12-letter words containing a, l, e, g, h
- hepaticology — the scientific study of bryophyte plants known as hepatics or liverworts
- hepatomegaly — an abnormal enlargement of the liver, usually associated with liver disease or heart failure.
- hesitatingly — In a hesitating manner.
- hexaflexagon — A hexagonal flexagon.
- hiding place — location where sb is concealed
- high voltage — high-power electricity
- high-voltage — operating on or powered by high voltage: a high-voltage generator.
- highly rated — generally considered to be of high quality
- hollingshead — Holinshed.
- homologumena — the books in the New Testament generally held as authoritative and canonical by the early church.
- house league — a sports league in which the members of all teams belong to the same organization, school, or company
- hygienically — conducive to good health; healthful; sanitary.
- hygrothermal — (physics) Of or pertaining to both humidity and temperature.
- hyperalgesia — an exaggerated sense of pain (opposed to hypalgesia).
- hyperalgesic — Of or pertaining to hyperalgesia.
- hyperlogical — reasoning in accordance with the principles of logic, as a person or the mind: logical thinking.
- hypermagical — produced by or as if by magic: The change in the appearance of the room was magical.
- hypoallergic — Hypoallergenic.
- hypoglycemia — an abnormally low level of glucose in the blood.
- irish gaelic — Irish (def 4).
- laguna beach — a town in S California.
- lake herring — a cisco or whitefish, especially Coregonus artedii, of the Great Lakes.
- lamplighters — Plural form of lamplighter.
- languishment — the act or state of languishing.
- large-handed — generous; profuse
- largehearted — having or showing generosity; charitable; understanding.
- laryngophone — A type of contact microphone that absorbs vibrations directly from the wearer's throat.
- leaf through — one of the expanded, usually green organs borne by the stem of a plant.
- league match — a match played between teams in a league (as opposed to an international game)
- legal weight — the weight of merchandise itself plus that of its immediate wrapping material but not of the outside shipping container: used especially in some Latin American countries for the purpose of assessing import duties.
- lethargizing — Present participle of lethargize.
- lexicography — the writing, editing, or compiling of dictionaries.
- light-haired — having light-coloured hair
- light-handed — short-handed.
- light-headed — giddy, dizzy, or delirious: After two drinks Pat began to feel lightheaded.
- lighthearted — carefree; cheerful; merry: a lighthearted laugh.
- linear graph — graph (def 2b).
- linear-graph — a diagram representing a system of connections or interrelations among two or more things by a number of distinctive dots, lines, bars, etc.
- lithographed — Simple past tense and past participle of lithograph.
- lithographer — a person who works at lithography.
- living death — a completely miserable, joyless existence, experience, situation, etc.; ordeal: He found the steaming jungle a living death.
- loggerheaded — Dull; stupid.
- long-handles — long underwear.
- longshoreman — a person employed on the wharves of a port, as in loading and unloading vessels.
- loose change — money in the form of coins suitable for small expenditures
- lounge chair — a chair designed for lounging, as an easy chair, chaise longue, or recliner.
- ludwigshafen — a city in SW Germany, on the Rhine opposite Mannheim.
- manslaughter — Law. the unlawful killing of a human being without malice aforethought.
- megacephalic — macrocephalic.
- megalecithal — having a large amount of yolk, as certain eggs or ova.