12-letter words containing s, h, r, i, t
- 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 gross — in bulk; as a whole
- in the works — exertion or effort directed to produce or accomplish something; labor; toil.
- inheritances — Plural form of inheritance.
- inside right — (esp formerly) a player having mainly midfield and attacking roles
- interchanges — Plural form of interchange.
- intergrowths — Plural form of intergrowth.
- intermeshing — That mesh between one another.
- interpsychic — of or relating to the human soul or mind; mental (opposed to physical).
- interwishing — to want; desire; long for (usually followed by an infinitive or a clause): I wish to travel. I wish that it were morning.
- intrapsychic — Within the psyche or mind.
- introvertish — Introverted.
- ionospherist — Someone who studies the ionosphere.
- irish potato — potato (def 1).
- irish setter — one of an Irish breed of setters having a golden-chestnut or mahogany-red coat.
- ischiorectal — (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the region between the rectum and the ischial tuberosity.
- ishtar terra — a plateau region in the northern hemisphere of Venus.
- isochromatic — Optics. having the same color or tint.
- isosthenuria — the inability of the kidneys to dilute or concentrate urine
- isothermally — occurring at constant temperature.
- jesus christ — Jesus (def 1).
- kashmir goat — one of a long-haired breed of goat raised in Tibet and the higher elevations of China, the Indian subcontinent, Afghanistan, and Turkey for its meat, milk, and cashmere wool.
- katamorphism — metamorphism at or near the earth's surface: breaks down complex minerals into simpler ones.
- kentish fire — prolonged clapping by an audience, especially in unison, indicating impatience or disapproval.
- kitchenwares — Plural form of kitchenware.
- lachrymosity — suggestive of or tending to cause tears; mournful.
- lamplighters — Plural form of lamplighter.
- lantern fish — any of several small, deep-sea fishes of the family Myctophidae, having rows of luminous organs along each side, certain species of which migrate to the surface at night.
- latchstrings — Plural form of latchstring.
- laureateship — a person who has been honored for achieving distinction in a particular field or with a particular award: a Nobel laureate.
- lectureships — Plural form of lectureship.
- leiotrichous — Having smooth hair.
- liberty ship — a slow cargo ship built in large numbers for the U.S. merchant marine during World War II and having a capacity of about 11,000 deadweight tons.
- life history — the series of living phenomena exhibited by an organism in the course of its development from inception to death.
- light-struck — (of a film or the like) damaged by accidental exposure to light.
- lisle thread — a fine, high-twisted and hard-twisted cotton thread, at least two-ply, used for hosiery, gloves, etc.
- listenership — the people or number of people who listen to a radio station, record, type of music, etc.: The station has a listenership of 200,000.
- litholatrous — of or relating to the worship of stones
- lithospermum — any annual or perennial herbs and small shrubs of the genus lithospermum, of the borage family, native to Europe, N America, and northern Asia, and having white, blue, or yellow flowers
- lithospheric — Of or pertaining to the lithosphere.
- lithotritise — to perform a lithotrity
- little horse — the constellation Equuleus.
- little hours — the canonical hours of prime, terce, sext, and nones in the divine office
- make history — do sth of great significance
- mastigophora — a phylum of protozoans comprising nonphotosynthetic, chiefly free-living flagellates: some species are important pathogens of humans and other animals.
- mastigophore — Any flagellate of the phylum Mastigophora.
- matriarchies — Plural form of matriarchy.
- mechatronics — The synergistic combination of mechanical engineering, electronic engineering and software engineering for the study of automata from an engineering perspective and the control of advanced hybrid systems.
- mediatorship — the position of a mediator
- metachronism — An error in chronological ordering in which a character or an event is placed at too late a time.