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12-letter words that end in n

  • gum-benjamin — Also called gum benjamin, gum benzoin. a reddish-brown, aromatic balsamic resin occurring in almondlike fragments and having a vanillalike odor, obtained from trees of the genus Styrax, especially S. benzoin, of Java, Sumatra, etc.: used in the manufacture of perfume and cosmetics and in medicine internally as an expectorant and externally as an antiseptic.
  • gut reaction — instinctive response
  • gyro horizon — artificial horizon (def 3).
  • habilitation — to clothe or dress.
  • haematoxylin — Alternative spelling of hematoxylin.
  • haematoxylon — any thorny leguminous tree of the genus Haematoxylon, esp the logwood, of tropical America and SW Africa. The heartwood yields the dye haematoxylin
  • haemoprotein — Alternative spelling of hemoprotein.
  • haemosiderin — Alternative form of hemosiderin.
  • half a dozen — six
  • half section — a part that is cut off or separated.
  • half-section — a part that is cut off or separated.
  • haliplankton — plankton living in sea water
  • hallucinogen — a substance that produces hallucinations.
  • halogenation — (chemistry) The reaction of a halogen with something, especially the replacement of a hydrogen atom of an organic compound with a halogen one.
  • hamantaschen — a small triangular cake often made with yeast and filled with a mixture of poppy seeds and honey or with prune paste, prepared especially for the festival of Purim.
  • hambletonian — one of a superior strain of American trotting horses descended from the stallion Hambletonian.
  • hand-me-down — an article of clothing passed on to another person after being used, outgrown, etc.: The younger children wore the hand-me-downs of the older ones.
  • hand-written — to write (something) by hand.
  • handcraftman — handicraftsman.
  • hanging pawn — one of two or more adjacent pawns on central half-open files with no pawns of the same colour on the files immediately to left and right of them
  • haricot bean — Haricot beans are small white beans that are eaten as a vegetable. They are often sold dried rather than fresh.
  • harvest moon — the moon at and about the period of fullness that is nearest to the autumnal equinox.
  • havana brown — a breed of medium-sized cat with large eyes, large ears, and a sleek brown coat
  • have pity on — to have sympathy or show mercy for
  • head station — the main buildings on a large sheep or cattle farm
  • heart urchin — an echinoderm of the order Spatangoida, having an elongate, somewhat heart-shaped outer covering.
  • heavy oxygen — either of the two stable isotopes of oxygen having mass numbers of 17 and 18.
  • helical scan — denoting a recording technique used with video tapes in which the recorded tracks on the tape are segments of a helix
  • hells canyon — a canyon on the Snake River in S Idaho and along the Oregon border: 125 miles (210 km) long with a maximum depth of about 7900 feet (2408 meters).
  • hemiplankton — plankton that spend part of their life cycle in a vegetative state on the sea bottom, riverbed, etc. (opposed to holoplankton).
  • hemodilution — a decreased concentration of cells and solids in blood, usually caused by an influx of fluid.
  • hepatization — the transformation of tissue into a liver-like substance, esp of the lungs in pneumonia
  • hereditarian — a person who believes that differences between individuals or groups, including moral and intellectual attributes, are predominantly determined by genetic factors (opposed to environmentalist).
  • heterokaryon — a cell containing two or more nuclei of differing genetic constitutions.
  • heterokontan — of or relating to a heterokont
  • heteroousian — a person who believes the Father and the Son to be unlike in substance or essence; an Arian (opposed to Homoousian).
  • heteropteran — A bug of the group Heteroptera.
  • hexaflexagon — A hexagonal flexagon.
  • higgs bugson — (humour)   A hypothetical bug predicted to exist based on a small number of possibly related event log entries and vague anecdotal user reports. The Higgs Bugson is difficult to reproduce because you don't really know if it's there, and if it is there what is causing it. To find one you will need a Large Hadron Debugger.
  • high fashion — haute couture.
  • high opinion — a favourable opinion
  • high treason — treason against the sovereign or state.
  • high-protein — (of a food) rich in proteins
  • high-tension — subjected to or capable of operating under relatively high voltage: high-tension wire.
  • 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.
  • hippocrepian — (of an aquatic organism or plant) shaped like a horseshoe
  • 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.
  • hohenzollern — a member of the royal family that ruled in Romania from 1866 to 1947, in Prussia from 1701 to 1918, and in the German Empire from 1871 to 1918.
  • hollywoodian — a person who works for the motion-picture industry located in Hollywood, Calif.
  • holocephalan — (zoology) Any cartilaginous fish of the subclass Holocephali; the chimeras.
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