12-letter words containing s, h, i, n, d
- high-density — having a high concentration: entering a high-density market with a new product; high-density lipoprotein.
- hindforemost — with the back part in the front place
- hindquarters — the posterior end of a halved carcass of beef, lamb, etc., sectioned usually between the twelfth and thirteenth ribs.
- his and hers — (of paired objects) for a man and woman respectively
- hit and miss — unpredictable, unreliable
- hit-and-miss — sometimes successful or rewarding and sometimes not.
- hold against — resent sb for sth
- hollingshead — Holinshed.
- 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.
- horse riding — activity: riding on a horse
- housetrained — Simple past tense and past participle of housetrain.
- hudson river — Henry, died 1611? English navigator and explorer.
- human shield — a person or group of people located or intentionally placed in a potential line of fire or in an area likely to be attacked.
- hummingbirds — Plural form of hummingbird.
- hunting dogs — the constellation Canes Venatici.
- hydrastinine — a white, crystalline, poisonous alkaloid, C 11 H 13 NO 3 , synthesized from hydrastine: used to arrest bleeding, especially in the uterus.
- hydrokinesis — (science fiction): The psychic ability to manipulate or control water.
- 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.
- hypogonadism — diminished hormonal or reproductive functioning in the testes or the ovaries.
- icosahedrons — Plural form of icosahedron.
- in deep shit — excrement; feces.
- in the cards — a usually rectangular piece of stiff paper, thin pasteboard, or plastic for various uses, as to write information on or printed as a means of identifying the holder: a 3″ × 5″ file card; a membership card.
- in the dumps — a depressed state of mind (usually preceded by in the): to be in the dumps over money problems.
- in the shade — in shadow, out of the sun
- in-bond shop — a duty-free shop
- indehiscence — not dehiscent; not opening at maturity.
- inside right — (esp formerly) a player having mainly midfield and attacking roles
- jodo shinshu — the largest sect of Jodo, stressing simple trust rather than ritual as the means to salvation.
- kindred-ship — a person's relatives collectively; kinfolk; kin.
- landholdings — Plural form of landholding.
- landing ship — any of various ships designed for transporting troops and heavy equipment in amphibious warfare, capable of making assault landings directly onto a beach.
- lithopedions — Plural form of lithopedion.
- long-sighted — farsighted; hypermetropic.
- ludwigshafen — a city in SW Germany, on the Rhine opposite Mannheim.
- malnourished — poorly or improperly nourished; suffering from malnutrition: thin, malnourished victims of the famine.
- merchandised — the manufactured goods bought and sold in any business.
- merchandiser — the manufactured goods bought and sold in any business.
- merchandises — the manufactured goods bought and sold in any business.
- midnight sun — the sun visible at midnight in mid-summer in arctic and antarctic regions.
- milking shed — a building in which a herd of cows is milked
- misapprehend — to misunderstand.
- misfashioned — Simple past tense and past participle of misfashion.
- monorchidism — a prenatal or postnatal condition in which one testis is absent or has not descended into the scrotum.
- month's mind — a Requiem Mass said on the thirtieth day after a person's death or burial.
- near-sighted — seeing distinctly at a short distance only; myopic.
- needlefishes — Plural form of needlefish.
- new hebrides — former name of Vanuatu.
- newfashioned — Alternative form of new-fashioned.
- nightdresses — Plural form of nightdress.