12-letter words containing t, h, o
- histochemist — someone who specializes in histochemistry
- histogenesis — the origin and development of tissues.
- histographic — a treatise on or description of organic tissues.
- histological — the branch of biology dealing with the study of tissues.
- historically — of, pertaining to, treating, or characteristic of history or past events: historical records; historical research.
- historicized — Simple past tense and past participle of historicize.
- historiology — (obsolete) a discourse on history.
- histrionical — (British) Alternative form of histrionic.
- hit (out) at — to aim a blow at; try to hit
- hit the road — a long, narrow stretch with a smoothed or paved surface, made for traveling by motor vehicle, carriage, etc., between two or more points; street or highway.
- hit the roof — the external upper covering of a house or other building.
- hit the spot — a rounded mark or stain made by foreign matter, as mud, blood, paint, ink, etc.; a blot or speck.
- hiv positive — (of a person) diagnosed by a test as being infected with HIV.
- hiv-positive — (of a person) diagnosed by a test as being infected with HIV.
- hoary marmot — a large marmot, Marmota caligata, living in mountainous areas of Siberia and northwestern North America and having a heavy, yellow-gray body, short black limbs, and black and white head and shoulders.
- hobble skirt — a woman's skirt that is very narrow at the bottom, causing the wearer to walk with short, mincing steps.
- hobnail boot — a boot with a hobnail in the sole
- 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.
- hofmannsthal — Hugo von [hoo-goh fuh n] /ˈhu goʊ fən/ (Show IPA), 1874–1929, Austrian poet, playwright, and librettist.
- hohenstaufen — a member of the royal family that ruled in Germany from 1138 to 1208 and from 1215 to 1254, and in Sicily from 1194 to 1266.
- hojatoleslam — a title of respect given to an ayatollah or a middle-ranking Shiite cleric, which means literally 'proof of Islam'
- hold against — resent sb for sth
- hold out for — to wait patiently or uncompromisingly for (the fulfilment of one's demands)
- holding tank — a tank for the temporary storage of a substance.
- 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.
- holkar state — a former state of central India, ruled by the Holkar dynasty of Maratha rulers of Indore (18th century until 1947)
- holmes light — a canister, attached to a life buoy or float, containing calcium carbonate and calcium phosphide, which ignite spontaneously on contact with the water, emitting conspicuous fire and smoke.
- holophrastic — using or consisting of a single word that functions as a phrase or sentence.
- holoplankton — plankton that spend their entire life cycle as free-swimming organisms (opposed to hemiplankton).
- holopneustic — having all the spiracles open, as the tracheal systems of most insects.
- holothurians — Plural form of holothurian.
- holy picture — a picture of a person or thing that is of religious importance
- holy thistle — lady's-thistle.
- holy trinity — Trinity (def 1).
- home country — the country a person comes from
- 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.
- home stretch — final stages: of race or journey
- home teacher — private tutor
- home theater — big-screen TV setup
- homeopathist — a person who practices or favors homeopathy.
- homeotherapy — therapy for a disease by means of an agent that is similar to but not identical with the causative agent of the disease.
- homeothermal — homoiothermal.
- homeothermic — (biology, of an, animal) Capable of maintaining a relatively constant body temperature independent of the surrounding environment.
- homescreetch — a mistle thrush
- homesteaders — Plural form of homesteader.
- 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.
- hominization — the evolution of the human traits that set the genus Homo apart from its primate ancestors.
- hominy grits — grits (def 1).