12-Letter Words Containing: _,A,H,O,R,S,T,T

• orchid growing along streams or ponds of western North America having leafy stems and 1 greenish-brown and pinkish flower in the axil of each upper leaf

• an obnoxious and foolish and loquacious talker

• a selection of passages from different authors that is compiled as an aid in learning a language

• The hindmost of the three sections of the thorax of an insect, carrying the posterior pair of legs and the hindwings when present.

• a surgical operation that creates an opening into the trachea with a tube inserted to provide a passage for air; performed when the pharynx is obstructed by edema or cancer or other causes

• a communication intended to urge or persuade the recipients to take some action

• the act of exhorting; an earnest attempt at persuasion

• an amino acid that occurs in proteins; is essential for growth and normal metabolism; a precursor of niacin

• extremely harmful; bringing physical or financial ruin

• Old World warbler similar to the greater whitethroat but smaller

• greyish-brown Old World warbler with a white throat and underparts

• common North American finch with a white patch on the throat and black-and-white striped crown

• study of the mechanical properties of fluids that are not in motion