12-letter words containing a, l, d, e
- half cadence — a cadence ending with dominant harmony.
- half-blooded — having parents of two different breeds, species, or the like.
- half-covered — to be or serve as a covering for; extend over; rest on the surface of: Snow covered the fields.
- half-dressed — an outer garment for women and girls, consisting of bodice and skirt in one piece.
- half-drowned — to die under water or other liquid of suffocation.
- half-hearted — having or showing little enthusiasm: a halfhearted attempt to work.
- half-starved — to die or perish from lack of food or nourishment.
- halfwittedly — In a halfwitted manner.
- hall bedroom — a small bedroom off a corridor, esp. a small bedroom formed by partitioning off the end of an upstairs corridor
- hallucinated — Simple past tense and past participle of hallucinate.
- hammer drill — a rock drill operated by compressed air in which the boring bit is not attached to the reciprocating piston
- hand leather — a piece of leather wrapped around the hand of a shoemaker in order to protect it from being cut while pulling thread
- hand luggage — carry-on baggage
- hand-deliver — to deliver in person or by messenger.
- hand-launder — hand-wash.
- hand-selling — a gift or token for good luck or as an expression of good wishes, as at the beginning of the new year or when entering upon a new situation or enterprise.
- handicapable — (politically correct) disabled or handicapped.
- hard feeling — resentment; ill will
- hardheadedly — In a hardheaded manner.
- hardscrabble — providing or yielding meagerly in return for much effort; demanding or unrewarding: the hardscrabble existence of mountainside farmers.
- harlequinade — a pantomime, farce, or similar play in which Harlequin plays the principal part.
- head balance — headstand.
- head lettuce — any variety of the lettuce subspecies Lactuca sativa capitata, having leaves that grow in a dense rosette, especially iceberg lettuce and Boston lettuce.
- headlessness — The state of being headless.
- headlighting — The lighting associated with a headlight.
- headlongness — Headlong quality or speed; precipitateness.
- headmasterly — In a manner befitting a headmaster.
- headstrongly — In a headstrong manner.
- health drink — a drink that claims to be beneficial to health
- hebdomadally — taking place, coming together, or published once every seven days; weekly: hebdomadal meetings; hebdomadal groups; hebdomadal journals.
- hedda gabler — a play (1890) by Henrik Ibsen.
- hedge garlic — an erect, cruciferous herb, Sisymbrium officinale, having a garlicky odor.
- hedge laying — the art or practice of making or maintaining a hedge by cutting branches partway through, laying them horizontally, and pegging them in position in order to create a strong thick hedge
- heel-and-toe — noting a pace, as in walking contests, in which the heel of the front foot touches ground before the toes of the rear one leave it.
- heliographed — Simple past tense and past participle of heliograph.
- helping hand — aid; assistance: to give the destitute a helping hand.
- hemodialyses — Plural form of hemodialysis.
- hemodialysis — dialysis of the blood, especially with an artificial kidney, for the removal of waste products.
- hemodialyzer — artificial kidney.
- hemorrhoidal — Usually, hemorrhoids. Pathology. an abnormally enlarged vein mainly due to a persistent increase in venous pressure, occurring inside the anal sphincter of the rectum and beneath the mucous membrane (internal hemorrhoid) or outside the anal sphincter and beneath the surface of the anal skin (external hemorrhoid)
- hendecagonal — (geometry) Having eleven sides an angles; similar to a hendecagon.
- heraldically — of, relating to, or characteristic of heralds or heraldry: heraldic form; heraldic images; heraldic history; a heraldic device.
- herbicidally — from a herbicidal point of view
- hereditarily — passing, or capable of passing, naturally from parent to offspring through the genes: Blue eyes are hereditary in our family. Compare congenital.
- heterodactyl — having the first and fourth toes directed backward, and the second and third forward, as in trogons.
- hexachloride — a chloride containing six atoms of chlorine.
- hexadactylic — having six fingers or toes
- hexadecapole — (physics) Anything having sixteen poles or electrodes, or a combination of four quadrupoles.
- hexafluoride — a fluoride containing six atoms of fluorine.
- hiding place — location where sb is concealed