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12-letter words containing e, g, h, a, d

  • egg sandwich — two slices of bread filled with chopped egg
  • eighth grade — the eighth year of school, when students are 12 to 14 years old
  • ethical drug — a drug which is only available legally with a doctor's prescription or consent
  • farsightedly — In a farsighted manner.
  • farthingdale — (British, dated, 13th-19th C.) A unit of area equal to one quarter of an acre.
  • fifth-grader — a student in the fifth grade of the American education system
  • fixed charge — an expense that cannot be modified.
  • foregathered — Simple past tense and past participle of foregather.
  • fourth grade — school year: age 9-10
  • freight yard — a place on a rail network where freight trains are made up or broken up
  • get ahead of — to outdo or excel
  • get ahold of — to get in touch with
  • get the idea — understand
  • giddy-headed — giddy (def 1).
  • glassyheaded — smooth; bald
  • goddaughters — Plural form of goddaughter.
  • gold therapy — administration of gold salts as a treatment for disease, especially rheumatoid arthritis.
  • golden share — a share in a company that controls at least 51% of the voting rights, esp one retained by the UK government in some privatization issues
  • good heavens — You say 'Good heavens!' or 'Heavens!' to express surprise or to emphasize that you agree or disagree with someone.
  • good-hearted — kind or generous; considerate; benevolent.
  • grade school — an elementary school that has its pupils grouped or classified into grades.
  • graduateship — the time or condition of being a graduate
  • grandaughter — Alternative spelling of granddaughter.
  • grandfathers — Plural form of grandfather.
  • grandmothers — Plural form of grandmother.
  • grandnephews — Plural form of grandnephew.
  • greathearted — having or showing a generous heart; magnanimous.
  • grudge match — You can call a contest between two people or groups a grudge match when they dislike each other.
  • guanethidine — a potent adrenergic neuron blocking agent, C 10 H 22 N 4 , used in the treatment of hypertension.
  • hairdressing — the act or process of cutting, combing out, doing up, or styling hair.
  • hamming code — (algorithm)   Extra, redundant bits added to stored or transmitted data for the purposes of error detection and correction. Named after the mathematician Richard Hamming, Hamming codes greatly improve the reliability of data, e.g. from distant space probes, where it is impractical, because of the long transmission delay, to correct errors by requesting retransmission.
  • hand baggage — the suitcases, bags, etc, that you take with you onto an aeroplane when you travel, as opposed to those bags that are put in the aeroplane's hold
  • hand grenade — a grenade or explosive shell that is thrown by hand and exploded either by impact or by means of a fuze.
  • hand luggage — carry-on baggage
  • hand setting — Also called French telephone. a telephone having a mouthpiece and earpiece mounted at opposite ends of a handle.
  • hand-grenade — a grenade or explosive shell that is thrown by hand and exploded either by impact or by means of a fuze.
  • hand-selling — a gift or token for good luck or as an expression of good wishes, as at the beginning of the new year or when entering upon a new situation or enterprise.
  • hard feeling — resentment; ill will
  • hard-wearing — resistant to extensive wear; durable: a pair of hardwearing jeans.
  • have a (good — to feel (strongly) inclined to
  • have it good — to be in comfortable circumstances
  • head massage — massage of the head
  • head sherang — the boss; person in authority
  • head-hunting — a headhunting expedition: The men left the village to go on a headhunt.
  • headlighting — The lighting associated with a headlight.
  • headlongness — Headlong quality or speed; precipitateness.
  • headshakings — Plural form of headshaking.
  • headstrongly — In a headstrong manner.
  • heartrending — causing or expressing intense grief, anguish, or distress.
  • hedda gabler — a play (1890) by Henrik Ibsen.
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