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12-letter words containing s, h, y

  • heterozygous — having dissimilar pairs of genes for any hereditary characteristic.
  • hexahydrates — Plural form of hexahydrate.
  • hexasyllable — a word or line of verse of six syllables.
  • hi-fi system — a complete system of high-quality sound-reproducing equipment
  • hidrocystoma — An adenoma of the sweat glands.
  • high density — floppy disk
  • high society — society (def 9).
  • high-density — having a high concentration: entering a high-density market with a new product; high-density lipoprotein.
  • histiocytoma — A tumour consisting of histiocytes.
  • historically — of, pertaining to, treating, or characteristic of history or past events: historical records; historical research.
  • historiology — (obsolete) a discourse on history.
  • hobbledehoys — Plural form of hobbledehoy.
  • hockey skate — a tubular ice skate having a shorter blade than a racing skate and often having a reinforced shoe for protection.
  • hockey stick — the stick used in field hockey or ice hockey.
  • holistically — incorporating the concept of holism, or the idea that the whole is more than merely the sum of its parts, in theory or practice: holistic psychology.
  • hollywoodish — of, relating to, or resembling Hollywood, Hollywoodians, or the products of Hollywood and the motion-picture industry.
  • holy thistle — lady's-thistle.
  • hominy grits — grits (def 1).
  • homocysteine — An amino acid that occurs in the body as an intermediate in the metabolism of methionine and cysteine.
  • homodynamous — (biology) Pertaining to, or involving, homodynamy.
  • homonymously — in a homonymous manner
  • homosexually — In a homosexual way.
  • homozygosity — having identical pairs of genes for any given pair of hereditary characteristics.
  • honey fungus — an edible basidiomycetous fungus, Armillaria mellea, having a yellow-spotted cap and wrinkled stems, parasitic on the roots of woody plants, which it may kill by root rot. It spreads by thin black underground strands
  • honey locust — a thorny North American tree, Gleditsia triacanthos, of the legume family, having small, compound leaves and pods with a sweet pulp.
  • honeymooners — Plural form of honeymooner.
  • honeysuckles — Plural form of honeysuckle.
  • honor system — a system whereby the students at a school, the inmates in a prison, etc., are put on their honor to observe certain rules in order to minimize administrative supervision or to promote honesty.
  • horrendously — shockingly dreadful; horrible: a horrendous crime.
  • horror story — a story, movie, etc., that entertains or fascinates by shocking or frightening, especially by an emphasis on bloodshed or supernatural forces.
  • horseplayers — Plural form of horseplayer.
  • host country — nation staging an international event
  • humourlessly — Alternative spelling of humorlessly.
  • hundred days — the period from March 20 to June 28, 1815, between the arrival of Napoleon in Paris, after his escape from Elba, and his abdication after the battle of Waterloo.
  • hurry-scurry — headlong, disorderly haste; hurry and confusion.
  • hyannis port — a town in SE Massachusetts, on Nantucket Sound: summer resort.
  • hybrid basis — A hybrid basis is a system of accounting that combines some of the features of cost basis with some of the features of accrual basis.
  • hydrargyrism — mercurialism.
  • hydrastinine — a white, crystalline, poisonous alkaloid, C 11 H 13 NO 3 , synthesized from hydrastine: used to arrest bleeding, especially in the uterus.
  • hydrocarbons — any of a class of compounds containing only hydrogen and carbon, as an alkane, methane, CH 4 , an alkene, ethylene, C 2 H 4 , an alkyne, acetylene, C 2 H 2 , or an aromatic compound, benzene, C 6 H 6 .
  • hydroelastic — undergoing a change in elasticity as a result of the flow of water or another fluid
  • hydrogenates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hydrogenate.
  • hydrokinesis — (science fiction): The psychic ability to manipulate or control water.
  • hydrologists — Plural form of hydrologist.
  • hydrolysable — Alternative spelling of hydrolyzable.
  • hydrolysates — Plural form of hydrolysate.
  • hydromedusae — Irregular plural form of hydromedusa.
  • hydrometeors — Plural form of hydrometeor.
  • hydronautics — (nautical) The science of the design and construction of ships, their engines, and their instrumentation.
  • hydrophilous — pollinated by the agency of water.
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