12-letter words containing a, n, o, d, y, e
- forehandedly — Prudently, with thrift and foresight.
- from day one — from the very beginning
- golden years — the years that follow retirement from work
- haemodynamic — Alternative spelling of hemodynamic.
- handypersons — Plural form of handyperson.
- hard done by — If you feel hard done by, you feel that you have not been treated fairly.
- headstrongly — In a headstrong manner.
- hemodynamics — the branch of physiology dealing with the forces involved in the circulation of the blood.
- henry howard — Earl of (Henry Howard) 1517?–47, English poet.
- home and dry — If you say that someone is, in British English home and dry, or in American English home free, you mean that they have been successful or that they are certain to be successful.
- honey badger — ratel.
- hook and eye — a two-piece clothes fastener, usually of metal, consisting of a hook that catches onto a loop or bar.
- human comedy — French La Comédie Humaine. a collected edition of tales and novels in 17 volumes (1842–48) by Honoré de Balzac.
- hydnocarpate — a salt or ester of hydnocarpic acid.
- hydrogenated — to combine or treat with hydrogen, especially to add hydrogen to the molecule of (an unsaturated organic compound).
- hydrogenates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hydrogenate.
- inordinately — not within proper or reasonable limits; immoderate; excessive: He drank an inordinate amount of wine.
- laundrywomen — Plural form of laundrywoman.
- lymphadenoma — an enlarged lymph node.
- maundy money — the ceremony of washing the feet of the poor, especially commemorating Jesus' washing of His disciples' feet on Maundy Thursday.
- mendaciously — In a lying or deceitful manner.
- meridionally — In a meridional manner.
- monkey bread — the gourdlike fruit of the baobab, eaten by monkeys.
- monkey gland — the testicle of an ape or monkey, said to have a revitalizing effect on humans when administered by grafting or adding the essence to the bloodstream
- monohydrates — Plural form of monohydrate.
- non-decaying — to become decomposed; rot: vegetation that was decaying.
- non-hydrated — chemically combined with water in its molecular form.
- nonmedically — In a nonmedical manner.
- nordkyn cape — Cape, a cape in N Norway, E of North Cape: northernmost point of the European mainland.
- obedientiary — The holder of a monastic rank or office below that of superior.
- occidentally — In an occidental manner.
- oleandomycin — a macrolide antibiotic used to treat skin infections
- one and only — incomparable; unique
- overanalyzed — Simple past tense and past participle of overanalyze.
- parahydrogen — the form of molecular hydrogen in which the nuclei of the two hydrogen atoms contained in the molecule have spins in opposite directions.
- payment bond — See under contract bond.
- pedantocracy — rule by pedants; a system of government by pedants
- pentahydroxy — (of a molecule) containing five hydroxyl groups.
- phytonadione — vitamin K1.
- pidyon haben — the rite of relieving the first male child born to parents not descended from Aaron or Levi of certain religious obligations by redeeming him from a member of the priestly class, celebrated 30 days after the child's birth.
- pyridoxamine — a metabolic form of pyridoxine
- radiolucency — almost entirely transparent to radiation; almost entirely invisible in x-ray photographs and under fluoroscopy.
- red nose day — a fund-raising day on behalf of the British charity organization Comic Relief, which culminates in a live telethon on BBC One
- rock and rye — a bottled drink made with rye whiskey, rock candy, and fruit.
- snotty-faced — having visible nasal mucus on the face
- steady-going — steadfast; faithful; unchanging: steady-going service to the cause of justice.
- stonyhearted — unfeeling; pitiless; cruel
- 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
- unhandsomely — unattractively
- unoxygenated — not enriched with oxygen