12-letter words containing t, i, n, s
- halton hills — a city in SE Ontario, in S Canada, near Toronto.
- hamstringing — Present participle of hamstring.
- hand setting — Also called French telephone. a telephone having a mouthpiece and earpiece mounted at opposite ends of a handle.
- handstitched — Stitched by hand.
- hanging post — a post from which a door, gate, etc., is hung.
- hanging step — a step projecting from a wall with no real or apparent support at its outer end.
- haptoglobins — Plural form of haptoglobin.
- hardstanding — a hard surface on which cars, aircraft etc. may stand
- harmoniumist — a person who plays a harmonium
- have kittens — to react with disapproval, anxiety, etc
- head station — the main buildings on a large sheep or cattle farm
- hearing test — a test to establish whether someone's hearing is normal or whether they have suffered some degree of hearing loss
- heartstrings — (obsolete, anatomy) The tendons once thought to brace the heart. (15th-19th c.).
- heat-seeking — A heat-seeking missile or device is one that is able to detect a source of heat.
- hebetudinous — the state of being dull; lethargy.
- hegemonistic — the policy or practice of hegemony to serve national interests.
- helianthuses — Plural form of helianthus.
- hemstitching — Present participle of hemstitch.
- henley-shirt — a short- or long-sleeved pullover sport shirt, usually of cotton, with a round neckband and an often covered neckline placket.
- henotheistic — Relating to henotheism.
- hepatotoxins — Plural form of hepatotoxin.
- hermeneutics — the science of interpretation, especially of the Scriptures.
- hernioplasty — an operation for the repair of a hernia.
- hesitatingly — In a hesitating manner.
- hessian boot — a knee-high tasseled boot, fashionable in England in the early 19th century.
- heteroousian — a person who believes the Father and the Son to be unlike in substance or essence; an Arian (opposed to Homoousian).
- hibernations — Plural form of hibernation.
- hidradenitis — (medicine) inflammation of the sweat glands.
- high density — floppy disk
- high treason — treason against the sovereign or state.
- high-density — having a high concentration: entering a high-density market with a new product; high-density lipoprotein.
- high-tension — subjected to or capable of operating under relatively high voltage: high-tension wire.
- hiking boots — stout, sturdy boots, suitable for hiking in
- hill station — a village, post, or the like, especially in S Asia, at a high altitude where government officials and others can be stationed to escape the great heat of tropical summers.
- hindforemost — with the back part in the front place
- hindquarters — the posterior end of a halved carcass of beef, lamb, etc., sectioned usually between the twelfth and thirteenth ribs.
- histogenesis — the origin and development of tissues.
- histrionical — (British) Alternative form of histrionic.
- hit and miss — unpredictable, unreliable
- hit-and-miss — sometimes successful or rewarding and sometimes not.
- hold against — resent sb for sth
- holopneustic — having all the spiracles open, as the tracheal systems of most insects.
- holothurians — Plural form of holothurian.
- 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.
- hominy grits — grits (def 1).
- 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).
- honours list — annual list of persons given royal awards