12-letter words containing d, o, i, t
- head station — the main buildings on a large sheep or cattle farm
- hebetudinous — the state of being dull; lethargy.
- 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.
- hemodilution — a decreased concentration of cells and solids in blood, usually caused by an influx of fluid.
- heterodoxies — Plural form of heterodoxy.
- heterodyning — Present participle of heterodyne.
- heteroploidy — (genetics) The state of being heteroploid.
- hidrocystoma — An adenoma of the sweat glands.
- hindforemost — with the back part in the front place
- historicized — Simple past tense and past participle of historicize.
- hit the road — a long, narrow stretch with a smoothed or paved surface, made for traveling by motor vehicle, carriage, etc., between two or more points; street or highway.
- hold against — resent sb for sth
- holding tank — a tank for the temporary storage of a substance.
- homesteading — a dwelling with its land and buildings, occupied by the owner as a home and exempted by a homestead law from seizure or sale for debt.
- horatian ode — an ode consisting of several stanzas all of the same form.
- hospital bed — a bed having side rails that can be raised or lowered and a mattress base in three jointed sections so that the head, foot, or middle may be raised by a crank or motor, allowing a patient to lie in various positions, as a therapeutic aid or for comfort.
- hospitalised — to place in a hospital for medical care or observation: The doctor hospitalized grandfather as soon as she checked his heart.
- hospitalized — to place in a hospital for medical care or observation: The doctor hospitalized grandfather as soon as she checked his heart.
- housetrained — Simple past tense and past participle of housetrain.
- hunting dogs — the constellation Canes Venatici.
- hydatidiform — like or resembling a hydatid
- hydroelastic — undergoing a change in elasticity as a result of the flow of water or another fluid
- hydrokinetic — pertaining to the motion of liquids.
- hydrologists — Plural form of hydrologist.
- hydronautics — (nautical) The science of the design and construction of ships, their engines, and their instrumentation.
- hydrophilite — a white mineral consisting of potassium and calcium
- hydrostatics — the branch of hydrodynamics that deals with the statics of fluids, usually confined to the equilibrium and pressure of liquids.
- hydrosulfite — hyposulfite (def 1).
- hydrotropism — oriented growth in response to water.
- hydrozincite — a hydrous zinc carbonate, Zn 5 (CO 3) 2 (OH) 6 , an important ore of zinc in some localities.
- hyperthyroid — of, relating to, or having hyperthyroidism.
- hypostasised — to assume the reality of (an idea, proposition, etc.); hypostatize.
- hypostatised — to treat or regard (a concept, idea, etc.) as a distinct substance or reality.
- hypostatized — Simple past tense and past participle of hypostatize.
- hypothesised — to form a hypothesis.
- hypothesized — Simple past tense and past participle of hypothesize.
- hypotrochoid — a geometric curve or pattern formed by following a fixed point on the radial line of a small circle moving around the circumference of a larger circle
- i don't mind — I have no preference
- ibm discount — A price increase. Outside IBM, this derives from the common perception that IBM products are generally overpriced (see clone); inside, it is said to spring from a belief that large numbers of IBM employees living in an area cause prices to rise.
- idealisation — Alternative spelling of idealization.
- idealization — the act or process of idealizing something.
- idiomaticity — peculiar to or characteristic of a particular language or dialect: idiomatic French.
- idiopathical — Alternative form of idiopathic.
- idiorhythmic — (of an institution) allowing each member to regulate his or her own life
- idiot savant — a mentally defective person with an exceptional skill or talent in a special field, as a highly developed ability to play music or to solve complex mathematical problems mentally at great speed.
- idiothermous — warm-blooded
- idolatrously — In an idolatrous manner.
- ill-assorted — badly matched; incompatible
- immethodical — not methodical; without method or system.