12-letter words containing h, a, n, d, e
- long-handles — long underwear.
- love handles — fat midriff
- ludwigshafen — a city in SW Germany, on the Rhine opposite Mannheim.
- lymphadenoma — an enlarged lymph node.
- machine code — (language) The representation of a computer program that is read and interpreted by the computer hardware (rather than by some other machine code program). A program in machine code consists of a sequence of "instructions" (possibly interspersed with data). An instruction is a binary string, (often written as one or more octal, decimal or hexadecimal numbers). Instructions may be all the same size (e.g. one 32-bit word for many modern RISC microprocessors) or of different sizes, in which case the size of the instruction is determined from the first word (e.g. Motorola 68000) or byte (e.g. Inmos transputer). The collection of all possible instructions for a particular computer is known as its "instruction set". Each instruction typically causes the Central Processing Unit to perform some fairly simple operation like loading a value from memory into a register or adding the numbers in two registers. An instruction consists of an op code and zero or more operands. Different processors have different instruction sets - the collection of possible operations they can perform. Execution of machine code may either be hard-wired into the central processing unit or it may be controlled by microcode. The basic execution cycle consists of fetching the next instruction from main memory, decoding it (determining which action the operation code specifies and the location of any arguments) and executing it by opening various gates (e.g. to allow data to flow from main memory into a CPU register) and enabling functional units (e.g. signalling to the ALU to perform an addition). Humans almost never write programs directly in machine code. Instead, they use programming languages. The simplest kind of programming language is assembly language which usually has a one-to-one correspondence with the resulting machine code instructions but allows the use of mnemonics (ASCII strings) for the "op codes" (the part of the instruction which encodes the basic type of operation to perform) and names for locations in the program (branch labels) and for variables and constants. Other languages are either translated by a compiler into machine code or executed by an interpreter
- machine head — a metal peg-and-gear mechanism for tuning a string on an instrument such as a guitar
- machine word — word (def 10).
- machine-made — made or constructed by machine
- machine-word — a unit of language, consisting of one or more spoken sounds or their written representation, that functions as a principal carrier of meaning. Words are composed of one or more morphemes and are either the smallest units susceptible of independent use or consist of two or three such units combined under certain linking conditions, as with the loss of primary accent that distinguishes black·bird· from black· bird·. Words are usually separated by spaces in writing, and are distinguished phonologically, as by accent, in many languages.
- malnourished — poorly or improperly nourished; suffering from malnutrition: thin, malnourished victims of the famine.
- medicine hat — a city in SE Alberta, in SW Canada.
- merchandised — the manufactured goods bought and sold in any business.
- merchandiser — the manufactured goods bought and sold in any business.
- merchandises — the manufactured goods bought and sold in any business.
- merchandized — Simple past tense and past participle of merchandize.
- merchandizer — Alternative spelling of merchandiser.
- misapprehend — to misunderstand.
- misfashioned — Simple past tense and past participle of misfashion.
- mohenjo-daro — an archaeological site in Pakistan, near the Indus River: six successive ancient cities were built here.
- monadelphous — (of stamens) united into one bundle or set by their filaments.
- monodelphian — any placental mammal that is a member of the group Monodelphia
- monohydrates — Plural form of monohydrate.
- mother-naked — stark naked; as naked as when born.
- muttonheaded — a slow-witted, foolish, or stupid person; dolt.
- name the day — to choose the day for one's wedding
- neanderthals — Plural form of neanderthal.
- near at hand — close; to a point or place not far away: Come near so I won't have to shout.
- near-sighted — seeing distinctly at a short distance only; myopic.
- 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).
- newfashioned — Alternative form of new-fashioned.
- night dancer — (in Uganda) a person believed to employ the help of the dead in destroying other people
- ninth-grader — a student in their ninth year at school
- no harm done — If you say that there is no harm done, you are telling someone not to worry about something that has happened because it has not caused any serious injury or damage.
- 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
- non-hydrated — chemically combined with water in its molecular form.
- nonadherence — the quality of adhering; steady devotion, support, allegiance, or attachment: adherence to a party; rigid adherence to rules.
- note of hand — promissory note.
- now and then — occasionally
- oldfashioned — Rare spelling of old-fashioned.
- on the cadge — engaged in cadging
- on the cards — likely
- onion-shaped — bulb-shaped; shaped like an onion
- open-hearted — unreserved, candid, or frank: open-hearted advice.
- ormond beach — a town in NE Florida.
- 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.
- parahydrogen — the form of molecular hydrogen in which the nuclei of the two hydrogen atoms contained in the molecule have spins in opposite directions.
- parasphenoid — a bone next to the sphenoid bone in the skull of some animals