12-letter words containing d, i, t, e
- graduateship — the time or condition of being a graduate
- granodiorite — a coarse-grained acid igneous rock containing almost twice as much plagioclase as orthoclase: intermediate in composition between granite and diorite
- gravity feed — the supplying of fuel, materials, etc., by force of gravity.
- great divide — the continental divide of North America; the Rocky Mountains.
- greenlighted — to give permission to proceed; authorize: The renovation project was green-lighted by the board of directors.
- grid current — the current that moves within the vacuum tube from the grid to the cathode.
- guanethidine — a potent adrenergic neuron blocking agent, C 10 H 22 N 4 , used in the treatment of hypertension.
- guesstimated — Simple past tense and past participle of guesstimate.
- guide center — a command to a marching formation to align itself behind a guide marching at the head of the formation.
- guilt-ridden — If a person is guilt-ridden, they feel very guilty about something.
- gutturalized — pronounced with guttural coarticulation.
- habilimented — Clothed.
- hairsbreadth — a very small space or distance: We escaped an accident by a hairsbreadth.
- halfwittedly — In a halfwitted manner.
- hallucinated — Simple past tense and past participle of hallucinate.
- hand setting — Also called French telephone. a telephone having a mouthpiece and earpiece mounted at opposite ends of a handle.
- hand-painted — painted by a person rather than a machine
- hand-printed — (of numbers, letters, or designs) printed, or put on a surface, by hand rather than by machine
- hand-written — to write (something) by hand.
- handicrafter — One who engages in handicrafts.
- handstitched — Stitched by hand.
- harris tweed — a hand-woven tweed made only by residents in the Outer Hebrides from locally dyed and spun wool
- have it good — to be in comfortable circumstances
- have it made — simple past tense and past participle of make1 .
- head station — the main buildings on a large sheep or cattle farm
- head-hunting — a headhunting expedition: The men left the village to go on a headhunt.
- headlighting — The lighting associated with a headlight.
- headmistress — a woman in charge of a private school.
- health drink — a drink that claims to be beneficial to health
- heartrending — causing or expressing intense grief, anguish, or distress.
- hebetudinous — the state of being dull; lethargy.
- hedenbergite — a contact metamorphic mineral of the pyroxene family, calcium ferrous silicate, CaFe(SiO 3) 2 , that forms black prismatic crystals in crystalline limestone.
- helicoptered — Simple past tense and past participle of helicopter.
- hemichordate — belonging or pertaining to the chordates of the phylum Hemichordata, comprising small, widely distributed, marine animals, as the acorn worms.
- hemihydrates — Plural form of hemihydrate.
- hemodilution — a decreased concentration of cells and solids in blood, usually caused by an influx of fluid.
- hereditament — any inheritable estate or interest in property.
- hereditarian — a person who believes that differences between individuals or groups, including moral and intellectual attributes, are predominantly determined by genetic factors (opposed to environmentalist).
- hereditarily — passing, or capable of passing, naturally from parent to offspring through the genes: Blue eyes are hereditary in our family. Compare congenital.
- heterodoxies — Plural form of heterodoxy.
- heterodyning — Present participle of heterodyne.
- heteroploidy — (genetics) The state of being heteroploid.
- hexadactylic — having six fingers or toes
- hidradenitis — (medicine) inflammation of the sweat glands.
- high density — floppy disk
- high-density — having a high concentration: entering a high-density market with a new product; high-density lipoprotein.
- high-pitched — Music. played or sung at a high pitch.
- highly rated — generally considered to be of high quality
- hindforemost — with the back part in the front place
- hindquarters — the posterior end of a halved carcass of beef, lamb, etc., sectioned usually between the twelfth and thirteenth ribs.