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12-letter words containing e, l, h, i

  • talking head — Television Slang. a closeup picture of a person who is talking, especially as a participant in a talk show.
  • tallahatchie — a river in N Mississippi, flowing SW and joining the Yalobusha River to form the Yazoo River. 230 miles (371 km) long.
  • teachability — capable of being instructed, as a person; docile.
  • technicality — technical character.
  • technicalize — to make technical
  • technicolour — brightly, showily, or garishly coloured; vividly noticeable
  • technologies — the branch of knowledge that deals with the creation and use of technical means and their interrelation with life, society, and the environment, drawing upon such subjects as industrial arts, engineering, applied science, and pure science.
  • technologist — a person who specializes in technology.
  • technologize — to make technological; to modernize or modify with technology.
  • technophilia — a person who loves or is enthusiastic about advanced technology.
  • telaesthesia — telesthesia.
  • téléphérique — a cableway
  • teleshopping — electronic shopping via videotex or other interactive information service.
  • telharmonium — a musical keyboard instrument operating by alternating currents of electricity which, on impulse from the keyboard, produce music at a distant point via telephone lines.
  • telolecithal — having an accumulation of yolk near the vegetal pole, as the large-yolked eggs or ova of reptiles and birds.
  • tenochtitlan — the capital of the Aztec empire: founded in 1325; destroyed by the Spaniards in 1521; now the site of Mexico City.
  • terephthalic — relating to, designating, or derived from terephthalic acid or its derivatives
  • thalassaemia — a hereditary disease, common in many parts of the world, resulting from defects in the synthesis of the red blood pigment haemoglobin
  • thalassaemic — a person who has the blood disorder thalassaemia
  • the alliance — the Social Democratic Party and the Liberal Party acting or regarded as a political entity from 1981 to 1988
  • the almighty — God
  • the antilles — a group of islands in the Caribbean
  • the bastille — a state prison in Paris that was stormed and destroyed (1789) in the French Revolution: its destruction is commemorated on Bastille Day, July 14
  • the classics — a body of literature regarded as great or lasting, esp that of ancient Greece or Rome
  • the crucible — a Sheffield theatre, venue of the annual world professional snooker championship
  • the disabled — those who are physically or mentally disabled; the handicapped
  • the evil one — the devil; Satan
  • the faithful — the believers in and loyal adherents of a religious faith, esp Christianity
  • the flickers — the cinema
  • the galilean — an epithet of Jesus Christ
  • the good oil — true or reliable facts, information, etc
  • the highveld — the high-altitude grassland region of E South Africa
  • the kalahari — an extensive arid plateau of South Africa, Namibia, and Botswana. Area: 260 000 sq km (100 000 sq miles)
  • the likes of — of the same form, appearance, kind, character, amount, etc.: I cannot remember a like instance.
  • the lothians — three historic counties of SE central Scotland (now council areas): East Lothian, West Lothian, and Midlothian (including Edinburgh)
  • the mainland — a particular landmass as viewed from a nearby island with which it has close links, such as Great Britain as viewed from Northern Ireland or continental Australia as viewed from Tasmania
  • the midlands — the central counties of England, including Warwickshire, Northamptonshire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Staffordshire, the former West Midlands metropolitan county, and Worcestershire: characterized by manufacturing industries
  • the military — the armed services (esp the army)
  • the old bill — policemen collectively or in general
  • the olympics — the Olympic Games
  • the pliocene — the Pliocene epoch or rock series
  • the psalmist — King David, to whom all or certain of the Psalms are variously attributed
  • the silurian — the Silurian period or rock system
  • the sniffles — a cold in the head
  • the solimões — the Brazilian name for the Amazon from the Peruvian border to the Rio Negro
  • the whirlies — illness induced by excessive use of alcohol or drugs
  • theatrically — of or relating to the theater or dramatic presentations: theatrical performances.
  • thematically — of or relating to a theme.
  • themistocles — 527?–460? b.c, Athenian statesman.
  • theocratical — a form of government in which God or a deity is recognized as the supreme civil ruler, the God's or deity's laws being interpreted by the ecclesiastical authorities.
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