12-letter words containing d, t, h
- health drink — a drink that claims to be beneficial to health
- heart-shaped — shaped like a stylized heart with a double rounded top
- heartrending — causing or expressing intense grief, anguish, or distress.
- heavy-footed — clumsy or ponderous, as in movement or expressiveness: music that is heavy-footed and uninspired.
- heavyhearted — Sad.
- 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.
- hedge nettle — a slender-leafed, hairy plant, Stachys palustris, of the mint family, abundant along roadsides and in fields and marshes, having clusters of tubular, purple flowers on a spike.
- heel-and-toe — noting a pace, as in walking contests, in which the heel of the front foot touches ground before the toes of the rear one leave it.
- heldentenors — Plural form of heldentenor.
- 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.
- heptahedrons — Plural form of heptahedron.
- heptahydrate — a hydrate that contains seven molecules of water, as magnesium sulfate, MgSO 4 ⋅7H 2 O.
- 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.
- heterodactyl — having the first and fourth toes directed backward, and the second and third forward, as in trogons.
- heterodoxies — Plural form of heterodoxy.
- heteroduplex — having polynucleotide strands derived from two different sources
- heterodyning — Present participle of heterodyne.
- heteroploidy — (genetics) The state of being heteroploid.
- heterostyled — (of a plant) having styles of different forms or lengths in the flowers.
- hexadactylic — having six fingers or toes
- hexahydrates — Plural form of hexahydrate.
- hidradenitis — (medicine) inflammation of the sweat glands.
- hidrocystoma — An adenoma 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.
- hinterlander — One who lives in the hinterland.
- historicized — Simple past tense and past participle of historicize.
- hit and miss — unpredictable, unreliable
- hit pay dirt — to discover a source of wealth, success, etc.
- hit the deck — Nautical. a floorlike surface wholly or partially occupying one level of a hull, superstructure, or deckhouse, generally cambered, and often serving as a member for strengthening the structure of a vessel. the space between such a surface and the next such surface above: Our stateroom was on B deck.
- hit the dirt — to drop to the ground
- 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.
- hit-and-miss — sometimes successful or rewarding and sometimes not.
- hitch a ride — hitchhike
- hold against — resent sb for sth
- hold out for — to wait patiently or uncompromisingly for (the fulfilment of one's demands)
- holding tank — a tank for the temporary storage of a substance.
- homesteaders — Plural form of homesteader.
- 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.