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12-letter words containing d, e, h

  • the devonian — the Devonian period or rock system
  • the dingbats — delirium tremens
  • the disabled — those who are physically or mentally disabled; the handicapped
  • the distance — the most distant or a faraway part of the visible scene or landscape
  • the divinity — God
  • the dustheap — obscurity or oblivion
  • the east end — a densely populated part of E London containing former industrial and dock areas, now extensively redeveloped for offices
  • the go-ahead — permission to proceed
  • the good oil — true or reliable facts, information, etc
  • the hebrides — a group of over 500 islands off the W coast of Scotland: separated by the North Minch, Little Minch, and the Sea of the Hebrides: the chief islands are Skye, Raasay, Rum, Eigg, Coll, Tiree, Mull, Jura, Colonsay, and Islay (Inner Hebrides), and Lewis with Harris, North Uist, Benbecula, South Uist, and Barra (Outer Hebrides)
  • the herdsman — the constellation Boötes
  • the highveld — the high-altitude grassland region of E South Africa
  • the hundreds — the numbers 100 to 109
  • the in-crowd — fashionable people; top people
  • 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 nearside — the side of a vehicle normally nearer the kerb (in Britain, the left side)
  • the occident — the Occident. the West; the countries of Europe and America. Western Hemisphere.
  • the old adam — the evil supposedly inherent in human nature
  • the old bill — policemen collectively or in general
  • the old dart — England
  • the old days — the past
  • the ordnance — a department of an army or government dealing with military supplies
  • the pandects — a digest of Roman civil law in fifty books, compiled for the emperor Justinian in the 6th cent. a.d.; the Digest
  • the red army — the Soviet army
  • the red flag — a socialist song, written by James Connell (1852–1929), Irish political activist, in 1889
  • the redeemer — Jesus Christ as having brought redemption to mankind
  • the shudders — a feeling of horror, repugnance, etc.
  • the west end — a part of W central London containing the main shopping and entertainment areas
  • the year dot — The year dot is used to mean a very long time ago.
  • the-firebird — a ballet (1910) with music by Stravinsky.
  • theodosius i — ("the Great") a.d. 346?–395, Roman emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire 379–395.
  • 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
  • thermidorian — a member of the French moderate group who participated in the downfall of Robespierre and his followers on the 9th Thermidor (July 27th), 1794.
  • thermostated — a device, including a relay actuated by thermal conduction or convection, that functions to establish and maintain a desired temperature automatically or signals a change in temperature for manual adjustment.
  • thick-lipped — having thick lips
  • thick-witted — lacking intelligence; thickheaded; dull; stupid.
  • thin-skinned — having a thin skin.
  • 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.
  • thioridazine — a phenothiazine, C 21 H 26 N 2 S 2 , used as an antipsychotic chiefly in the treatment of acute psychoses and schizophrenia.
  • third estate — the third of the three estates or political orders: the commons in France or England. Compare estate (def 5).
  • third eyelid — nictitating membrane.
  • third finger — the finger next to the little finger; ring finger.
  • third gender — a gender classification in societies that recognize a gender other than male or female.
  • third market — a market established by the London Stock Exchange in 1987 to trade in shares in companies required to provide less detailed information than that required by the main market or the unlisted securities market
  • third person — the grammatical person used by the speaker of an utterance in referring to anyone or anything other than the speaker or the one (third person singular) or ones (third person plural) being addressed.
  • third sector — the segment of a nation's economy that is made up of neither public nor business concerns, as nonprofit health or educational institutions.
  • third stream — a style of music that uses features of both jazz and classical music in an attempt to develop a new and distinctive musical idiom.
  • third-degree — to subject to the third degree.
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