12-letter words containing s, h, i, t, o, n
- hindforemost — with the back part in the front place
- histogenesis — the origin and development of tissues.
- histrionical — (British) Alternative form of histrionic.
- hold against — resent sb for sth
- holopneustic — having all the spiracles open, as the tracheal systems of most insects.
- holothurians — Plural form of holothurian.
- home posting — an appointment to a position within one's own country
- home staging — the professional service of preparing homes for sale in such a way as to appeal to potential buyers and generate higher selling prices: Realtors who encourage sellers to invest in home staging are reporting substantial monetary returns—for both themselves and their clients.
- 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.
- hominy grits — grits (def 1).
- homocysteine — An amino acid that occurs in the body as an intermediate in the metabolism of methionine and cysteine.
- honest injun — honestly (used to emphasize the truth of a statement).
- honours list — annual list of persons given royal awards
- hootenannies — Plural form of hootenanny.
- 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.
- housepainter — A professional painter of houses.
- housetrained — Simple past tense and past participle of housetrain.
- housing list — a list of people waiting to obtain council houses
- humanisation — Alternative form of humanization.
- humiliations — Plural form of humiliation.
- hunting dogs — the constellation Canes Venatici.
- hyannis port — a town in SE Massachusetts, on Nantucket Sound: summer resort.
- hydronautics — (nautical) The science of the design and construction of ships, their engines, and their instrumentation.
- hypertension — Pathology. elevation of the blood pressure, especially the diastolic pressure. an arterial disease characterized by this condition.
- hypnotisable — Alternative spelling of hypnotizable.
- hysterogenic — inducing hysteria.
- hysteromania — unusually increased sexual desire in a woman
- iconomachist — a person who campaigns against the use of icons in religious worship
- iconophilist — a person with a taste for pictures and symbols
- 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 the gross — in bulk; as a whole
- in the works — exertion or effort directed to produce or accomplish something; labor; toil.
- inchoateness — The quality of being inchoate.
- inescutcheon — A small shield placed within a larger one.
- 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.
- intergrowths — Plural form of intergrowth.
- introvertish — Introverted.
- ionospherist — Someone who studies the ionosphere.
- isosthenuria — the inability of the kidneys to dilute or concentrate urine
- it's nothing — it is not important
- johnson city — a city in NE Tennessee.
- kitchen soap — heavy-duty soap intended for use in the kitchen
- latin school — a secondary school emphasizing instruction in Latin and Greek.
- lithogenesis — (geology) The formation of sedimentary rock.
- lithopedions — Plural form of lithopedion.
- locksmithing — The science and art of making and defeating locks.
- long-sighted — farsighted; hypermetropic.
- lysolecithin — any compound of lecithin produced by the removal of one of the fatty acid groups by hydrolysis