12-letter words containing s, h, o, a, l, n
- hispanophile — an admirer of Hispanic culture or the Spanish language.
- histrionical — (British) Alternative form of histrionic.
- hofmannsthal — Hugo von [hoo-goh fuh n] /ˈhu goʊ fən/ (Show IPA), 1874–1929, Austrian poet, playwright, and librettist.
- hold against — resent sb for sth
- hollingshead — Holinshed.
- holothurians — Plural form of holothurian.
- housecleaner — Someone employed to clean a house.
- humiliations — Plural form of humiliation.
- 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.
- hypnotisable — Alternative spelling of hypnotizable.
- hypoplastron — the third lateral plate in the plastron of turtles
- 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.
- 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.
- jackson hole — a valley in NW Wyoming, near the Teton Range: wildlife preserve.
- 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.
- lion's share — the largest part or share, especially a disproportionate portion: The eldest son received the lion's share of the estate.
- loansharking — the practice of lending money at excessive rates of interest.
- loathfulness — (rare) The condition of being loathful; reluctance.
- long-handles — long underwear.
- longshoreman — a person employed on the wharves of a port, as in loading and unloading vessels.
- loose change — money in the form of coins suitable for small expenditures
- love handles — fat midriff
- lycanthropes — Plural form of lycanthrope.
- malnourished — poorly or improperly nourished; suffering from malnutrition: thin, malnourished victims of the famine.
- marshalltown — a city in central Iowa.
- melancholics — Plural form of melancholic.
- melancholies — a gloomy state of mind, especially when habitual or prolonged; depression.
- melanophores — Plural form of melanophore.
- monadelphous — (of stamens) united into one bundle or set by their filaments.
- nasal concha — turbinate (def 4).
- nasotracheal — (anatomy) Of or relating to the nose and trachea.
- nicholas iii — (Giovanni Gaetani Orsini) died 1280, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1277–80.
- nihil obstat — permission to publish a book, granted by an official censor who, upon examining it, has certified that it contains nothing contrary to faith or morals.
- nilo-saharan — a family of African languages, including the Central and Eastern Sudanic groups as well as Kanuri, Songhai, and other languages, spoken from the Sahara southward to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Tanzania.
- no less than — at least
- noahide laws — the seven laws given to Noah after the Flood, which decree the establishment of a fair system of justice in society, and prohibit idolatry, blasphemy, murder, adultery and incest, robbery, and the eating of flesh taken from a living animal
- noncrushable — (of a container, material, etc) not easily crushed
- nonspherical — not spherical
- north island — the northernmost principal island of New Zealand. 44,281 sq. mi. (114,690 sq. km).
- np-hilarious — (humour) An algorithm whose complexity is a joke, either literally, as in BogoSort, or metaphorically.
- old-womanish — Sometimes Offensive. having characteristics considered typical of an old woman, as excessive fussiness or timidity.
- oldfashioned — Rare spelling of old-fashioned.
- omnishambles — Chiefly British Informal. a situation, especially in politics, in which poor judgment results in disorder or chaos with potentially disastrous consequences.
- on the slate — on credit