12-letter words containing a, h, n
- guardianship — the position and responsibilities of a guardian, especially toward a ward.
- gynantherous — having the stamens converted into pistils by the action of frost, disease, or insects.
- habilimented — Clothed.
- habilitating — Present participle of habilitate.
- habilitation — to clothe or dress.
- habitational — a place of residence; dwelling; abode.
- habitualness — The characteristic of being habitual.
- hadrosaurine — Hadrosaurid.
- haematoxylin — Alternative spelling of hematoxylin.
- haematoxylon — any thorny leguminous tree of the genus Haematoxylon, esp the logwood, of tropical America and SW Africa. The heartwood yields the dye haematoxylin
- haemodynamic — Alternative spelling of hemodynamic.
- haemogenesis — Haematopoiesis.
- haemoprotein — Alternative spelling of hemoprotein.
- haemosiderin — Alternative form of hemosiderin.
- haikwan tael — the customs unit in China, which is the basis for other local taels, equal to 1.20666 troy ounces of fine silver.
- hair implant — the insertion of synthetic fibers or human hair into the scalp to cover baldness.
- hair-raising — terrifying or horrifying: We had a hair-raising brush with death.
- haircoloring — dye or tint for the hair.
- hairdressing — the act or process of cutting, combing out, doing up, or styling hair.
- hairlessness — The condition or quality of being hairless.
- hairpin bend — A hairpin bend or a hairpin is a very sharp bend in a road, where the road turns back in the opposite direction.
- haji-ioannou — Sir Stelios. born 1967, British businessman, born in Greece; founder (1995) and chairman (until 2002) of the low-cost airline company Easyjet
- halcyon days — period regarded with nostalgia
- half a dozen — six
- half an hour — 30 minutes
- half binding — a type of book binding consisting of a leather binding on the spine and, sometimes, the corners, with paper or cloth sides.
- half cadence — a cadence ending with dominant harmony.
- half landing — a landing halfway up a flight of stairs
- half section — a part that is cut off or separated.
- half-binding — a type of book binding consisting of a leather binding on the spine and, sometimes, the corners, with paper or cloth sides.
- half-century — a period of 100 years.
- half-drowned — to die under water or other liquid of suffocation.
- half-english — of, relating to, or characteristic of England or its inhabitants, institutions, etc.
- half-monthly — pertaining to a month, or to each month.
- half-section — a part that is cut off or separated.
- half-turning — split spindle.
- halfway line — a line across a sports field, such as a football pitch, that divides the playing area into two equal areas and is equidistant between the two goals
- haliplankton — plankton living in sea water
- hallucinated — Simple past tense and past participle of hallucinate.
- hallucinates — to have hallucinations.
- hallucinator — One whose judgment and acts are affected by hallucinations; one who errs on account of his hallucinations.
- hallucinogen — a substance that produces hallucinations.
- hallucinosis — a mental state characterized by repeated hallucinations.
- halogen lamp — a gas-filled, high-intensity incandescent lamp having a tungsten filament and containing a small amount of a halogen, such as iodine, that vaporizes on heating and redeposits any evaporated tungsten particles back onto the filament: used especially in motion-picture projectors and automobile headlights.
- halogenating — Present participle of halogenate.
- halogenation — (chemistry) The reaction of a halogen with something, especially the replacement of a hydrogen atom of an organic compound with a halogen one.
- halotolerant — (biology) Able to tolerate a high concentration of salt in its environment.
- halton hills — a city in SE Ontario, in S Canada, near Toronto.
- hamantaschen — a small triangular cake often made with yeast and filled with a mixture of poppy seeds and honey or with prune paste, prepared especially for the festival of Purim.
- hambletonian — one of a superior strain of American trotting horses descended from the stallion Hambletonian.