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12-letter words containing t, h, i, n, e

  • pre-teaching — to impart knowledge of or skill in; give instruction in: She teaches mathematics. Synonyms: coach.
  • prehistorian — an authority on or specialist in prehistory
  • preneolithic — (sometimes lowercase) Anthropology. of, relating to, or characteristic of the last phase of the Stone Age, marked by the domestication of animals, the development of agriculture, and the manufacture of pottery and textiles: commonly thought to have begun c9000–8000 b.c. in the Middle East. Compare Mesolithic, Paleolithic.
  • prenticeship — an apprenticeship
  • promethazine — a phenothiaxine derivative, C 1 7 H 2 0 N 2 S, used for the symptomatic relief of allergies and in the management of motion sickness.
  • prototherian — belonging or pertaining to the group Prototheria, comprising the monotremes.
  • pyonephritis — suppurative inflammation of the kidney.
  • pyrithiamine — an antivitamin that causes thiamine deficiency
  • pyritohedron — a crystal form of 12 pentagonal faces.
  • pyrotechnics — the art of making fireworks.
  • pyrotechnist — a person skilled in pyrotechnics, especially in the manufacture or use of fireworks.
  • radiant heat — heat energy transmitted by electromagnetic waves in contrast to heat transmitted by conduction or convection.
  • rechristened — to receive into the Christian church by baptism; baptize.
  • rehabilitant — a person who is undergoing rehabilitation, especially for a physical disability.
  • relationship — a connection, association, or involvement.
  • residentship — a person who resides in a place.
  • resynthesize — to form (a material or abstract entity) by combining parts or elements (opposed to analyze): to synthesize a statement.
  • retainership — the condition of being a retainer or of having retainers.
  • ride shotgun — a smoothbore gun for firing small shots to kill birds and small quadrupeds, though often used with buckshot to kill larger animals.
  • right-angled — A right-angled triangle has one angle that is a right angle.
  • right-handed — having the right hand or arm more serviceable than the left; using the right hand by preference: a right-handed painter.
  • right-hander — a person who is right-handed, especially a baseball pitcher who throws with the right hand.
  • right-minded — having correct, honest, or good opinions or principles.
  • right-winger — If you think someone has views which are more right-wing than most other members of their party, you can say they are a right-winger.
  • rutlandshire — a former county, now part of Leicestershire, in central England.
  • safety chain — a chain on the fastening of a bracelet, watch, etc, to ensure that it cannot open enough to fall off accidentally
  • saint helena — Saint, c247–c330, mother of Constantine I.
  • saint helens — a city in Merseyside, in NW England, near Liverpool.
  • saint helier — a British island in the English Channel: the largest of the Channel Islands. 44 sq. mi. (116 sq. km). Capital: St. Helier.
  • saint hubert — a borough in S Quebec, Canada, just E of Montreal.
  • saint joseph — a city in NW Missouri, on the Missouri River.
  • saint phalle — Niki de [nik-ee duh;; French nee-kee duh] /ˈnɪk i də;; French niˈki də/ (Show IPA), 1930–2002, French sculptor and painter.
  • saint-hubert — town in S Quebec, Canada: part of metropolitan Montreal: pop. 77,000
  • saint-mihiel — a town in NE France, on the Meuse River, NW of Nancy: captured by American forces 1918.
  • sanity check — (programming)   1. Checking code (or anything else, e.g. a Usenet posting) for completely stupid mistakes. Implies that the check is to make sure the author was sane when it was written; e.g. if a piece of scientific software relied on a particular formula and was giving unexpected results, one might first look at the nesting of parentheses or the coding of the formula, as a "sanity check", before looking at the more complex I/O or data structure manipulation routines, much less the algorithm itself. Compare reality check. 2. A run-time test, either validating input or ensuring that the program hasn't screwed up internally (producing an inconsistent value or state).
  • schindyletic — relating to the joint in which one bone is received into the cleft or slit of another bone
  • scratch line — a line that marks the start of a race.
  • second birth — spiritual rebirth.
  • second sight — the faculty of seeing future events; clairvoyance.
  • section hand — a person who works on a section gang.
  • self-heating — the state of a body perceived as having or generating a relatively high degree of warmth.
  • semi-monthly — made, occurring, done, or published twice a month.
  • sergeantfish — the cobia, Rachycentron canadum.
  • share option — A share option is an opportunity for the employees of a company to buy shares at a special price.
  • sheath knife — a knife carried in a sheath.
  • shoot a line — to try to create a false image, as by boasting or exaggerating
  • short notice — little warning
  • short-winded — short of breath; liable to difficulty in breathing.
  • shut-in well — confined to one's home, a hospital, etc., as from illness.
  • sight screen — a white screen set in line with the wicket as an aid to the batsman in seeing the ball when it is bowled.
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