containing a nucleus.
- etherealizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of etherealize.
- etherealness — The state or quality of being ethereal.
- falsehearted — Alternative spelling of false-hearted.
- farsightedly — In a farsighted manner.
- farthingales — Plural form of farthingale.
- farthingless — without a farthing, having no money
- fatherliness — The property of being fatherly.
- firelighters — Plural form of firelighter.
- fish culture — the artificial propagation and breeding of fish.
- flabberghast — (archaic) Alternative form of flabbergast.
- flight nurse — a nurse in the U.S. Air Force who tends patients being transported by airplane.
- flourishment — The act or state of flourishing.
- foolhardiest — Superlative form of foolhardy.
- foresightful — care or provision for the future; provident care; prudence.
- foster child — a child raised by someone who is not its natural or adoptive parent.
- french-style — French-cut.
- glatt kosher — prepared for eating according to the dietary laws followed by Hasidic Jews, which differ somewhat from those followed by other observers of kashruth: glatt kosher meat.
- goldsmithery — the occupation of a goldsmith
- gospel truth — an unquestionably true statement, fact, etc.
- grapple shot — a grapnellike projectile fired from a gun and used as a hold for the end of a line in rescue operations or in kedging.
- half-starved — to die or perish from lack of food or nourishment.
- headmasterly — In a manner befitting a headmaster.
- headstrongly — In a headstrong manner.
- health scare — a state of alarm caused by a revelation concerning public heath
- heartfulness — The state or quality of being heartful.
- heldentenors — Plural form of heldentenor.
- heliotropism — heliotropic tendency or growth.
- hellgramites — Plural form of hellgramite.
- henley-shirt — a short- or long-sleeved pullover sport shirt, usually of cotton, with a round neckband and an often covered neckline placket.
- heortologist — a person who studies heortology
- hernioplasty — an operation for the repair of a hernia.
- heteroblasty — the morphological changes that occur in plants between juvenility and adulthood
- 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.
- heterologous — Biology. of different origin; pertaining to heterology.
- heteroplasia — the replacement of normal cells by abnormal cells, as in cancer.
- heteroplasty — the repair of lesions with tissue from another individual or species.
- heterosexual — of, relating to, or exhibiting heterosexuality.
- heterosocial — relating to or denoting mixed-sex social relationships
- heterostyled — (of a plant) having styles of different forms or lengths in the flowers.
- 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
- higher still — a system of post-Standard Grade qualifications offered at five levels including Higher and Advanced Higher
- highlighters — Plural form of highlighter.
- hobble skirt — a woman's skirt that is very narrow at the bottom, causing the wearer to walk with short, mincing steps.
- holkar state — a former state of central India, ruled by the Holkar dynasty of Maratha rulers of Indore (18th century until 1947)
- horse nettle — a large, prickly North American weed, Solanum carolinense, of the nightshade family, having violet to white flowers in a few clusters.
- horse pistol — a large pistol formerly carried by horsemen.
- horse trials — a competitive sporting event at which riders have to show their skill in dressage, show-jumping, and cross-country