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12-letter words containing d, a, h, l

  • slap dashing — slab dashing.
  • sledgehammer — a large heavy hammer wielded with both hands.
  • slumbershade — sleep shade.
  • smallholding — a piece of land rented or sold to a farmer by county authorities for purposes of cultivation.
  • smith island — a group of islands in S Maryland and N Virginia, in Chesapeake Bay.
  • softheadedly — in a soft-headed manner
  • south hadley — a city in W Massachusetts.
  • south island — the largest island of New Zealand. 58,093 sq. mi. (150,460 sq. km).
  • splash guard — a large flap behind a rear tire to prevent mud, water, etc., from being splashed on the following vehicle.
  • stacked heel — a shoe heel constructed from several layers of material.
  • stakeholders — the holder of the stakes of a wager.
  • stickhandler — a hockey or lacrosse player, esp. one who is talented at stickhandling.
  • storm-lashed — badly affected by storms
  • stranglehold — Wrestling. an illegal hold by which an opponent's breath is choked off.
  • stringhalted — afflicted with stringhalt
  • sulphadoxine — an antibiotic drug of the sulphonamide group, commonly used in combination with pyrimethamine to treat malaria, and in combination with various drugs to treat certain infections
  • sulphonamide — any of a class of organic compounds that are amides of sulphonic acids containing the group –SO2NH2 or a group derived from this. An important class of sulphonamides are the sulfa drugs
  • swell-headed — a vain or arrogant person.
  • swelled head — an inordinately grand opinion of oneself; conceit.
  • synadelphite — an arsenate containing manganese and aluminium
  • table d'hote — a meal of preselected courses served at a fixed time and price to the guests at a hotel or restaurant.
  • take hold of — grasp, seize sth
  • talking head — Television Slang. a closeup picture of a person who is talking, especially as a participant in a talk show.
  • talmud torah — (in Europe) a community-supported Jewish elementary school for teaching children Hebrew, Bible, and the fundamentals of Judaism.
  • thank kindly — to thank heartily
  • that will do — If you say that will do to a child, you are telling them to stop behaving in the way that they are.
  • the cold war — the period (1945-91) of cold war between the Soviet Union and its Communist allies and the U.S. and its non-Communist allies
  • the disabled — those who are physically or mentally disabled; the handicapped
  • the lowlands — a low generally flat region of central Scotland, around the Forth and Clyde valleys, separating the Southern Uplands from the Highlands
  • the mainland — a particular landmass as viewed from a nearby island with which it has close links, such as Great Britain as viewed from Northern Ireland or continental Australia as viewed from Tasmania
  • the midlands — the central counties of England, including Warwickshire, Northamptonshire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Staffordshire, the former West Midlands metropolitan county, and Worcestershire: characterized by manufacturing industries
  • the old adam — the evil supposedly inherent in human nature
  • the old dart — England
  • the old days — the past
  • the red flag — a socialist song, written by James Connell (1852–1929), Irish political activist, in 1889
  • 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
  • thioaldehyde — any of a class of compounds formed by the action of hydrogen sulfide on aldehydes, and regarded as aldehydes with the oxygen replaced by sulfur.
  • thousandfold — having a thousand elements or parts.
  • three-valued — of or relating to propositions having a value other than truth or falsity.
  • thunderflash — a pyrotechnic device which is noisy, but not dangerous, and which is used in military exercises
  • thymus gland — a ductless, butterfly-shaped gland lying at the base of the neck, formed mostly of lymphatic tissue and aiding in the production of T cells of the immune system: after puberty, the lymphatic tissue gradually degenerates.
  • to hold fast — If you hold something fast, you hold it tightly and firmly. If something is stuck fast, it is stuck very firmly and cannot move.
  • to hold sway — If someone or something holds sway, they have great power or influence over a particular place or activity.
  • toe and heel — a technique used by racing drivers while changing gear on sharp bends, in which the brake is operated by the toe (or heel) of the right foot while the heel (or toe) simultaneously operates the accelerator
  • trade school — a high school giving instruction chiefly in the skilled trades.
  • triadelphous — (of stamens) united by the filaments into three sets or bundles.
  • unchallenged — a euphemism for disabled (usually preceded by an adverb): physically challenged.
  • unchannelled — not conveyed or routed along a channel
  • uncharnelled — removed from a charnel; exhumed
  • unenthralled — not enthralled or charmed; uncaptivated
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