12-letter words containing h, a, l, e
- tollgatherer — a person who collects tolls, taxes, or other imposts.
- torchon lace — a bobbin-made linen or cotton lace with loosely twisted threads in simple, open patterns.
- touch-tackle — touch football.
- toynbee hall — a residential settlement in East London, named after Arnold Toynbee (1852–83), a British economist and social reformer
- trade school — a high school giving instruction chiefly in the skilled trades.
- tragelaphine — of or relating to a tragelaph
- transleithan — beyond the river Leitha, which once formed part of the boundary between Austria and Hungary
- trash talker — to use disparaging or boastful language.
- travel light — If you travel light, you travel without taking much luggage.
- trefoil arch — an arch with cusplike intrados.
- triadelphous — (of stamens) united by the filaments into three sets or bundles.
- tricephalous — with three heads
- turret lathe — a lathe fitted with a turret.
- tyrolean hat — a man's soft felt hat with a somewhat conical crown that is flat and creased at the top, a narrow brim partially turned up, and, usually, a feather for decoration
- ultima thule — (italics) Latin. the highest degree attainable.
- unachievable — to bring to a successful end; carry through; accomplish: The police crackdown on speeders achieved its purpose.
- unalphabetic — in the order of the letters of the alphabet: alphabetical arrangement.
- unbreachable — not able to be breached
- unbreathable — not able to be breathed
- unchallenged — a euphemism for disabled (usually preceded by an adverb): physically challenged.
- unchangeable — liable to change or to be changed; variable.
- unchannelled — not conveyed or routed along a channel
- unchargeable — that may or should be charged: chargeable duty.
- uncharitable — deficient in charity; unkind; harsh; unforgiving; censorious; merciless: an uncharitable attitude; an uncharitable neighbor.
- uncharnelled — removed from a charnel; exhumed
- unenthralled — not enthralled or charmed; uncaptivated
- unethicality — lacking moral principles; unwilling to adhere to proper rules of conduct.
- unfathomable — not able to be fathomed, or completely understood; incomprehensible: heroism in the face of unfathomable conflict.
- unhandselled — 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.
- unhandsomely — unattractively
- unheroically — in an unheroic manner
- unhesitantly — hesitating; undecided, doubtful, or disinclined.
- unhospitable — not hospitable
- unhysterical — not showing or suggesting any hysteria; controlled; sensible; calm;
- unmarshalled — a military officer of the highest rank, as in the French and some other armies. Compare field marshal.
- unmechanical — not having any skill or knowledge in relation to machines or machinery
- unmethodical — characterized by lack of method or disorderliness
- unmethylated — Also called methoxide. any derivative of methyl alcohol, as sodium methylate, CH 3 ONa.
- unperishable — imperishable
- unpolishable — incapable of being made smooth or shiny
- unpunishable — not able to be punished
- unquenchable — to slake, satisfy, or allay (thirst, desires, passion, etc.).
- unquenchably — in an unquenchable manner
- unrhetorical — not rhetorical; literal; plainspoken
- unsearchable — not searchable; not lending itself to research or exploration; not to be understood by searching; hidden; unfathomable; mysterious: the unsearchable ways of the universe.
- unsearchably — in an unsearchable manner
- unshadowable — not able to be shadowed
- unshrinkable — not able to contract or become smaller in size
- unstanchable — unstoppable
- velvet shank — a bright yellow edible basidiomycetous fungus, Flammulina velutipes, common on trunks, stumps, or branches of broad-leaved trees in winter