12-letter words containing a, n, t, h, r, o
- ethnographer — One who practices ethnography.
- ethnographic — Relating to ethnography.
- exheredation — A disinheriting; disherison.
- exhilaration — A feeling of excitement, happiness, or elation.
- exhortations — Plural form of exhortation.
- flowcharting — (computing) the design and construction of flowcharts.
- fluoranthene — (organic compound) A polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon consisting of a benzene ring attached to each of the rings of a naphthalene molecule; it is carcinogenic, and is a product of incomplete combustion.
- fotheringhay — a village in NE Northamptonshire, in E England, near Peterborough: Mary, Queen of Scots, imprisoned here and executed 1587.
- 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.
- giant hornet — any large, stinging paper wasp of the family Vespidae, as Vespa crabro (giant hornet) introduced into the U.S. from Europe, or Vespula maculata (bald-faced hornet or white-faced hornet) of North America.
- grain growth — a tendency of certain grains to grow and absorb others when heated under certain conditions.
- gramophonist — a person who uses a gramophone
- grandmothers — Plural form of grandmother.
- gynantherous — having the stamens converted into pistils by the action of frost, disease, or insects.
- haemoprotein — Alternative spelling of hemoprotein.
- hallucinator — One whose judgment and acts are affected by hallucinations; one who errs on account of his hallucinations.
- halotolerant — (biology) Able to tolerate a high concentration of salt in its environment.
- hand of writ — handwriting; penmanship.
- hangtown fry — a type of omelet to which fried oysters, bacon, and sometimes onions are added.
- haricot bean — Haricot beans are small white beans that are eaten as a vegetable. They are often sold dried rather than fresh.
- harmoniumist — a person who plays a harmonium
- harmonometer — the equipment used for measuring the harmonic relations of sounds
- harvest moon — the moon at and about the period of fullness that is nearest to the autumnal equinox.
- headstrongly — In a headstrong manner.
- hearthstones — Plural form of hearthstone.
- heptahedrons — Plural form of heptahedron.
- hernioplasty — an operation for the repair of a hernia.
- herpetofauna — the reptiles and amphibians that inhabit a given area
- herring boat — a fishing boat that specializes in catching herring
- 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.
- hibernations — Plural form of hibernation.
- hierophantic — (in ancient Greece) an official expounder of rites of worship and sacrifice.
- high treason — treason against the sovereign or state.
- hippocentaur — Centaur.
- histrionical — (British) Alternative form of histrionic.
- holothurians — Plural form of holothurian.
- homoromantic — Romantically attracted to those of the same gender.
- honorability — (American spelling) Alternative form of honourability.
- horatian ode — an ode consisting of several stanzas all of the same form.
- horizontally — at right angles to the vertical; parallel to level ground.
- horn antenna — a microwave aerial, formed by flaring out the end of a waveguide
- house martin — a small European swallow, Delichon urbica, that builds its nest under the eaves of houses.
- housepainter — A professional painter of houses.
- housetrained — Simple past tense and past participle of housetrain.
- hovering act — an act forbidding or restricting the loitering of foreign or domestic vessels within the prescribed limits of a coastal nation.
- hyannis port — a town in SE Massachusetts, on Nantucket Sound: summer resort.
- hydnocarpate — a salt or ester of hydnocarpic acid.