12-letter words containing a, n, h, e, l
- hallucinated — Simple past tense and past participle of hallucinate.
- hallucinates — to have hallucinations.
- hallucinogen — a substance that produces 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.
- hambletonian — one of a superior strain of American trotting horses descended from the stallion Hambletonian.
- 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.
- hansa yellow — a pigment derived from coal tar, characterized chiefly by its brilliant yellow color.
- hard feeling — resentment; ill will
- harlequinade — a pantomime, farce, or similar play in which Harlequin plays the principal part.
- harmlessness — The characteristic of being harmless; the absence of harm.
- harmonizable — That can be harmonized.
- 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.
- hash-slinger — a waiter or waitress, especially in a hash house.
- hatelessness — the state or quality of being hateless
- hazelnut oil — an oil extracted from hazelnuts and used mostly in cooking
- head balance — headstand.
- headlessness — The state of being headless.
- headlighting — The lighting associated with a headlight.
- headlongness — Headlong quality or speed; precipitateness.
- headstrongly — In a headstrong manner.
- health drink — a drink that claims to be beneficial to health
- hearing loss — diminished ability to hear
- hearteningly — In a heartening way; cheeringly.
- heartfulness — The state or quality of being heartful.
- heating bill — a bill for the supply of energy to heat a building
- heavenliness — (uncountable) The state or quality of being heavenly.
- 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.
- heeling tank — either of two lateral ballast tanks permitting an icebreaker to heel and crush ice to either side.
- heilongjiang — a province in NE China, S of the Amur River. 108,880 sq. mi. (281,999 sq. km). Capital: Harbin.
- heimskringla — a book of the 13th century narrating the history of the kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson.
- helianthemum — (botany) Any of the genus Helianthemum of rockroses.
- helianthuses — Plural form of helianthus.
- helical scan — denoting a recording technique used with video tapes in which the recorded tracks on the tape are segments of a helix
- hell's angel — a member of a motorcycle gang of a kind originating in the US in the 1950s, who typically dress in denim and Nazi-style paraphernalia and are noted for their initiation rites, lawless behaviour, etc
- hell-raising — behaviour which causes trouble
- hells canyon — a canyon on the Snake River in S Idaho and along the Oregon border: 125 miles (210 km) long with a maximum depth of about 7900 feet (2408 meters).
- helmsmanship — the skill or function of a helmsman
- helping hand — aid; assistance: to give the destitute a helping hand.
- hemiplankton — plankton that spend part of their life cycle in a vegetative state on the sea bottom, riverbed, etc. (opposed to holoplankton).
- hendecagonal — (geometry) Having eleven sides an angles; similar to a hendecagon.
- hernioplasty — an operation for the repair of a hernia.