12-letter words containing a, d, r, s, t
- handbreadths — Plural form of handbreadth.
- handsbreadth — A small distance.
- hardstanding — a hard surface on which cars, aircraft etc. may stand
- harold stark — Harold Raynsford [reynz-ferd] /ˈreɪnz fərd/ (Show IPA), 1880–1972, U.S. admiral.
- harris tweed — a hand-woven tweed made only by residents in the Outer Hebrides from locally dyed and spun wool
- 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).
- headmasterly — In a manner befitting a headmaster.
- headmistress — a woman in charge of a private school.
- headquarters — a center of operations, as of the police or a business, from which orders are issued; the chief administrative office of an organization: The operatives were always in touch with headquarters.
- headstrongly — In a headstrong manner.
- heart-shaped — shaped like a stylized heart with a double rounded top
- hemihydrates — Plural form of hemihydrate.
- heptahedrons — Plural form of heptahedron.
- hexahydrates — Plural form of hexahydrate.
- hidradenitis — (medicine) inflammation of the sweat glands.
- hidrocystoma — An adenoma of the sweat glands.
- hindquarters — the posterior end of a halved carcass of beef, lamb, etc., sectioned usually between the twelfth and thirteenth ribs.
- homesteaders — Plural form of homesteader.
- horse trader — a person who is shrewd and clever at bargaining.
- horse-trader — a person who buys and sells horses
- host adaptor — SCSI adaptor
- housetrained — Simple past tense and past participle of housetrain.
- hydrastinine — a white, crystalline, poisonous alkaloid, C 11 H 13 NO 3 , synthesized from hydrastine: used to arrest bleeding, especially in the uterus.
- hydroelastic — undergoing a change in elasticity as a result of the flow of water or another fluid
- hydrogenates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hydrogenate.
- hydrolysates — Plural form of hydrolysate.
- hydronautics — (nautical) The science of the design and construction of ships, their engines, and their instrumentation.
- hydrostatics — the branch of hydrodynamics that deals with the statics of fluids, usually confined to the equilibrium and pressure of liquids.
- hydrosulfate — a salt formed by the direct union of sulfuric acid with an organic base, especially an alkaloid, and usually more soluble than the base.
- idea hamster — a person who is employed as a source of new ideas
- idolatrously — In an idolatrous manner.
- ill-assorted — badly matched; incompatible
- immortalised — to bestow unending fame upon; perpetuate.
- impersonated — to assume the character or appearance of; pretend to be: He was arrested for impersonating a police officer.
- in the cards — a usually rectangular piece of stiff paper, thin pasteboard, or plastic for various uses, as to write information on or printed as a means of identifying the holder: a 3″ × 5″ file card; a membership card.
- industrially — of, pertaining to, of the nature of, or resulting from industry: industrial production; industrial waste.
- inside track — the inner, or shorter, track of a racecourse.
- interdentals — Plural form of interdental.
- internalised — Simple past tense and past participle of internalise.
- interstadial — a period of temporary retreat of ice during a glacial stage; a warming period.
- intimidators — Plural form of intimidator.
- isodiametric — having equal diameters or axes.
- judicatories — Plural form of judicatory.
- kavir desert — Dasht-e-Kavir.
- keyboardists — Plural form of keyboardist.
- kristiansand — a seaport in S Norway.
- kristianstad — a town in S Sweden: founded in 1614 as a Danish fortress, it was finally acquired by Sweden in 1678. Pop: 75 590 (2004 est)
- land plaster — finely ground gypsum, used chiefly as a fertilizer.
- launderettes — Plural form of launderette.