12-letter words containing s, o, c, e
- high society — society (def 9).
- highschooler — (US) A student at a high school.
- histochemist — someone who specializes in histochemistry
- historicized — Simple past tense and past participle of historicize.
- 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.
- hoisin sauce — a thick, sweet, spicy condiment containing soybeans, sugar, garlic, and chili peppers, used in cooking or as an accompaniment to meat, fish, or poultry, especially Peking duck.
- holopneustic — having all the spiracles open, as the tracheal systems of most insects.
- home stretch — final stages: of race or journey
- homeschooled — Simple past tense and past participle of homeschool.
- homeschooler — One who homeschools a student (typically the parent).
- homescreetch — a mistle thrush
- homesickness — sad or depressed from a longing for home or family while away from them for a long time.
- homo erectus — an extinct species of the human lineage, formerly known as Pithecanthropus erectus, having upright stature and a well-evolved postcranial skeleton, but with a smallish brain, low forehead, and protruding face.
- homocysteine — An amino acid that occurs in the body as an intermediate in the metabolism of methionine and cysteine.
- honey locust — a thorny North American tree, Gleditsia triacanthos, of the legume family, having small, compound leaves and pods with a sweet pulp.
- honeysuckles — Plural form of honeysuckle.
- horse racing — a contest of speed among horses that either are ridden by jockeys or pull sulkies and their drivers.
- horse's neck — a drink of whiskey and ginger ale, served with ice and garnished with a spiral of lemon peel on the rim of the glass.
- horse-collar — (especially in baseball) a score of zero.
- horse-doctor — an informal word for a vet who specializes in treating horses
- hotchpotches — Plural form of hotchpotch.
- house church — a group of Christians meeting for worship in a private house
- house doctor — a resident physician in a hospital, hotel, or other public institution.
- house prices — the sums in money for which houses may be bought or sold
- housecleaner — Someone employed to clean a house.
- housewrecker — wrecker (def 4).
- hydroelastic — undergoing a change in elasticity as a result of the flow of water or another fluid
- hyper-social — relating to, devoted to, or characterized by friendly companionship or relations: a social club.
- hypercoaster — Megacoaster.
- hypersarcoma — a growth of proud or fungous flesh
- hypersomniac — a tendency to sleep excessively.
- hysterectomy — excision of the uterus.
- hysterogenic — inducing hysteria.
- hysteroscopy — (medicine) The examination of the uterus using a hysteroscope.
- iatrochemist — a person who practises iatrochemistry
- iceland moss — an edible lichen, Cetraria islandica, of arctic regions, containing a starchlike substance used in medicine.
- ichnospecies — (paleontology) Any species known only from trace fossils, such as footprints, coprolites or nests.
- icosahedrons — Plural form of icosahedron.
- importancies — Plural form of importancy.
- imprecations — Plural form of imprecation.
- in course of — in the process of
- in excess of — more than
- in search of — looking for, seeking
- incestuously — involving incest.
- inchoateness — The quality of being inchoate.
- incinerators — Plural form of incinerator.
- inclusive of — including; taking into account
- inclusive or — the connective that gives the value true to a disjunction if either or both of the disjuncts are true
- incognisance — Alternative spelling of incognizance.