12-letter words containing h, a, y, l
- launch party — a party that celebrates the launch of a new magazine, product, etc
- lauraldehyde — lauric aldehyde.
- lay hands on — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- lay preacher — a preacher who is not a member of the clergy
- lay sth bare — If you lay bare something or someone, you reveal or expose them.
- leachability — to dissolve out soluble constituents from (ashes, soil, etc.) by percolation.
- lead the way — manner, mode, or fashion: a new way of looking at a matter; to reply in a polite way.
- lexicography — the writing, editing, or compiling of dictionaries.
- liberty hall — a place or condition of complete liberty
- lycanthropes — Plural form of lycanthrope.
- lycanthropic — a delusion in which one imagines oneself to be a wolf or other wild animal.
- lymphadenoma — an enlarged lymph node.
- lymphangioma — a benign tumor composed of dilated and newly formed lymph vessels.
- lymphangitis — inflammation of the lymphatic vessels.
- lymphoblasts — Plural form of lymphoblast.
- lymphography — lymphangiography.
- lyophilizate — A lyophilizate is a freeze-dried product.
- macrocephaly — Cephalometry. being or having a head with a large cranial capacity.
- malt whiskey — Malt whiskey or malt is whiskey that is made from malt.
- marshmallowy — Similar to a marshmallow.
- mechanically — having to do with machinery: a mechanical failure.
- meet halfway — to compromise with
- metaphysical — pertaining to or of the nature of metaphysics.
- methacrylate — an ester or salt derived from methacrylic acid.
- methodically — performed, disposed, or acting in a systematic way; systematic; orderly: a methodical person.
- microcephaly — having a head with a small braincase.
- murphy's law — the facetious proposition that if something can go wrong, it will.
- myrtle beach — a town in E South Carolina.
- mythological — of or relating to mythology.
- nephanalysis — a map or chart showing the distribution of types and amounts of clouds and precipitation at a given time.
- nonchalantly — coolly unconcerned, indifferent, or unexcited; casual: His nonchalant manner infuriated me.
- nontyphoidal — of, relating to, or resembling typhoid.
- north kvaløy — an island in the Arctic Ocean, off the N coast of Norway. Area: 329 sq km (127 sq miles)
- nychthemeral — relating to a nychthemeron or to the changes or differences, specifically those relating to day and night, that occur within this span
- octahedrally — in an octahedral manner
- omphalomancy — Divination by means of a child's navel, to learn how many children the mother may have.
- omphaloscopy — Introversion.
- only have to — If you say you only have to do one thing in order to achieve or prove a second thing, you are emphasizing how easily the second thing can be achieved or proved.
- ophthamology — Misspelling of ophthalmology.
- opthalmology — Misspelling of ophthalmology.
- oral history — information of historical or sociological importance obtained usually by tape-recorded interviews with persons whose experiences and memories are representative or whose lives have been of special significance.
- orchestrally — In an orchestral manner.
- orthogonally — Mathematics. Also, orthographic. pertaining to or involving right angles or perpendiculars: an orthogonal projection. (of a system of real functions) defined so that the integral of the product of any two different functions is zero. (of a system of complex functions) defined so that the integral of the product of a function times the complex conjugate of any other function equals zero. (of two vectors) having an inner product equal to zero. (of a linear transformation) defined so that the length of a vector under the transformation equals the length of the original vector. (of a square matrix) defined so that its product with its transpose results in the identity matrix.
- outlandishly — In an outlandish manner.
- palaeography — the study of the handwritings of the past, and often the manuscripts as well, so that they may be dated, read, etc, and may serve as historical and literary sources
- palatography — a technique for observing the position of the tongue in relation to the palate during articulation, especially by placing powder or dye on the palate and then noting the area from which it has been removed by the contact of the tongue with the palate during the production of a speech sound.
- pathetically — causing or evoking pity, sympathetic sadness, sorrow, etc.; pitiful; pitiable: a pathetic letter; a pathetic sight.
- pathobiology — pathology with emphasis on the biological aspects of disease
- pearl hominy — whole or ground hulled corn from which the bran and germ have been removed by bleaching the whole kernels in a lye bath (lye hominy) or by crushing and sifting (pearl hominy)
- pearly white — white and lustrous as a pearl.