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

  • hand baggage — the suitcases, bags, etc, that you take with you onto an aeroplane when you travel, as opposed to those bags that are put in the aeroplane's hold
  • hand grenade — a grenade or explosive shell that is thrown by hand and exploded either by impact or by means of a fuze.
  • 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 setting — Also called French telephone. a telephone having a mouthpiece and earpiece mounted at opposite ends of a handle.
  • hand-deliver — to deliver in person or by messenger.
  • hand-grenade — a grenade or explosive shell that is thrown by hand and exploded either by impact or by means of a fuze.
  • hand-launder — hand-wash.
  • hand-me-down — an article of clothing passed on to another person after being used, outgrown, etc.: The younger children wore the hand-me-downs of the older ones.
  • hand-painted — painted by a person rather than a machine
  • hand-printed — (of numbers, letters, or designs) printed, or put on a surface, by hand rather than by machine
  • 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.
  • hand-written — to write (something) by hand.
  • handbreadths — Plural form of handbreadth.
  • handicapable — (politically correct) disabled or handicapped.
  • handicappeds — Plural form of handicapped.
  • handicappers — Plural form of handicapper.
  • handicrafter — One who engages in handicrafts.
  • handies peak — a peak in SW Colorado, in the San Juan Mountains. 14,048 feet (4285 meters).
  • handkerchief — a small piece of linen, silk, or other fabric, usually square, and used especially for wiping one's nose, eyes, face, etc., or for decorative purposes.
  • handsbreadth — A small distance.
  • handsomeness — The quality of being handsome.
  • handstitched — Stitched by hand.
  • handypersons — Plural form of handyperson.
  • hard done by — If you feel hard done by, you feel that you have not been treated fairly.
  • hard feeling — resentment; ill will
  • hard science — any of the natural or physical sciences, as chemistry, biology, physics, or astronomy, in which aspects of the universe are investigated by means of hypotheses and experiments.
  • hard-wearing — resistant to extensive wear; durable: a pair of hardwearing jeans.
  • hare-brained — giddy; reckless.
  • harlequinade — a pantomime, farce, or similar play in which Harlequin plays the principal part.
  • harrison red — a pigment consisting of a paratoluidine toner, characterized by its brilliant red color and tendency to bleed.
  • have in mind — to remember
  • have need to — to be compelled or required to; must
  • head balance — headstand.
  • head sherang — the boss; person in authority
  • head station — the main buildings on a large sheep or cattle farm
  • head-hunting — a headhunting expedition: The men left the village to go on a headhunt.
  • headlessness — The state of being headless.
  • headlighting — The lighting associated with a headlight.
  • headlongness — Headlong quality or speed; precipitateness.
  • headshakings — Plural form of headshaking.
  • headshrinker — shrink (def 9).
  • headstrongly — In a headstrong manner.
  • health drink — a drink that claims to be beneficial to health
  • heartrending — causing or expressing intense grief, anguish, or distress.
  • heavy-handed — oppressive; harsh: a heavy-handed master.
  • 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.
  • hemodynamics — the branch of physiology dealing with the forces involved in the circulation of the blood.
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