12-letter words containing t, e, n, o, i
- help on with — If you help someone on with an item of clothing, you help them put it on.
- hemangiomata — See under angioma.
- hemiplankton — plankton that spend part of their life cycle in a vegetative state on the sea bottom, riverbed, etc. (opposed to holoplankton).
- hemodilution — a decreased concentration of cells and solids in blood, usually caused by an influx of fluid.
- henotheistic — Relating to henotheism.
- hepatization — the transformation of tissue into a liver-like substance, esp of the lungs in pneumonia
- hepatotoxins — Plural form of hepatotoxin.
- hernioplasty — an operation for the repair of a hernia.
- heroic tenor — a tenor with a dramatic voice
- herring boat — a fishing boat that specializes in catching herring
- hessian boot — a knee-high tasseled boot, fashionable in England in the early 19th century.
- heterodyning — Present participle of heterodyne.
- heteroousian — a person who believes the Father and the Son to be unlike in substance or essence; an Arian (opposed to Homoousian).
- heterophonic — the simultaneous performance of the same melodic line, with slight individual variations, by two or more performers.
- hibernations — Plural form of hibernation.
- hierophantic — (in ancient Greece) an official expounder of rites of worship and sacrifice.
- high concept — a simple and often striking idea or premise, as of a story or film, that lends itself to easy promotion and marketing.
- high treason — treason against the sovereign or state.
- high-context — preferring to communicate in person, rather than by electronic methods such as email
- high-protein — (of a food) rich in proteins
- high-tension — subjected to or capable of operating under relatively high voltage: high-tension wire.
- hindforemost — with the back part in the front place
- hippocentaur — Centaur.
- histogenesis — the origin and development of tissues.
- holopneustic — having all the spiracles open, as the tracheal systems of most insects.
- home posting — an appointment to a position within one's own country
- home staging — the professional service of preparing homes for sale in such a way as to appeal to potential buyers and generate higher selling prices: Realtors who encourage sellers to invest in home staging are reporting substantial monetary returns—for both themselves and their clients.
- homesteading — a dwelling with its land and buildings, occupied by the owner as a home and exempted by a homestead law from seizure or sale for debt.
- homocysteine — An amino acid that occurs in the body as an intermediate in the metabolism of methionine and cysteine.
- honest injun — honestly (used to emphasize the truth of a statement).
- hootenannies — Plural form of hootenanny.
- horatian ode — an ode consisting of several stanzas all of the same form.
- house martin — a small European swallow, Delichon urbica, that builds its nest under the eaves of houses.
- housepainter — A professional painter of houses.
- housetrained — Simple past tense and past participle of housetrain.
- hovering act — an act forbidding or restricting the loitering of foreign or domestic vessels within the prescribed limits of a coastal nation.
- hydrokinetic — pertaining to the motion of liquids.
- hydrozincite — a hydrous zinc carbonate, Zn 5 (CO 3) 2 (OH) 6 , an important ore of zinc in some localities.
- hyperfiction — nonlinear fiction created in electronic hypertext form and containing multiple plot developments, endings, etc., that can be evoked interactively.
- hypertension — Pathology. elevation of the blood pressure, especially the diastolic pressure. an arterial disease characterized by this condition.
- hypnotisable — Alternative spelling of hypnotizable.
- hypnotizable — One who is susceptible to hypnosis.
- hyponatremia — (medicine) An abnormally low concentration of sodium (or salt) in blood plasma.
- hypoxanthine — a white, crystalline, almost water-soluble, alkaloidal purine derivative, C 5 H 4 N 4 O, found in animal and vegetable tissues: used chiefly in biochemical research.
- hysterogenic — inducing hysteria.
- hysteromania — unusually increased sexual desire in a woman
- iatrogenesis — (medicine) Any adverse effect (or complication) resulting from medical treatment.
- idealisation — Alternative spelling of idealization.
- idealization — the act or process of idealizing something.
- ignition key — key that starts an engine