12-letter words containing h, e, a, d, l, i
- hospitalized — to place in a hospital for medical care or observation: The doctor hospitalized grandfather as soon as she checked his heart.
- human shield — a person or group of people located or intentionally placed in a potential line of fire or in an area likely to be attacked.
- hydraulicked — (of an extracted mineral) excavated using water
- hydroelastic — undergoing a change in elasticity as a result of the flow of water or another fluid
- immethodical — not methodical; without method or system.
- kaleidophone — an instrument, invented by Professor Charles Wheatstone (1802-1875), consisting of a light on a vibrating rod with a reflecting knob for exhibiting the effect of sound waves
- latchkey kid — variant form of latchkey child
- leave behind — fail to bring
- liddell hart — (Sir) Basil Henry, 1895–1970, English military historian and strategist.
- light-haired — having light-coloured hair
- light-handed — short-handed.
- light-headed — giddy, dizzy, or delirious: After two drinks Pat began to feel lightheaded.
- lighthearted — carefree; cheerful; merry: a lighthearted laugh.
- lion-hearted — exceptionally courageous or brave.
- lisle thread — a fine, high-twisted and hard-twisted cotton thread, at least two-ply, used for hosiery, gloves, etc.
- lithographed — Simple past tense and past participle of lithograph.
- living death — a completely miserable, joyless existence, experience, situation, etc.; ordeal: He found the steaming jungle a living death.
- ludwigshafen — a city in SW Germany, on the Rhine opposite Mannheim.
- machicolated — Having machicolations.
- mail-cheeked — (of certain fishes) having the cheeks crossed with a bony plate.
- malnourished — poorly or improperly nourished; suffering from malnutrition: thin, malnourished victims of the famine.
- methodically — performed, disposed, or acting in a systematic way; systematic; orderly: a methodical person.
- middle watch — the watch from midnight until 4 a.m.
- mohammed ali — (ʿAlī ibn-abu-Talib"the Lion of God") a.d. c600–661, Arab caliph (cousin and son-in-law of Muhammad).
- monodelphian — any placental mammal that is a member of the group Monodelphia
- multiwarhead — (of a missile) capable of carrying several independent warheads
- netherlandic — Dutch (def 7).
- 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
- oldfashioned — Rare spelling of old-fashioned.
- orthopedical — (American spelling) Alternative form of orthopaedical.
- paedophiliac — an adult who is sexually attracted to young children.
- philadelphia — a city in SE Pennsylvania, on the Delaware River: Declaration of Independence signed here July 4, 1776.
- philadelphus — (Philadelphus) king of Pergamum c159–138 b.c.
- philandering — (of a man) to make love with a woman one cannot or will not marry; carry on flirtations.
- plagiohedral — (of a crystal) having faces arranged obliquely in a helix.
- pleased with — satisfied or content with
- polythiazide — a substance, C 1 1 H 1 3 ClF 3 N 3 O 4 S 3 , used as a diuretic in the management of edema and hypertension.
- pyritohedral — of or relating to a pyritohedron
- rhode island — US state
- right-angled — A right-angled triangle has one angle that is a right angle.
- road haulier — a person who owns or works for a road haulage company; a trucker
- rutlandshire — a former county, now part of Leicestershire, in central England.
- scheme-linda — A Scheme interface to Linda written by Ulf Dahlen of University of Edinburgh in 1990. It runs on the Computing Surface and the Symmetry.
- see daylight — the light of day: At the end of the tunnel they could see daylight.
- shared logic — the sharing of a central processing unit and associated software among several terminals
- shareholding — a holder or owner of shares, especially in a company or corporation.
- shield match — a cricket match for the Sheffield Shield
- shirt-tailed — (of a garment) having a shirt-tail
- stickhandler — a hockey or lacrosse player, esp. one who is talented at stickhandling.
- stringhalted — afflicted with stringhalt