12-letter words containing t, o, h, r, a, s
- electroclash — a type of electronic music, originating in the first decade of the 21st century, that combines modern techno with synthesizer music characteristic of the 1980s
- epanorthosis — (rhetoric) A rhetorical device or element in which a speaker or writer retracts a word that has been spoken and substitutes a stronger or more suitable word; often done for emphasis or sarcasm.
- eratosthenes — ?276–?194 bc, Greek mathematician and astronomer, who calculated the circumference of the earth by observing the angle of the sun's rays at different places
- erythematous — Of or pertaining to erythema.
- erythroblast — An immature erythrocyte containing a nucleus.
- exhortations — Plural form of exhortation.
- factory ship — a whaling ship equipped to process killed whales and to transport the oil and by-products.
- feather shot — fine bean shot.
- fish factory — a factory where fish is processed
- foolhardiest — Superlative form of foolhardy.
- fourth-class — of, relating to, or designated as a class next below third, as for mailing, shipping, etc.
- french toast — bread dipped in a batter of egg and milk and sautéed until brown, usually served with syrup or sprinkled with sugar and cinnamon.
- from scratch — to break, mar, or mark the surface of by rubbing, scraping, or tearing with something sharp or rough: to scratch one's hand on a nail.
- gametophores — Plural form of gametophore.
- glatt kosher — prepared for eating according to the dietary laws followed by Hasidic Jews, which differ somewhat from those followed by other observers of kashruth: glatt kosher meat.
- goddaughters — Plural form of goddaughter.
- gopher state — Minnesota (used as a nickname).
- gramophonist — a person who uses a gramophone
- grandmothers — Plural form of grandmother.
- graphologist — the study of handwriting, especially when regarded as an expression of the writer's character, personality, abilities, etc.
- grapple shot — a grapnellike projectile fired from a gun and used as a hold for the end of a line in rescue operations or in kedging.
- gynantherous — having the stamens converted into pistils by the action of frost, disease, or insects.
- harbormaster — A harbormaster is the official in charge of a harbor.
- harmoniumist — a person who plays a harmonium
- harold stark — Harold Raynsford [reynz-ferd] /ˈreɪnz fərd/ (Show IPA), 1880–1972, U.S. admiral.
- harvest home — the bringing home of the harvest.
- harvest moon — the moon at and about the period of fullness that is nearest to the autumnal equinox.
- head for sth — If you a have a head for something, you can deal with it easily. For example, if you have a head for figures, you can do arithmetic easily, and if you have a head for heights, you can climb to a great height without feeling afraid.
- headforemost — headfirst (def 1).
- headstrongly — In a headstrong manner.
- hearthstones — Plural form of hearthstone.
- heartstopper — something so frightening or emotionally gripping as to make one's heart seem to stop beating: We didn't crash, but it was a heartstopper.
- hemarthrosis — (pathology) bleeding in the joints.
- heptahedrons — Plural form of heptahedron.
- here to stay — If you say that something is here to stay, you mean that people have accepted it and it has become a part of everyday life.
- hernioplasty — an operation for the repair of a hernia.
- heteroblasty — the morphological changes that occur in plants between juvenility and adulthood
- heterogamous — Genetics. having unlike gametes, or reproducing by the union of such gametes (opposed to isogamous).
- heterografts — Plural form of heterograft.
- heteroousian — a person who believes the Father and the Son to be unlike in substance or essence; an Arian (opposed to Homoousian).
- heteroplasia — the replacement of normal cells by abnormal cells, as in cancer.
- heteroplasty — the repair of lesions with tissue from another individual or species.
- heterosexual — of, relating to, or exhibiting heterosexuality.
- heterosocial — relating to or denoting mixed-sex social relationships
- heterotopias — Plural form of heterotopia.
- hibernations — Plural form of hibernation.
- hidrocystoma — An adenoma of the sweat glands.
- high treason — treason against the sovereign or state.
- histographic — a treatise on or description of organic tissues.
- historically — of, pertaining to, treating, or characteristic of history or past events: historical records; historical research.