12-letter words containing a, l, u
- half measure — If someone refers to policies or actions as half measures, they are critical of them because they think that they are not forceful enough and are therefore of little value.
- half serious — of, showing, or characterized by deep thought.
- half-century — a period of 100 years.
- half-cup bra — a bra that covers three-quarters of the breasts rather than all of the breasts
- half-serious — of, showing, or characterized by deep thought.
- half-turning — split spindle.
- 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.
- hand luggage — carry-on baggage
- hand-launder — hand-wash.
- happy couple — two people in a happy romantic relationship, especially two people who have just married
- harbour seal — a common earless seal, Phoca vitulina, that is greyish-black with paler markings: found off the coasts of North America, N Europe, and NE Asia
- hardy annual — a plant that can withstand freezing temperatures and which completes its life cycle within a year
- harlequinade — a pantomime, farce, or similar play in which Harlequin plays the principal part.
- harmoniously — marked by agreement in feeling, attitude, or action: a harmonious group.
- has no equal — If you say that someone or something has no equal, you think that there is nothing that is as good as them or that reaches the same standard.
- haulage firm — a firm that transports goods by lorry
- hauraki gulf — an inlet of the Pacific Ocean, on the N coast of North Island, New Zealand.
- hautes-alpes — a department in SE France. 2179 sq. mi. (5645 sq. km). Capital: Gap.
- hazel grouse — a European woodland grouse, Tetrastes bonasia, somewhat resembling the North American ruffed grouse.
- hazelnut oil — an oil extracted from hazelnuts and used mostly in cooking
- 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.
- hearsay rule — the rule making hearsay evidence inadmissible.
- heartfulness — The state or quality of being heartful.
- helianthemum — (botany) Any of the genus Helianthemum of rockroses.
- helianthuses — Plural form of helianthus.
- heliogabalus — (Varius Avitus Bassianus"Marcus Aurelius Antoninus") a.d. 204–222, Roman emperor 218–222.
- heliogravure — photoengraving.
- helium flash — the explosive burning of helium in the case of a star of low mass that occurs when the core is so dense that the matter has become degenerate. The burning causes a rapid rise in temperature until it is so high that the gas ceases to be degenerate, after which there is a rapid expansion
- hellaciously — In a hellacious manner.
- heterosexual — of, relating to, or exhibiting heterosexuality.
- hexafluoride — a fluoride containing six atoms of fluorine.
- hibernaculum — a protective case or covering, especially for winter, as of an animal or a plant bud.
- high-quality — adhering to an excellent standard of measure; of superior quality: Education depends on high-quality teachers and materials in our schools.
- highfaluting — pompous; bombastic; haughty; pretentious.
- holothurians — Plural form of holothurian.
- homologumena — the books in the New Testament generally held as authoritative and canonical by the early church.
- homosexually — In a homosexual way.
- house league — a sports league in which the members of all teams belong to the same organization, school, or company
- housecleaner — Someone employed to clean a house.
- hubble's law — the law that the velocity of recession of distant galaxies from our own is proportional to their distance from us.
- hull balance — (of a sailing ship) the property of maintaining satisfactory trim and steering qualities when heeled at a normal angle.
- 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.
- humble plant — sensitive plant (def 1).
- humboldt bay — an inlet of the Pacific Ocean in NW California.
- humeral veil — a fringed scarf, usually white and ornamented in the middle, worn over the shoulders by a priest or subdeacon during certain parts of a High Mass.
- humiliations — Plural form of humiliation.