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12-letter words containing h, a, n, o

  • hallucinogen — a substance that produces hallucinations.
  • hallucinosis — a mental state characterized by repeated 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.
  • halotolerant — (biology) Able to tolerate a high concentration of salt in its environment.
  • halton hills — a city in SE Ontario, in S Canada, near Toronto.
  • hambletonian — one of a superior strain of American trotting horses descended from the stallion Hambletonian.
  • hamming code — (algorithm)   Extra, redundant bits added to stored or transmitted data for the purposes of error detection and correction. Named after the mathematician Richard Hamming, Hamming codes greatly improve the reliability of data, e.g. from distant space probes, where it is impractical, because of the long transmission delay, to correct errors by requesting retransmission.
  • hand of writ — handwriting; penmanship.
  • hand to hand — of, belonging to, using, or used by the hand.
  • hand-holding — the act of holding hands, especially as a sign or token of affection.
  • 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-to-hand — close to one's adversary; at close quarters: hand-to-hand combat.
  • handsomeness — The quality of being handsome.
  • handypersons — Plural form of handyperson.
  • hangchow bay — a bay of the East China Sea.
  • hanging post — a post from which a door, gate, etc., is hung.
  • hangtown fry — a type of omelet to which fried oysters, bacon, and sometimes onions are added.
  • hanover park — a city in NE Illinois.
  • hansa yellow — a pigment derived from coal tar, characterized chiefly by its brilliant yellow color.
  • hansom (cab) — a 19th-cent. two-wheeled covered carriage for two passengers, pulled by one horse: the driver's seat is above and behind the cab
  • haptoglobins — Plural form of haptoglobin.
  • hard done by — If you feel hard done by, you feel that you have not been treated fairly.
  • hard-working — industrious; zealous: a hardworking family man.
  • haricot bean — Haricot beans are small white beans that are eaten as a vegetable. They are often sold dried rather than fresh.
  • harmonic law — any one of three laws governing planetary motion: each planet revolves in an ellipse, with the sun at one focus; the line connecting a planet to the sun sweeps out equal areas in equal periods of time (law of areas) or the square of the period of revolution of each planet is proportional to the cube of the semimajor axis of the planet's orbit (harmonic law)
  • harmonically — pertaining to harmony, as distinguished from melody and rhythm.
  • harmonichord — a musical instrument resembling an upright piano intended to fuse the sound of a violin with the functionality of a piano, the tone therefore produced using friction rather than through striking
  • harmoniously — marked by agreement in feeling, attitude, or action: a harmonious group.
  • harmoniumist — a person who plays a harmonium
  • harmonizable — That can be harmonized.
  • harmonograph — an instrument using a system of pendulums to produce geometric images
  • harmonometer — the equipment used for measuring the harmonic relations of sounds
  • harrison red — a pigment consisting of a paratoluidine toner, characterized by its brilliant red color and tendency to bleed.
  • harrisonburg — a city in N Virginia.
  • harvest moon — the moon at and about the period of fullness that is nearest to the autumnal equinox.
  • has no equal — If you say that someone or something has no equal, you think that there is nothing that is as good as them or that reaches the same standard.
  • havana brown — a breed of medium-sized cat with large eyes, large ears, and a sleek brown coat
  • have company — If you have company, you have a visitor or friend with you.
  • have need to — to be compelled or required to; must
  • have none of — If you say that someone will have none of something, or is having none of something, you mean that they refuse to accept it.
  • have pity on — to have sympathy or show mercy for
  • hazelnut oil — an oil extracted from hazelnuts and used mostly in cooking
  • head station — the main buildings on a large sheep or cattle farm
  • headlongness — Headlong quality or speed; precipitateness.
  • headstrongly — In a headstrong manner.
  • hearing loss — diminished ability to hear
  • hearthstones — Plural form of hearthstone.
  • heaven knows — You can say 'Heaven knows' to emphasize that you do not know something, or that you find something very surprising.
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