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12-letter words containing d, o, l, i, s, h

  • lithopedions — Plural form of lithopedion.
  • long-sighted — farsighted; hypermetropic.
  • malnourished — poorly or improperly nourished; suffering from malnutrition: thin, malnourished victims of the famine.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • north island — the northernmost principal island of New Zealand. 44,281 sq. mi. (114,690 sq. km).
  • old-womanish — Sometimes Offensive. having characteristics considered typical of an old woman, as excessive fussiness or timidity.
  • oldfashioned — Rare spelling of old-fashioned.
  • outlandishly — In an outlandish manner.
  • overlordship — a person who is lord over another or over other lords: to obey the will of one's sovereign and overlord.
  • philomelides — a king of Lesbos who wrestled and killed every opponent until he himself was defeated by Odysseus.
  • phosphatidyl — an atom or group of atoms containing one or more unpaired electrons derived from a phosphatide
  • phospholipid — any of a group of fatty compounds, as lecithin, composed of phosphoric esters, and occurring in living cells.
  • polyhedrosis — an often fatal disease of certain insect larvae or decapod crustaceans, caused by viruses containing DNA.
  • 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
  • poster child — a child appearing on a poster for a charitable organization.
  • rhode island — US state
  • saccharoidal — having a crystalline or granular texture: said esp. of some sandstones and marbles
  • scalding hot — that scalds; burning; too hot
  • shared logic — the sharing of a central processing unit and associated software among several terminals
  • shareholding — a holder or owner of shares, especially in a company or corporation.
  • siderophilic — having characteristics of siderophile
  • smallholding — a piece of land rented or sold to a farmer by county authorities for purposes of cultivation.
  • sodium light — the light produced by a sodium lamp
  • soufflé dish — A dish for making souffles
  • south euclid — a city in NE Ohio, near Cleveland.
  • south island — the largest island of New Zealand. 58,093 sq. mi. (150,460 sq. km).
  • stringholder — an oblong piece of wood at the lower end of the body of a viol or other stringed instrument to which the strings are attached.
  • sulphadoxine — an antibiotic drug of the sulphonamide group, commonly used in combination with pyrimethamine to treat malaria, and in combination with various drugs to treat certain infections
  • sulphonamide — any of a class of organic compounds that are amides of sulphonic acids containing the group –SO2NH2 or a group derived from this. An important class of sulphonamides are the sulfa drugs
  • this-worldly — distinguished by or relating to material or earthly concerns; not spiritual or concerned with life in a future or imaginary world
  • triadelphous — (of stamens) united by the filaments into three sets or bundles.
  • withholdings — Plural form of withholding.
  • wood's light — ultraviolet light filtered through glass containing nickel oxide, used in detecting forgeries, in detecting microbes in hair, etc.
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