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12-letter words containing h, a, d

  • dolphinarium — An aquarium in which dolphins are kept and trained for public entertainment.
  • donald knuth — (person)   Donald E. Knuth, the author of the TeX document formatting system, Metafont its font-design program and the 3 volume computer science "Bible" of algorithms, "The Art of Computer Programming". Knuth suggested the name "Backus-Naur Form" and was also involved in the SOL simulation language, and developed the WEB literate programming system. See also MIX, Turingol.
  • doomwatching — the act of watching the environment to warn of and prevent harm
  • dorothea dix — Dorothea Lynde [lind] /lɪnd/ (Show IPA), (Dorothy) 1802–87, U.S. educator and social reformer.
  • double sharp — a symbol (× or ) that raises by two semitones the pitch of the following note.
  • doubleheader — Sports. two games, as of baseball, between the same teams on the same day in immediate succession. two games, as of basketball, between two different pairs of teams on the same day in immediate succession.
  • douglas hurd — a third-class university degree
  • douglas-home — Alexander Frederick (Baron Home of the Hirsel) 1903–1995, British statesman and politician: prime minister 1963–64.
  • down-at-heel — of a shabby, run-down appearance; seedy: He is rapidly becoming a down-at-heel drifter and a drunk.
  • down-hearted — dejected; depressed; discouraged.
  • dragon light — a herbal remedy for impotence
  • dram refresh — (storage)   The operation which cycles through a DRAM reading each row and writing it back again to compensate for the gradual leakage of charge from the capacitors which store the data. This may be done by the CPU but is often done by a dedicated memory controller.
  • drama school — a college which trains students (who are generally 18+) to act
  • drapery shop — a shop selling fabrics and sewing materials
  • draught beer — beer which is stored in bulk, esp in a cask, as opposed to being bottled
  • draughtboard — checkerboard (def 1).
  • draughtproof — That prevents the access of draughts.
  • dreadnoughts — Plural form of dreadnought.
  • dreamcatcher — A small hoop containing a horsehair mesh, or a similar construction of string or yarn, decorated with feathers and beads, believed to give its owner good dreams. Dreamcatchers were originally made by American Indians.
  • drift anchor — a sea anchor or drag.
  • drug holiday — a brief period during which a patient stops taking a prescribed medication, especially an antidepressant, to recover some normal functions, reduce side effects, or maintain sensitivity to the drug.
  • drum machine — a device that simulates percussion sounds in various combinations and rhythms, and can alter digitally stored drum sounds or make digital recordings of drum sounds.
  • dual highway — divided highway.
  • duncan phyfe — of, relating to, or resembling the furniture made by Duncan Phyfe, especially the earlier pieces in the Sheraton and Directoire styles.
  • duncan smith — (George) Iain. born 1954, British politician; leader of the Conservative Party (2001–03); secretary of state for work and pensions (2010–2016)
  • dunderheaded — Stupid, foolish.
  • duplex chain — a roller chain having two sets of rollers linked together, used for heavy-duty applications
  • dust catcher — Informal. a knickknack or other household object that is little used.
  • dutch guiana — former name of Suriname.
  • dutch harbor — a U.S. naval base on Unalaska Island, in the Aleutian Islands.
  • dutch master — one of a number of renowned and influential Dutch painters
  • dwarf cherry — any of several low, North American cherries that grow on dry or sandy soil, especially Prunus pumila, of the Great Lakes region.
  • dynamic html — (language, web)   (DHTML) The addition of JavaScript to HTML to allow web pages to change and interact with the user without having to communicate with the server. JavaScript allows the behaviour of the page to be controlled by code that is downloaded with the HTML. It does this by manipulating the Document Object Model (DOM). The term DHTML is often also taken to include the use of "style" information to give finer control of HTML layout. The style information can be supplied as Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) or as "style" attributes (which can be manipulated by JavaScript). Layers are often also used with DHTML. Both the JavaScript and style data can be included in the HTML file or in a separate file referred to from the HTML. Some web browsers allow other languages (e.g. VBScript or Perl) to be used instead of JavaScript but this is less common. DHTML can be viewed in Internet Explorer 4+, Firefox and Netscape Communicator 4+ but, as usual, Microsoft disagree on how DHTML should be implemented. The Document Object Model Group of the World Wide Web Consortium is developing standards for DHTML.
  • dysaesthesia — a disagreeable sensation such as burning or itching arising from impairment of the nervous system
  • dysaesthetic — relating to or suffering from dysaesthesia
  • dysesthesias — Plural form of dysesthesia.
  • dysmenorrhea — painful menstruation.
  • dysrhythmias — Plural form of dysrhythmia.
  • dzhugashvili — Iosif Vissarionovich [Russian yaw-syif-vyi-suh-ryi-aw-nuh-vyich] /Russian ˈyɔ syɪf vyɪ sə ryɪˈɔ nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), Stalin, Joseph.
  • earth almond — chufa.
  • echinodermal — (zoology) Relating or belonging to the echinoderms.
  • edaphosaurus — Any of several dinosaurs of the family Edaphosauridae, from the Carboniferous and Permian periods, that had a distinctive dorsal sail or crest.
  • edith cavell — Edith Louisa, 1865–1915, English nurse: executed by the Germans in World War I.
  • edvard munch — Edvard [ed-vahrd] /ˈɛd vɑrd/ (Show IPA), 1863–1944, Norwegian painter and graphic artist.
  • 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
  • elephantbird — Alternative form of elephant bird.
  • emerald moth — any of various green geometrid moths, esp the large emerald (Geometra papilionaria) a handsome pale green moth with white wavy markings
  • empty-handed — carrying nothing
  • empty-headed — If you describe someone as empty-headed, you mean that they are not very intelligent and often do silly things.
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