12-letter words containing d, e, h
- duplex house — a house having separate apartments for two families, especially a two-story house having a complete apartment on each floor and two separate entrances.
- dust catcher — Informal. a knickknack or other household object that is little used.
- dutch belted — one of a breed of black dairy cattle, raised originally in the Netherlands, having a broad white band encircling the body.
- dutch borneo — the former name of the southern and larger part of the island of Borneo: now part of Indonesia.
- dutch cheese — Inland North. cottage cheese.
- dutch clover — white clover.
- dutch master — one of a number of renowned and influential Dutch painters
- dutch settle — a settle having a back so hinged that it can be lowered onto the arms to form a table.
- duty chemist — a dispensing chemist's that is open to the public for a specific period when other chemists are closed
- dwarf cherry — any of several low, North American cherries that grow on dry or sandy soil, especially Prunus pumila, of the Great Lakes region.
- dyotheletism — the teaching that Christ had both a divine will and a human will
- dysaesthesia — a disagreeable sensation such as burning or itching arising from impairment of the nervous system
- dysaesthetic — relating to or suffering from dysaesthesia
- dysesthesias — Plural form of dysesthesia.
- dysmenorrhea — painful menstruation.
- dysphemistic — Of, pertaining to, or being a dysphemism.
- earth almond — chufa.
- echinodermal — (zoology) Relating or belonging to the echinoderms.
- echo sounder — a sonar instrument that uses echolocation to measure depths under water.
- edaphosaurus — Any of several dinosaurs of the family Edaphosauridae, from the Carboniferous and Permian periods, that had a distinctive dorsal sail or crest.
- edith cavell — Edith Louisa, 1865–1915, English nurse: executed by the Germans in World War I.
- edvard munch — Edvard [ed-vahrd] /ˈɛd vɑrd/ (Show IPA), 1863–1944, Norwegian painter and graphic artist.
- edwin hubble — Edwin Powell, 1889–1953, U.S. astronomer: pioneer in extragalactic research.
- egg sandwich — two slices of bread filled with chopped egg
- eighth grade — the eighth year of school, when students are 12 to 14 years old
- elephantbird — Alternative form of elephant bird.
- emerald moth — any of various green geometrid moths, esp the large emerald (Geometra papilionaria) a handsome pale green moth with white wavy markings
- empty-handed — carrying nothing
- empty-headed — If you describe someone as empty-headed, you mean that they are not very intelligent and often do silly things.
- enarthrodial — Relating to an enarthrosis.
- enchiridions — Plural form of enchiridion.
- endochondral — occurring, or present, in cartilage
- endomorphism — changes in a cooling body of igneous rock brought about by assimilation of fragments of, or chemical reaction with, the surrounding country rock
- endophyllous — enclosed in a leaf or sheath
- endothelioma — Any of various mostly benign neoplasms derived from the endothelium of blood vessels or lymph channels.
- endotracheal — Situated or occurring within or performed by way of the trachea.
- enfranchised — Simple past tense and past participle of enfranchise.
- english bond — a bond used in brickwork that has a course of headers alternating with a course of stretchers
- enhanced ide — Advanced Technology Attachment Interface with Extensions
- ephemeridian — relating to ephemera
- eric the red — ?940–?1010 ad, Norse navigator: discovered and colonized Greenland; father of Leif Ericson
- erythroderma — An inflammatory skin disease with erythema and scaling that affects nearly the entire cutaneous surface.
- etherealized — Simple past tense and past participle of etherealize.
- ethical code — an ethical code is a set of moral principles used to govern the conduct of a profession
- ethical drug — a drug which is only available legally with a doctor's prescription or consent
- ethosuximide — A particular anticonvulsant drug.
- eunuchoidism — A syndrome in males with a lack of sex characteristics due to lack of proper male sex hormones.
- evenhandedly — In an evenhanded manner.
- exheredation — A disinheriting; disherison.
- extinguished — Cause (a fire or light) to cease to burn or shine.