12-letter words containing d, o, l, h
- kachina doll — a Hopi Indian doll carved from cottonwood root in representation of a kachina and given as a gift to a child or used as a household decoration.
- kaleidophone — an instrument, invented by Professor Charles Wheatstone (1802-1875), consisting of a light on a vibrating rod with a reflecting knob for exhibiting the effect of sound waves
- kingdom hall — a meeting place of Jehovah's Witnesses for religious services.
- knightlihood — Quality of being knightly.
- land-holding — a holder, owner, or occupant of land.
- landholdings — Plural form of landholding.
- lay hands on — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- leatherbound — Bound in leather.
- leatherwoods — Plural form of leatherwood.
- leopard moth — a moth, Zeuzera pyrina, having white wings spotted with black and larvae that bore into the wood of various trees and shrubs.
- light comedy — a play or film which deals with its subject matter in an amusing and lighthearted way
- light-footed — stepping lightly or nimbly; light of foot; nimble.
- lion-hearted — exceptionally courageous or brave.
- lithographed — Simple past tense and past participle of lithograph.
- lithopedions — Plural form of lithopedion.
- little rhody — Rhode Island (used as a nickname).
- loggerheaded — Dull; stupid.
- long-handles — long underwear.
- long-sighted — farsighted; hypermetropic.
- lord haw-haw — James (Augustine Aloysius) 1882–1941, Irish novelist.
- 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.
- love handles — fat midriff
- lower depths — a play (1902) by Maxim Gorki.
- lymphadenoma — an enlarged lymph node.
- machicolated — Having machicolations.
- malnourished — poorly or improperly nourished; suffering from malnutrition: thin, malnourished victims of the famine.
- medal-holder — a person who has won a medal
- methodically — performed, disposed, or acting in a systematic way; systematic; orderly: a methodical person.
- middle youth — the period of life between about 30 and 50
- milne method — a numerical method, involving Simpson's rule, for solving a linear differential equation.
- model theory — the branch of logic that deals with the properties of models; the semantic study of formal systems
- mohammed ali — (ʿAlī ibn-abu-Talib"the Lion of God") a.d. c600–661, Arab caliph (cousin and son-in-law of Muhammad).
- molded depth — the depth of a vessel at the broadest transverse section from the top of the keel to the upper side of the main deck beam at the side.
- monadelphous — (of stamens) united into one bundle or set by their filaments.
- monochloride — a chloride containing one atom of chlorine with one atom of another element or a group.
- monodelphian — any placental mammal that is a member of the group Monodelphia
- moorish idol — a black, white, and yellow fish, Zanclus cornutus (or canescens), inhabiting the tropical Indian and Pacific oceans, having a long snout and an elongated dorsal fin.
- moral hazard — Insurance. an insurance company's risk as to the insured's trustworthiness and honesty.
- much obliged — expressions used when one wants to indicate that one is very grateful for something
- mythologized — Simple past tense and past participle of mythologize.
- nether world — the infernal regions; hell.
- netherworlds — Plural form of netherworld.
- noahide laws — the seven laws given to Noah after the Flood, which decree the establishment of a fair system of justice in society, and prohibit idolatry, blasphemy, murder, adultery and incest, robbery, and the eating of flesh taken from a living animal
- nonscheduled — not scheduled; not entered on or having a schedule; unscheduled: nonscheduled activities.
- nontyphoidal — of, relating to, or resembling typhoid.
- noordholland — North Holland
- north island — the northernmost principal island of New Zealand. 44,281 sq. mi. (114,690 sq. km).
- not half bad — very good
- octahedrally — in an octahedral manner
- officeholder — a person filling a governmental position; public official.