12-letter words containing h, e, a, d, l
- hydrosulfate — a salt formed by the direct union of sulfuric acid with an organic base, especially an alkaloid, and usually more soluble than the base.
- hydrothermal — noting or pertaining to the action of hot, aqueous solutions or gases within or on the surface of the earth.
- hydroxylated — Simple past tense and past participle of hydroxylate.
- 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
- 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
- klamath weed — the St.-John's-wort, Hypericum perforatum.
- knuckleheads — Plural form of knucklehead.
- lady teacher — a teacher who is a woman
- large-handed — generous; profuse
- largehearted — having or showing generosity; charitable; understanding.
- 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
- lauraldehyde — lauric aldehyde.
- lead a chase — to go before or with to show the way; conduct or escort: to lead a group on a cross-country hike.
- lead the way — manner, mode, or fashion: a new way of looking at a matter; to reply in a polite way.
- leather-hard — (of ceramic clay) moist but not sufficiently so to be plastic.
- leatherbound — Bound in leather.
- leatherwoods — Plural form of leatherwood.
- leave behind — fail to bring
- leopard moth — a moth, Zeuzera pyrina, having white wings spotted with black and larvae that bore into the wood of various trees and shrubs.
- level-headed — having common sense and sound judgment; sensible.
- 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.
- loggerheaded — Dull; stupid.
- long-handles — long underwear.
- love handles — fat midriff
- ludwigshafen — a city in SW Germany, on the Rhine opposite Mannheim.
- lymphadenoma — an enlarged lymph node.
- 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.
- medal-holder — a person who has won a medal
- 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).
- monadelphous — (of stamens) united into one bundle or set by their filaments.
- monodelphian — any placental mammal that is a member of the group Monodelphia
- muddleheaded — confused in one's thinking; blundering: a muddleheaded assertion.
- multiwarhead — (of a missile) capable of carrying several independent warheads
- neanderthals — Plural form of neanderthal.
- needle match — a bitterly fought contest between two competitors or teams who bear each other a grudge