12-letter words containing t, s, h, o, m
- mother house — a convent housing a mother superior of a community of nuns.
- mother's boy — mama's boy.
- mother's day — a day, usually the second Sunday in May, set aside in honor of mothers.
- mother-seton — Saint Elizabeth Ann (Bayley) ("Mother Seton") 1774–1821, U.S. educator, social-welfare reformer, and religious leader: first native-born American to be canonized (1975).
- motherboards — Plural form of motherboard.
- motherhouses — Plural form of motherhouse.
- motherliness — The property of being motherly.
- mount pisgah — the mountain slopes to the northeast of the Dead Sea, from one of which, Mount Nebo, Moses viewed Canaan
- mount shasta — Mount, a volcanic peak in N California, in the Cascade Range. 14,161 feet (4315 meters).
- mountain ash — variety of tree
- moustachioed — Alternative spelling of moustachio\u2019d.
- mutton chops — side whiskers trimmed in the shape of chops, widening out from the temples
- mythogenesis — the creation and development of myths
- mythologizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mythologize.
- mythopoiesis — (mythology) the creation of myth.
- nephrostomes — Plural form of nephrostome.
- nephrotomies — Plural form of nephrotomy.
- neurochemist — A researcher or other professional in the field of neurochemistry.
- northernmost — farthest north.
- nourishments — Plural form of nourishment.
- on the stump — If politicians are on the stump, they are campaigning for an election.
- ophthalmitis — ophthalmia.
- opisthodomos — Also called posticum. a small room in the cella of a classical temple, as for a treasury.
- optic chiasm — a site at the base of the forebrain where the inner half of the fibers of the left and right optic nerves cross to the opposite side of the brain.
- or something — You use something in expressions such as 'or something' and 'or something like that' to indicate that you are referring to something similar to what you have just mentioned but you are not being exact.
- orthodromics — the act or art of sailing on a great circle
- orthotropism — Botany. orthotropic tendency or growth.
- overshipment — an act or instance of shipping freight or cargo.
- petrochemist — someone who studies petrochemistry or works in the petrochemical industry
- phlebotomist — a specialist in phlebotomy.
- phonesthemic — (of a speech sound) shared by a set of echoic or symbolic words, as the sn- of sneer, snarl, snatch, snide, snitch, snoop, etc.
- photocompose — to set (type) on a photocomposer.
- photorealism — a style of painting flourishing in the 1970s, especially in the U.S., England, and France, and depicting commonplace scenes or ordinary people, with a meticulously detailed realism, flat images, and barely discernible brushwork that suggests and often is based on or incorporates an actual photograph.
- phototropism — phototropic tendency or growth.
- phragmoplast — the cytoplasmic structure that forms at the equator of the spindle after the chromosomes have divided during the anaphase of plant mitosis, and that initiates cell division.
- physostomous — having the mouth and air bladder connected by an air duct.
- plasma torch — an electrical device for converting a gas into a plasma, used for melting metal
- posthumously — arising, occurring, or continuing after one's death: a posthumous award for bravery.
- postischemic — occurring after or due to ischaemia
- postmidnight — the middle of the night; twelve o'clock at night.
- postsphygmic — of or relating to the pulse.
- propheticism — the actions or characteristics of a prophet
- psammophytic — relating to psammophytes
- psychometric — Psychology. psychometrics.
- psychoticism — the state of being psychotic
- psychrometer — an instrument for determining atmospheric humidity by the reading of two thermometers, the bulb of one being kept moist and ventilated.
- psychrometry — the employment of the psychrometer.
- put to shame — the painful feeling arising from the consciousness of something dishonorable, improper, ridiculous, etc., done by oneself or another: She was overcome with shame.
- rachiotomies — Plural form of rachiotomy.
- ram sth home — If something rams home a message or a point, it makes it clear in a way that is very forceful and that people are likely to listen to.