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

  • the bereaved — the survivors of a person who has died recently
  • the cold war — the period (1945-91) of cold war between the Soviet Union and its Communist allies and the U.S. and its non-Communist allies
  • the deceased — the dead person or persons
  • the demerara — a river in Guyana, rising in the central forest area and flowing north to the Atlantic at Georgetown. Length: 346 km (215 miles)
  • the departed — the dead person or dead persons
  • the devonian — the Devonian period or rock system
  • the dingbats — delirium tremens
  • the disabled — those who are physically or mentally disabled; the handicapped
  • the distance — the most distant or a faraway part of the visible scene or landscape
  • the dustheap — obscurity or oblivion
  • the east end — a densely populated part of E London containing former industrial and dock areas, now extensively redeveloped for offices
  • the go-ahead — permission to proceed
  • the herdsman — the constellation Boötes
  • the lowlands — a low generally flat region of central Scotland, around the Forth and Clyde valleys, separating the Southern Uplands from the Highlands
  • 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 nearside — the side of a vehicle normally nearer the kerb (in Britain, the left side)
  • the old adam — the evil supposedly inherent in human nature
  • the old dart — England
  • the old days — the past
  • the ordnance — a department of an army or government dealing with military supplies
  • the pandects — a digest of Roman civil law in fifty books, compiled for the emperor Justinian in the 6th cent. a.d.; the Digest
  • the red army — the Soviet army
  • the red flag — a socialist song, written by James Connell (1852–1929), Irish political activist, in 1889
  • the year dot — The year dot is used to mean a very long time ago.
  • theory-laden — (of an expression) capable of being understood only within the context of a specific theory, as for example superego, which requires the apparatus of Freudian theory in explanation
  • thermidorian — a member of the French moderate group who participated in the downfall of Robespierre and his followers on the 9th Thermidor (July 27th), 1794.
  • thermostated — a device, including a relay actuated by thermal conduction or convection, that functions to establish and maintain a desired temperature automatically or signals a change in temperature for manual adjustment.
  • thioaldehyde — any of a class of compounds formed by the action of hydrogen sulfide on aldehydes, and regarded as aldehydes with the oxygen replaced by sulfur.
  • thioridazine — a phenothiazine, C 21 H 26 N 2 S 2 , used as an antipsychotic chiefly in the treatment of acute psychoses and schizophrenia.
  • third estate — the third of the three estates or political orders: the commons in France or England. Compare estate (def 5).
  • third market — a market established by the London Stock Exchange in 1987 to trade in shares in companies required to provide less detailed information than that required by the main market or the unlisted securities market
  • third stream — a style of music that uses features of both jazz and classical music in an attempt to develop a new and distinctive musical idiom.
  • third-grader — a pupil in their third year of education, esp in the US and Canada
  • thitherwards — in that direction
  • thought-read — to read someone's mind or psychically know what someone's thoughts are
  • thread count — thread density of a woven fabric
  • three-gaited — noting a horse trained to walk, trot, and canter, as for pleasure riding and showing.
  • three-handed — involving three hands or players, as a game at cards.
  • three-valued — of or relating to propositions having a value other than truth or falsity.
  • thunderflash — a pyrotechnic device which is noisy, but not dangerous, and which is used in military exercises
  • to the death — to the very end (of a struggle, quarrel, etc.)
  • toe and heel — a technique used by racing drivers while changing gear on sharp bends, in which the brake is operated by the toe (or heel) of the right foot while the heel (or toe) simultaneously operates the accelerator
  • trade school — a high school giving instruction chiefly in the skilled trades.
  • transit shed — a building located on or near a pier (piershed) or wharf (wharf shed) used for short-term storage of cargo in transit.
  • tread a path — If you tread a particular path, you take a particular course of action or do something in a particular way.
  • triadelphous — (of stamens) united by the filaments into three sets or bundles.
  • true-hearted — faithful and loyal
  • turbocharged — with additional power from turbine
  • un-humanized — to make humane, kind, or gentle.
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