12-letter words containing s, h, y
- flying shear — (in a continuous rolling mill) a shear that moves with the piece being cut.
- fosphenytoin — a prodrug that produces phenytoin and is taken to prevent or treat seizures.
- french-style — French-cut.
- galanty show — pantomime shadow play
- gametophytes — Plural form of gametophyte.
- gamophyllous — having leaves united by their edges.
- geochemistry — the science dealing with the chemical changes in and the composition of the earth's crust.
- geophysicist — the branch of geology that deals with the physics of the earth and its atmosphere, including oceanography, seismology, volcanology, and geomagnetism.
- glassyheaded — smooth; bald
- glossography — a glossator.
- goldsmithery — the occupation of a goldsmith
- granny smith — a variety of crisp, green-skinned apple, for eating raw or for cooking.
- grass hockey — field hockey.
- gully-washer — a usually short, heavy rainstorm.
- gullywashers — Plural form of gullywasher.
- gymnosophist — one of a group of Jainist philosophers, existing from ancient times to c1000, characterized by refusal to wear clothes and the abandonment of caste marks; a member of the Digambara sect.
- gynantherous — having the stamens converted into pistils by the action of frost, disease, or insects.
- haberdashery — a haberdasher's shop.
- hadley chest — a style of chest made c1700 in Massachusetts or Connecticut, having front rails and panels carved in low relief with elaborate tulip and leaf patterns.
- haematolyses — Plural form of haematolysis.
- haematolysis — Haemolysis.
- hair stylist — a person who designs and arranges hair styles.
- hairstylists — Plural form of hairstylist.
- halcyon days — period regarded with nostalgia
- halls of ivy — an institution of higher learning; university or college; the academic world.
- handypersons — Plural form of handyperson.
- hansa yellow — a pigment derived from coal tar, characterized chiefly by its brilliant yellow color.
- harmoniously — marked by agreement in feeling, attitude, or action: a harmonious group.
- headmasterly — In a manner befitting a headmaster.
- headstrongly — In a headstrong manner.
- hearsay rule — the rule making hearsay evidence inadmissible.
- heavyweights — Plural form of heavyweight.
- hectocotylus — a modified arm of the male of certain cephalopods that is used to transfer sperm to the female.
- hedge hyssop — any plant of the genus Gratiola, a bitter herb used medicinally.
- helichrysums — Plural form of helichrysum.
- hellaciously — In a hellacious manner.
- hells canyon — a canyon on the Snake River in S Idaho and along the Oregon border: 125 miles (210 km) long with a maximum depth of about 7900 feet (2408 meters).
- hemihydrates — Plural form of hemihydrate.
- hemodialyses — Plural form of hemodialysis.
- hemodialysis — dialysis of the blood, especially with an artificial kidney, for the removal of waste products.
- hemodynamics — the branch of physiology dealing with the forces involved in the circulation of the blood.
- henley-shirt — a short- or long-sleeved pullover sport shirt, usually of cotton, with a round neckband and an often covered neckline placket.
- here to stay — If you say that something is here to stay, you mean that people have accepted it and it has become a part of everyday life.
- hernioplasty — an operation for the repair of a hernia.
- hesitatingly — In a hesitating manner.
- heteroblasty — the morphological changes that occur in plants between juvenility and adulthood
- heterogynous — having females of two different kinds, one sexual and the other abortive or neuter, as ants.
- heteronymous — of, relating to, or characteristic of a heteronym.
- heteroplasty — the repair of lesions with tissue from another individual or species.
- heterostyled — (of a plant) having styles of different forms or lengths in the flowers.