12-letter words containing h, a, t, i
- hand setting — Also called French telephone. a telephone having a mouthpiece and earpiece mounted at opposite ends of a handle.
- 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-written — to write (something) by hand.
- handcrafting — Present participle of handcraft.
- handicrafter — One who engages in handicrafts.
- handstitched — Stitched by hand.
- hanging post — a post from which a door, gate, etc., is hung.
- hanging step — a step projecting from a wall with no real or apparent support at its outer end.
- haptoglobins — Plural form of haptoglobin.
- hard-hitting — striking or capable of striking with force.
- hardstanding — a hard surface on which cars, aircraft etc. may stand
- haricot bean — Haricot beans are small white beans that are eaten as a vegetable. They are often sold dried rather than fresh.
- haricot vert — green bean.
- harmoniumist — a person who plays a harmonium
- harris tweed — a hand-woven tweed made only by residents in the Outer Hebrides from locally dyed and spun wool
- harvest mite — chigger (def 1).
- harvest tick — chigger (def 1).
- harvest time — season when crops are gathered
- hatchability — to bring forth (young) from the egg.
- haute-savoie — a department in E France. 1775 sq. mi. (4595 sq. km). Capital: Annecy.
- haute-vienne — a department in central France. 2145 sq. mi. (5555 sq. km). Capital: Limoges.
- have it away — to have sexual intercourse
- have it good — to be in comfortable circumstances
- have it made — simple past tense and past participle of make1 .
- have kittens — to react with disapproval, anxiety, etc
- have pity on — to have sympathy or show mercy for
- hazard light — Usually, hazard lights. an indicator light on a vehicle that flashes to warn that it is unexpectedly slowing down, reversing, or not moving.
- hazelnut oil — an oil extracted from hazelnuts and used mostly in cooking
- 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.
- headlighting — The lighting associated with a headlight.
- headmistress — a woman in charge of a private school.
- health drink — a drink that claims to be beneficial to health
- hearing test — a test to establish whether someone's hearing is normal or whether they have suffered some degree of hearing loss
- heart urchin — an echinoderm of the order Spatangoida, having an elongate, somewhat heart-shaped outer covering.
- heartburning — rankling discontent, especially from envy or jealousy; grudge.
- hearteningly — In a heartening way; cheeringly.
- heartrending — causing or expressing intense grief, anguish, or distress.
- heartstrings — (obsolete, anatomy) The tendons once thought to brace the heart. (15th-19th c.).
- heartwarming — gratifying; rewarding; satisfying: a heartwarming response to his work.
- heat barrier — thermal barrier.
- heat-seeking — A heat-seeking missile or device is one that is able to detect a source of heat.
- heath family — the plant family Ericaceae, characterized by evergreen or deciduous shrubs, trees, and woody plants growing in acid soil and having simple leaves, often showy flowers either solitary or in clusters, and fruit in the form of a berry or capsule, and including the azalea, blueberry, cranberry, heather, madrone, mountain laurel, rhododendron, and trailing arbutus.
- heathenizing — Present participle of heathenize.
- heating bill — a bill for the supply of energy to heat a building
- heavy hitter — a baseball player who makes many extra-base hits.
- heavyweights — Plural form of heavyweight.
- heeling tank — either of two lateral ballast tanks permitting an icebreaker to heel and crush ice to either side.
- height gauge — an object used to measure the height of somebody or something, for example to measure the height of people for medical purposes