12-letter words containing a, h, n, d, s
- hollingshead — Holinshed.
- homesteading — a dwelling with its land and buildings, occupied by the owner as a home and exempted by a homestead law from seizure or sale for debt.
- homodynamous — (biology) Pertaining to, or involving, homodynamy.
- horse around — a large, solid-hoofed, herbivorous quadruped, Equus caballus, domesticated since prehistoric times, bred in a number of varieties, and used for carrying or pulling loads, for riding, and for racing.
- househusband — a man whose spouse works and who stays home to manage their household.
- housetrained — Simple past tense and past participle of housetrain.
- human shield — a person or group of people located or intentionally placed in a potential line of fire or in an area likely to be attacked.
- hundred days — the period from March 20 to June 28, 1815, between the arrival of Napoleon in Paris, after his escape from Elba, and his abdication after the battle of Waterloo.
- hydrastinine — a white, crystalline, poisonous alkaloid, C 11 H 13 NO 3 , synthesized from hydrastine: used to arrest bleeding, especially in the uterus.
- hydrocarbons — any of a class of compounds containing only hydrogen and carbon, as an alkane, methane, CH 4 , an alkene, ethylene, C 2 H 4 , an alkyne, acetylene, C 2 H 2 , or an aromatic compound, benzene, C 6 H 6 .
- hydrogenates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hydrogenate.
- hydronautics — (nautical) The science of the design and construction of ships, their engines, and their instrumentation.
- hydrosalpinx — A distally blocked Fallopian tube filled with serous or clear fluid.
- hypogonadism — diminished hormonal or reproductive functioning in the testes or the ovaries.
- icosahedrons — Plural form of icosahedron.
- 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.
- in the shade — in shadow, out of the sun
- knuckleheads — Plural form of knucklehead.
- landholdings — Plural form of landholding.
- landing ship — any of various ships designed for transporting troops and heavy equipment in amphibious warfare, capable of making assault landings directly onto a beach.
- lay hands on — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- long-handles — long underwear.
- love handles — fat midriff
- ludwigshafen — a city in SW Germany, on the Rhine opposite Mannheim.
- malnourished — poorly or improperly nourished; suffering from malnutrition: thin, malnourished victims of the famine.
- merchandised — the manufactured goods bought and sold in any business.
- merchandiser — the manufactured goods bought and sold in any business.
- merchandises — the manufactured goods bought and sold in any business.
- misapprehend — to misunderstand.
- misfashioned — Simple past tense and past participle of misfashion.
- monadelphous — (of stamens) united into one bundle or set by their filaments.
- monohydrates — Plural form of monohydrate.
- neanderthals — Plural form of neanderthal.
- near-sighted — seeing distinctly at a short distance only; myopic.
- needle-sharp — very sharp
- newfashioned — Alternative form of new-fashioned.
- noahide laws — the seven laws given to Noah after the Flood, which decree the establishment of a fair system of justice in society, and prohibit idolatry, blasphemy, murder, adultery and incest, robbery, and the eating of flesh taken from a living animal
- nonhazardous — Not hazardous; safe.
- north island — the northernmost principal island of New Zealand. 44,281 sq. mi. (114,690 sq. km).
- odd-man rush — an attacking move when the defence is outnumbered by the opposing team
- old-womanish — Sometimes Offensive. having characteristics considered typical of an old woman, as excessive fussiness or timidity.
- oldfashioned — Rare spelling of old-fashioned.
- on shipboard — on board a ship
- on the cards — likely
- onion-shaped — bulb-shaped; shaped like an onion
- outlandishly — In an outlandish manner.
- parasphenoid — a bone next to the sphenoid bone in the skull of some animals
- phosphamidon — a systemic and contact insecticide, C 1 0 H 1 9 ClNO 5 P, used against beetles, aphids, mites, and other crop pests.
- radiophonist — a person who produces radiophonic music
- red bandfish — a fish, Cepola haastii, found on the inner continental shelf around New Zealand: family Cepolidae