12-letter words containing a, h, o, l, d
- smallholding — a piece of land rented or sold to a farmer by county authorities for purposes of cultivation.
- softheadedly — in a soft-headed manner
- south hadley — a city in W Massachusetts.
- south island — the largest island of New Zealand. 58,093 sq. mi. (150,460 sq. km).
- stakeholders — the holder of the stakes of a wager.
- storm-lashed — badly affected by storms
- stranglehold — Wrestling. an illegal hold by which an opponent's breath is choked off.
- sulphadoxine — an antibiotic drug of the sulphonamide group, commonly used in combination with pyrimethamine to treat malaria, and in combination with various drugs to treat certain infections
- sulphonamide — any of a class of organic compounds that are amides of sulphonic acids containing the group –SO2NH2 or a group derived from this. An important class of sulphonamides are the sulfa drugs
- table d'hote — a meal of preselected courses served at a fixed time and price to the guests at a hotel or restaurant.
- take hold of — grasp, seize sth
- talmud torah — (in Europe) a community-supported Jewish elementary school for teaching children Hebrew, Bible, and the fundamentals of Judaism.
- that will do — If you say that will do to a child, you are telling them to stop behaving in the way that they are.
- the cold war — the period (1945-91) of cold war between the Soviet Union and its Communist allies and the U.S. and its non-Communist allies
- the lowlands — a low generally flat region of central Scotland, around the Forth and Clyde valleys, separating the Southern Uplands from the Highlands
- the old adam — the evil supposedly inherent in human nature
- the old dart — England
- the old days — the past
- theory-laden — (of an expression) capable of being understood only within the context of a specific theory, as for example superego, which requires the apparatus of Freudian theory in explanation
- thioaldehyde — any of a class of compounds formed by the action of hydrogen sulfide on aldehydes, and regarded as aldehydes with the oxygen replaced by sulfur.
- thousandfold — having a thousand elements or parts.
- 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.
- to hold sway — If someone or something holds sway, they have great power or influence over a particular place or activity.
- toe and heel — a technique used by racing drivers while changing gear on sharp bends, in which the brake is operated by the toe (or heel) of the right foot while the heel (or toe) simultaneously operates the accelerator
- trade school — a high school giving instruction chiefly in the skilled trades.
- triadelphous — (of stamens) united by the filaments into three sets or bundles.
- unhandsomely — unattractively
- unmethodical — characterized by lack of method or disorderliness
- unshadowable — not able to be shadowed
- walker hound — an American foxhound having a black, tan, and white, or, sometimes, a tan and white coat.
- well-coached — a large, horse-drawn, four-wheeled carriage, usually enclosed.
- wholehearted — fully or completely sincere, enthusiastic, energetic, etc.; hearty; earnest: a wholehearted attempt to comply.
- wood alcohol — methyl alcohol.
- woolly aphid — any plant louse of the family Aphididae, characterized by a waxy secretion that appears like a jumbled mass of fine, curly, white cottony or woolly threads, as Eriosoma lanigerum (woolly apple aphid or American blight) and Prociphilus tessellatus (woolly alder aphid)
- world-shaker — something of sufficient importance to affect the entire world: The book is no world-shaker, but it's pleasant reading.
- would rather — in a measure; to a certain extent; somewhat: rather good.
- youth leader — a person who has responsibility for the young people at a youth club etc
- zuid-holland — South Holland