12-letter words containing h, a, g, l, e
- glacé cherry — a crystallized or candied cherry, used in cookery and cocktail-making
- glassyheaded — smooth; bald
- glatt kosher — prepared for eating according to the dietary laws followed by Hasidic Jews, which differ somewhat from those followed by other observers of kashruth: glatt kosher meat.
- glenohumeral — (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the glenoid fossa and the humerus.
- global reach — When people talk about the global reach of a company or industry, they mean its ability to have customers in many different parts of the world.
- 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
- grade school — an elementary school that has its pupils grouped or classified into grades.
- grapple shot — a grapnellike projectile fired from a gun and used as a hold for the end of a line in rescue operations or in kedging.
- gully-washer — a usually short, heavy rainstorm.
- gullywashers — Plural form of gullywasher.
- h paul grice — H(erbert) Paul, 1913–88, English philosopher.
- half-english — of, relating to, or characteristic of England or its inhabitants, institutions, etc.
- half-glasses — a pair of eyeglasses, often shaped like the lower half of regular eyeglasses, containing lenses to aid in reading and not suitable for distance vision.
- hallucinogen — a substance that produces hallucinations.
- halogen lamp — a gas-filled, high-intensity incandescent lamp having a tungsten filament and containing a small amount of a halogen, such as iodine, that vaporizes on heating and redeposits any evaporated tungsten particles back onto the filament: used especially in motion-picture projectors and automobile headlights.
- halogenating — Present participle of halogenate.
- halogenation — (chemistry) The reaction of a halogen with something, especially the replacement of a hydrogen atom of an organic compound with a halogen one.
- hand luggage — carry-on baggage
- 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
- hash-slinger — a waiter or waitress, especially in a hash house.
- haulage firm — a firm that transports goods by lorry
- hazel grouse — a European woodland grouse, Tetrastes bonasia, somewhat resembling the North American ruffed grouse.
- headlighting — The lighting associated with a headlight.
- headlongness — Headlong quality or speed; precipitateness.
- headstrongly — In a headstrong manner.
- hearing loss — diminished ability to hear
- hearteningly — In a heartening way; cheeringly.
- heating bill — a bill for the supply of energy to heat a building
- hedda gabler — a play (1890) by Henrik Ibsen.
- hedge garlic — an erect, cruciferous herb, Sisymbrium officinale, having a garlicky odor.
- hedge laying — the art or practice of making or maintaining a hedge by cutting branches partway through, laying them horizontally, and pegging them in position in order to create a strong thick hedge
- heeling tank — either of two lateral ballast tanks permitting an icebreaker to heel and crush ice to either side.
- heilongjiang — a province in NE China, S of the Amur River. 108,880 sq. mi. (281,999 sq. km). Capital: Harbin.
- heimskringla — a book of the 13th century narrating the history of the kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson.
- helical gear — a cylindrical gear wheel whose teeth follow the pitch surface in a helical manner.
- helicographs — Plural form of helicograph.
- heliogabalus — (Varius Avitus Bassianus"Marcus Aurelius Antoninus") a.d. 204–222, Roman emperor 218–222.
- heliographed — Simple past tense and past participle of heliograph.
- heliographer — (obsolete) Photographer.
- heliographic — a device for signaling by means of a movable mirror that reflects beams of light, especially sunlight, to a distance.
- heliogravure — photoengraving.
- hell's angel — a member of a motorcycle gang of a kind originating in the US in the 1950s, who typically dress in denim and Nazi-style paraphernalia and are noted for their initiation rites, lawless behaviour, etc
- hell-raising — behaviour which causes trouble
- hellgramites — Plural form of hellgramite.
- hellgrammite — the aquatic larva of a dobsonfly, used as bait in fishing.
- helping hand — aid; assistance: to give the destitute a helping hand.
- hematologist — the study of the nature, function, and diseases of the blood and of blood-forming organs.
- hendecagonal — (geometry) Having eleven sides an angles; similar to a hendecagon.