12-letter words containing t, h, y, r, s, o
- hominy grits — grits (def 1).
- 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.
- horror story — a story, movie, etc., that entertains or fascinates by shocking or frightening, especially by an emphasis on bloodshed or supernatural forces.
- host country — nation staging an international event
- hyannis port — a town in SE Massachusetts, on Nantucket Sound: summer resort.
- 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.
- hydrologists — Plural form of hydrologist.
- hydrolysates — Plural form of hydrolysate.
- hydrometeors — Plural form of hydrometeor.
- hydronautics — (nautical) The science of the design and construction of ships, their engines, and their instrumentation.
- hydrostatics — the branch of hydrodynamics that deals with the statics of fluids, usually confined to the equilibrium and pressure of liquids.
- hydrosulfate — a salt formed by the direct union of sulfuric acid with an organic base, especially an alkaloid, and usually more soluble than the base.
- hydrosulfite — hyposulfite (def 1).
- hydrotropism — oriented growth in response to water.
- hygrochastic — of or relating to the opening of a fruit or flower caused by water or moisture
- hypercoaster — Megacoaster.
- hyperostosis — abnormal development of bony tissue.
- hypertension — Pathology. elevation of the blood pressure, especially the diastolic pressure. an arterial disease characterized by this condition.
- hypocoristic — endearing, as a pet name, diminutive, or euphemism.
- hypogastrium — the lower and median part of the abdomen.
- hypoplastron — the third lateral plate in the plastron of turtles
- hysterectomy — excision of the uterus.
- hysterogenic — inducing hysteria.
- hysteromania — unusually increased sexual desire in a woman
- hysteroscopy — (medicine) The examination of the uterus using a hysteroscope.
- ichthyosaurs — Plural form of ichthyosaur.
- isothermally — occurring at constant temperature.
- kosher-style — (of a cuisine, restaurant, etc.) featuring traditional Jewish dishes, but not adhering to the dietary laws: kosher-style cooking.
- lachrymosity — suggestive of or tending to cause tears; mournful.
- life history — the series of living phenomena exhibited by an organism in the course of its development from inception to death.
- lycanthropes — Plural form of lycanthrope.
- make history — do sth of great significance
- massotherapy — treatment by massage.
- mob hysteria — the heightened and extreme emotions that can be experienced by people in a large crowd
- monohydrates — Plural form of monohydrate.
- morphosyntax — the study of the morphological and syntactic properties of linguistic or grammatical units.
- mother's boy — mama's boy.
- mother's day — a day, usually the second Sunday in May, set aside in honor of mothers.
- northern spy — an American variety of red-striped apple that ripens in autumn or early winter.
- oral history — information of historical or sociological importance obtained usually by tape-recorded interviews with persons whose experiences and memories are representative or whose lives have been of special significance.
- orchestrally — In an orchestral manner.
- ornithoscopy — divination from the observation of birds
- oyster shell — oyster's hard outer covering
- oyster white — a slightly grayish white; off-white.
- petrophysics — the analysis of the constitution and characteristics of rocks
- phenocrystic — relating to a phenocryst
- phrontistery — a place or establishment for thinking, studying, or learning
- physogastric — pertaining to the swollen, membranous abdomen of certain insects, especially termite and ant queens.
- polygraphist — an instrument for receiving and recording simultaneously tracings of variations in certain body activities.