12-letter words containing a, f, l, s, h
- half-glasses — a pair of eyeglasses, often shaped like the lower half of regular eyeglasses, containing lenses to aid in reading and not suitable for distance vision.
- half-section — a part that is cut off or separated.
- half-serious — of, showing, or characterized by deep thought.
- half-starved — to die or perish from lack of food or nourishment.
- halls of ivy — an institution of higher learning; university or college; the academic world.
- heartfulness — The state or quality of being heartful.
- helium flash — the explosive burning of helium in the case of a star of low mass that occurs when the core is so dense that the matter has become degenerate. The burning causes a rapid rise in temperature until it is so high that the gas ceases to be degenerate, after which there is a rapid expansion
- hofmannsthal — Hugo von [hoo-goh fuh n] /ˈhu goʊ fən/ (Show IPA), 1874–1929, Austrian poet, playwright, and librettist.
- 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.
- javelin fish — a fish of the genus Pomadasys of semitropical Australian seas with a long spine on its anal fin
- jawless fish — cyclostome.
- lantern fish — any of several small, deep-sea fishes of the family Myctophidae, having rows of luminous organs along each side, certain species of which migrate to the surface at night.
- larch sawfly — a red and black sawfly, Pristiphora erichsonii, the larvae of which infest and feed on the leaves of larch.
- loathfulness — (rare) The condition of being loathful; reluctance.
- ludwigshafen — a city in SW Germany, on the Rhine opposite Mannheim.
- mischanceful — unlucky
- oldfashioned — Rare spelling of old-fashioned.
- parcel shelf — flat storage panel in a vehicle
- pasch flower — pasqueflower
- scratch file — A scratch file is a temporary computer file which you use as a work area or as a store while a program is operating.
- self-healing — curing or curative; prescribed or helping to heal.
- self-heating — the state of a body perceived as having or generating a relatively high degree of warmth.
- shamefacedly — modest or bashful.
- shelf talker — a cardboard, paper, or plastic advertisement of a product designed to be attached to a shelf on which the product is exhibited for sale.
- shuffle play — a facility on a compact disc player that randomly selects a track from one of a number of compact discs
- shuffleboard — a game in which standing players shove or push wooden or plastic disks with a long cue toward numbered scoring sections marked on a floor or deck.
- shuttlecraft — space shuttle.
- simian shelf — a shelflike thickening along the inside of the mandible, characteristic of the anthropoid apes.
- softheadedly — in a soft-headed manner
- solway firth — an arm of the Irish Sea between SW Scotland and NW England. 38 miles (61 km) long.
- space flight — journey into outer space
- sprachgefuhl — a sensitivity to language, especially for what is grammatically or idiomatically acceptable in a given language.
- stealthfully — secret, clandestine, or surreptitious procedure.
- synchroflash — of or relating to photography employing a device that synchronizes the photoflash with the shutter.
- thankfulness — feeling or expressing gratitude; appreciative.
- thousandfold — having a thousand elements or parts.
- thrust fault — a low-angle reverse fault produced in rocks subjected to thrust.
- thunderflash — a pyrotechnic device which is noisy, but not dangerous, and which is used in military exercises
- to hold fast — If you hold something fast, you hold it tightly and firmly. If something is stuck fast, it is stuck very firmly and cannot move.
- walking fish — any of various fishes able to survive and move about for short periods of time on land, as the mudskipper or climbing perch.
- watchfulness — vigilant or alert; closely observant: The sentry remained watchful throughout the night.
- wrathfulness — The quality of being wrathful; wrath.