12-letter words containing h, e, a, d, c, l
- dechlorinate — to remove chlorine from (a substance)
- decipherable — to make out the meaning of (poor or partially obliterated writing, etc.): to decipher a hastily scribbled note.
- delray beach — a city in SE Florida.
- diencephalic — Of or pertaining to the diencephalon.
- diencephalon — the posterior section of the forebrain.
- dispatchable — Capable of being dispatched.
- ditheistical — of or relating to ditheism, ditheistic
- ditheletical — relating to ditheletism, the doctrine that Christ had two wills
- dodecahedral — Having twelve plane surfaces.
- duplex chain — a roller chain having two sets of rollers linked together, used for heavy-duty applications
- echinodermal — (zoology) Relating or belonging to the echinoderms.
- edith cavell — Edith Louisa, 1865–1915, English nurse: executed by the Germans in World War I.
- endochondral — occurring, or present, in cartilage
- endotracheal — Situated or occurring within or performed by way of the trachea.
- ethical code — an ethical code is a set of moral principles used to govern the conduct of a profession
- ethical drug — a drug which is only available legally with a doctor's prescription or consent
- feel cheated — If you feel cheated, you feel that you have been let down or treated unfairly.
- flat-chested — If you describe a woman as flat-chested, you mean that she has small breasts.
- grade school — an elementary school that has its pupils grouped or classified into grades.
- hadley chest — a style of chest made c1700 in Massachusetts or Connecticut, having front rails and panels carved in low relief with elaborate tulip and leaf patterns.
- half cadence — a cadence ending with dominant harmony.
- half-covered — to be or serve as a covering for; extend over; rest on the surface of: Snow covered the fields.
- hallucinated — Simple past tense and past participle of hallucinate.
- handicapable — (politically correct) disabled or handicapped.
- hardscrabble — providing or yielding meagerly in return for much effort; demanding or unrewarding: the hardscrabble existence of mountainside farmers.
- head balance — headstand.
- head lettuce — any variety of the lettuce subspecies Lactuca sativa capitata, having leaves that grow in a dense rosette, especially iceberg lettuce and Boston lettuce.
- hedge garlic — an erect, cruciferous herb, Sisymbrium officinale, having a garlicky odor.
- hendecagonal — (geometry) Having eleven sides an angles; similar to a hendecagon.
- heraldically — of, relating to, or characteristic of heralds or heraldry: heraldic form; heraldic images; heraldic history; a heraldic device.
- herbicidally — from a herbicidal point of view
- heterodactyl — having the first and fourth toes directed backward, and the second and third forward, as in trogons.
- hexachloride — a chloride containing six atoms of chlorine.
- hexadactylic — having six fingers or toes
- hexadecapole — (physics) Anything having sixteen poles or electrodes, or a combination of four quadrupoles.
- hiding place — location where sb is concealed
- hydraulicked — (of an extracted mineral) excavated using water
- hydrocephaly — an accumulation of serous fluid within the cranium, especially in infancy, due to obstruction of the movement of cerebrospinal fluid, often causing great enlargement of the head; water on the brain.
- hydroelastic — undergoing a change in elasticity as a result of the flow of water or another fluid
- hyperdactyly — the presence of extra fingers or toes.
- immethodical — not methodical; without method or system.
- jack-the-lad — a young man who is regarded as a brash, loud show-off
- knuckleheads — Plural form of knucklehead.
- lady teacher — a teacher who is a woman
- latch needle — a part of a knitting machine consisting of a thin shaft with a hook on one end and a pivoting latch that closes over the hook so that yarn can be drawn through the developing knitting to make a stitch.
- latchkey kid — variant form of latchkey child
- lead a chase — to go before or with to show the way; conduct or escort: to lead a group on a cross-country hike.
- machicolated — Having machicolations.
- mail-cheeked — (of certain fishes) having the cheeks crossed with a bony plate.
- methodically — performed, disposed, or acting in a systematic way; systematic; orderly: a methodical person.