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

  • glutethimide — a white, crystalline, water-insoluble powder, C 13 H 15 NO 2 , used as a hypnotic and sedative.
  • gold therapy — administration of gold salts as a treatment for disease, especially rheumatoid arthritis.
  • golden bough — a branch of mistletoe, sacred to Proserpina, that served Aeneas as a pass to the underworld.
  • golden hello — A golden hello is a sum of money that a company offers to a person in order to persuade them to join the company.
  • golden horde — the army of Mongol Tartars that overran eastern Europe in the 13th century, established a khanate in Russia, and maintained suzerainty there until the 15th century.
  • golden perch — a freshwater food fish, Plectroplites ambiguus, that inhabits inland waters of Australia.
  • golden share — a share in a company that controls at least 51% of the voting rights, esp one retained by the UK government in some privatization issues
  • goldsmithery — the occupation of a goldsmith
  • grade school — an elementary school that has its pupils grouped or classified into grades.
  • greenlighted — to give permission to proceed; authorize: The renovation project was green-lighted by the board of directors.
  • habilimented — Clothed.
  • hadley chest — a style of chest made c1700 in Massachusetts or Connecticut, having front rails and panels carved in low relief with elaborate tulip and leaf patterns.
  • half a dozen — six
  • half cadence — a cadence ending with dominant harmony.
  • half-blooded — having parents of two different breeds, species, or the like.
  • half-covered — to be or serve as a covering for; extend over; rest on the surface of: Snow covered the fields.
  • half-dressed — an outer garment for women and girls, consisting of bodice and skirt in one piece.
  • half-drowned — to die under water or other liquid of suffocation.
  • half-hearted — having or showing little enthusiasm: a halfhearted attempt to work.
  • half-starved — to die or perish from lack of food or nourishment.
  • halfwittedly — In a halfwitted manner.
  • hall bedroom — a small bedroom off a corridor, esp. a small bedroom formed by partitioning off the end of an upstairs corridor
  • hallucinated — Simple past tense and past participle of hallucinate.
  • hammer drill — a rock drill operated by compressed air in which the boring bit is not attached to the reciprocating piston
  • 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.
  • hard feeling — resentment; ill will
  • hardheadedly — In a hardheaded manner.
  • hardscrabble — providing or yielding meagerly in return for much effort; demanding or unrewarding: the hardscrabble existence of mountainside farmers.
  • harlequinade — a pantomime, farce, or similar play in which Harlequin plays the principal part.
  • head balance — headstand.
  • head lettuce — any variety of the lettuce subspecies Lactuca sativa capitata, having leaves that grow in a dense rosette, especially iceberg lettuce and Boston lettuce.
  • headlessness — The state of being headless.
  • headlighting — The lighting associated with a headlight.
  • headlongness — Headlong quality or speed; precipitateness.
  • headmasterly — In a manner befitting a headmaster.
  • headstrongly — In a headstrong manner.
  • health drink — a drink that claims to be beneficial to health
  • hebdomadally — taking place, coming together, or published once every seven days; weekly: hebdomadal meetings; hebdomadal groups; hebdomadal journals.
  • hedda gabler — a play (1890) by Henrik Ibsen.
  • hedge garlic — an erect, cruciferous herb, Sisymbrium officinale, having a garlicky odor.
  • 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
  • hedge nettle — a slender-leafed, hairy plant, Stachys palustris, of the mint family, abundant along roadsides and in fields and marshes, having clusters of tubular, purple flowers on a spike.
  • hedge-school — a school held out of doors in favourable weather, indoors in winter
  • heedlessness — The state or character of being heedless; inattention; carelessness; thoughtlessness.
  • 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.
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