12-letter words containing d, h, u, e
- huffman code — Huffman coding
- human comedy — French La Comédie Humaine. a collected edition of tales and novels in 17 volumes (1842–48) by Honoré de Balzac.
- human shield — a person or group of people located or intentionally placed in a potential line of fire or in an area likely to be attacked.
- hundred days — the period from March 20 to June 28, 1815, between the arrival of Napoleon in Paris, after his escape from Elba, and his abdication after the battle of Waterloo.
- hydraulicked — (of an extracted mineral) excavated using water
- hydroculture — A type of hydroponics in which plants are grown in a medium that allows the distribution of water and nutrients through capillary action.
- hydromedusae — Irregular plural form of hydromedusa.
- hydroquinone — a white, crystalline compound, C 6 H 6 O 2 , formed by the reduction of quinone: used chiefly in photography and to inhibit autoxidation reactions.
- hydrosulfate — a salt formed by the direct union of sulfuric acid with an organic base, especially an alkaloid, and usually more soluble than the base.
- hydrosulfide — a compound containing the univalent group –HS.
- hydrosulfite — hyposulfite (def 1).
- idiothermous — warm-blooded
- in (the) bud — in the time of budding
- in the dumps — a depressed state of mind (usually preceded by in the): to be in the dumps over money problems.
- in the nuddy — in the nude; naked
- in the round — having a flat, circular surface, as a disk.
- kidney punch — an illegal punch in the lower back.
- knuckleheads — Plural form of knucklehead.
- lauraldehyde — lauric aldehyde.
- leatherbound — Bound in leather.
- loud-mouthed — If you describe someone as loud-mouthed, you are critical of them because they talk a lot, especially in an unpleasant, offensive, or stupid way.
- ludwigshafen — a city in SW Germany, on the Rhine opposite Mannheim.
- malnourished — poorly or improperly nourished; suffering from malnutrition: thin, malnourished victims of the famine.
- middle dutch — the Dutch language of the period c1100–c1500. Abbreviation: MD.
- middle youth — the period of life between about 30 and 50
- monadelphous — (of stamens) united into one bundle or set by their filaments.
- motormouthed — (of a person) Being a motor mouth; inclined to talk too much.
- moustachioed — Alternative spelling of moustachio\u2019d.
- mouthbreeder — any of several fishes of the genera Tilapia and Haplochromis, that hatch and care for their young in the mouth.
- mouthbrooder — A freshwater cichlid fish that protects its eggs (and in some cases its young) by carrying them in its mouth.
- much obliged — expressions used when one wants to indicate that one is very grateful for something
- muddleheaded — confused in one's thinking; blundering: a muddleheaded assertion.
- multiwarhead — (of a missile) capable of carrying several independent warheads
- mushy-headed — inadequately thought out: mushyheaded ideas.
- muttonheaded — a slow-witted, foolish, or stupid person; dolt.
- nonscheduled — not scheduled; not entered on or having a schedule; unscheduled: nonscheduled activities.
- old chestnut — old saying, cliché
- open-mouthed — having the mouth open.
- orchidaceous — belonging to the plant family Orchidaceae.
- orthodonture — orthodontia (def 2).
- outstretched — to stretch forth; extend: to outstretch one's hand in welcome.
- overscutched — overworked; worn out
- pachydermous — any of the thick-skinned, nonruminant ungulates, as the elephant, hippopotamus, and rhinoceros.
- packed lunch — A packed lunch is food, for example sandwiches, which you take to work, to school, or on a trip and eat as your lunch.
- philadelphus — (Philadelphus) king of Pergamum c159–138 b.c.
- phosphureted — combined with phosphorus, especially in its lowest valence state.
- photoinduced — induced by light.
- plattdeutsch — the Low German vernacular dialects spoken in northern Germany.
- polysulphide — any sulphide of a metal containing divalent anions in which there are chains of sulphur atoms, as in the polysulphides of sodium, Na2S2, Na2S3, Na2S4, etc
- prepublished — to publish in advance of a scheduled date.