12-letter words containing h, a, n, d, e, l
- hand leather — a piece of leather wrapped around the hand of a shoemaker in order to protect it from being cut while pulling thread
- hand luggage — carry-on baggage
- hand-deliver — to deliver in person or by messenger.
- hand-launder — hand-wash.
- 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.
- handicapable — (politically correct) disabled or handicapped.
- hard feeling — resentment; ill will
- harlequinade — a pantomime, farce, or similar play in which Harlequin plays the principal part.
- head balance — headstand.
- headlessness — The state of being headless.
- headlighting — The lighting associated with a headlight.
- headlongness — Headlong quality or speed; precipitateness.
- headstrongly — In a headstrong manner.
- health drink — a drink that claims to be beneficial to health
- 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
- heel-and-toe — noting a pace, as in walking contests, in which the heel of the front foot touches ground before the toes of the rear one leave it.
- helping hand — aid; assistance: to give the destitute a helping hand.
- hendecagonal — (geometry) Having eleven sides an angles; similar to a hendecagon.
- hiding place — location where sb is concealed
- hinterlander — One who lives in the hinterland.
- hollingshead — Holinshed.
- human shield — a person or group of people located or intentionally placed in a potential line of fire or in an area likely to be attacked.
- kaleidophone — an instrument, invented by Professor Charles Wheatstone (1802-1875), consisting of a light on a vibrating rod with a reflecting knob for exhibiting the effect of sound waves
- knuckleheads — Plural form of knucklehead.
- large-handed — generous; profuse
- latch needle — a part of a knitting machine consisting of a thin shaft with a hook on one end and a pivoting latch that closes over the hook so that yarn can be drawn through the developing knitting to make a stitch.
- leatherbound — Bound in leather.
- leave behind — fail to bring
- light-handed — short-handed.
- lion-hearted — exceptionally courageous or brave.
- living death — a completely miserable, joyless existence, experience, situation, etc.; ordeal: He found the steaming jungle a living death.
- long-handles — long underwear.
- love handles — fat midriff
- ludwigshafen — a city in SW Germany, on the Rhine opposite Mannheim.
- lymphadenoma — an enlarged lymph node.
- malnourished — poorly or improperly nourished; suffering from malnutrition: thin, malnourished victims of the famine.
- monadelphous — (of stamens) united into one bundle or set by their filaments.
- monodelphian — any placental mammal that is a member of the group Monodelphia
- neanderthals — Plural form of neanderthal.
- needle match — a bitterly fought contest between two competitors or teams who bear each other a grudge
- needle-sharp — very sharp
- netherlander — the, (used with a singular or plural verb) a kingdom in W Europe, bordering on the North Sea, Germany, and Belgium. 13,433 sq. mi. (34,790 sq. km). Capitals: Amsterdam and The Hague.
- netherlandic — Dutch (def 7).
- noahide laws — the seven laws given to Noah after the Flood, which decree the establishment of a fair system of justice in society, and prohibit idolatry, blasphemy, murder, adultery and incest, robbery, and the eating of flesh taken from a living animal
- oldfashioned — Rare spelling of old-fashioned.
- packed lunch — A packed lunch is food, for example sandwiches, which you take to work, to school, or on a trip and eat as your lunch.
- philandering — (of a man) to make love with a woman one cannot or will not marry; carry on flirtations.
- rhode island — US state
- right-angled — A right-angled triangle has one angle that is a right angle.
- rutlandshire — a former county, now part of Leicestershire, in central England.