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12-letter words containing h, e, a, l

  • half leather — a type of book binding consisting of a leather binding on the spine and, sometimes, the corners, with paper or cloth sides.
  • half measure — If someone refers to policies or actions as half measures, they are critical of them because they think that they are not forceful enough and are therefore of little value.
  • half section — a part that is cut off or separated.
  • half serious — of, showing, or characterized by deep thought.
  • half-blooded — having parents of two different breeds, species, or the like.
  • half-brother — brother (def 2).
  • half-century — a period of 100 years.
  • half-covered — to be or serve as a covering for; extend over; rest on the surface of: Snow covered the fields.
  • half-dressed — an outer garment for women and girls, consisting of bodice and skirt in one piece.
  • half-drowned — to die under water or other liquid of suffocation.
  • half-english — of, relating to, or characteristic of England or its inhabitants, institutions, etc.
  • half-glasses — a pair of eyeglasses, often shaped like the lower half of regular eyeglasses, containing lenses to aid in reading and not suitable for distance vision.
  • half-hearted — having or showing little enthusiasm: a halfhearted attempt to work.
  • half-leather — half binding.
  • half-section — a part that is cut off or separated.
  • half-serious — of, showing, or characterized by deep thought.
  • half-starved — to die or perish from lack of food or nourishment.
  • halfway line — a line across a sports field, such as a football pitch, that divides the playing area into two equal areas and is equidistant between the two goals
  • halfwittedly — In a halfwitted manner.
  • hall bedroom — a small bedroom off a corridor, esp. a small bedroom formed by partitioning off the end of an upstairs corridor
  • hall of fame — a national shrine in New York City commemorating the names of outstanding Americans.
  • hall process — a process in which aluminum is refined by electrolytic reduction of alumina fused with cryolite.
  • hallucinated — Simple past tense and past participle of hallucinate.
  • hallucinates — to have hallucinations.
  • hallucinogen — a substance that produces hallucinations.
  • halobacteria — Plural form of halobacterium.
  • halogen lamp — a gas-filled, high-intensity incandescent lamp having a tungsten filament and containing a small amount of a halogen, such as iodine, that vaporizes on heating and redeposits any evaporated tungsten particles back onto the filament: used especially in motion-picture projectors and automobile headlights.
  • halogenating — Present participle of halogenate.
  • halogenation — (chemistry) The reaction of a halogen with something, especially the replacement of a hydrogen atom of an organic compound with a halogen one.
  • halotolerant — (biology) Able to tolerate a high concentration of salt in its environment.
  • halotrichite — a mineral, iron alum, isomorphous with pickeringite, occurring in the form of yellowish fibers.
  • hambletonian — one of a superior strain of American trotting horses descended from the stallion Hambletonian.
  • hammer drill — a rock drill operated by compressed air in which the boring bit is not attached to the reciprocating piston
  • hand leather — a piece of leather wrapped around the hand of a shoemaker in order to protect it from being cut while pulling thread
  • hand luggage — carry-on baggage
  • hand-deliver — to deliver in person or by messenger.
  • hand-launder — hand-wash.
  • hand-selling — a gift or token for good luck or as an expression of good wishes, as at the beginning of the new year or when entering upon a new situation or enterprise.
  • handicapable — (politically correct) disabled or handicapped.
  • hansa yellow — a pigment derived from coal tar, characterized chiefly by its brilliant yellow color.
  • happy couple — two people in a happy romantic relationship, especially two people who have just married
  • harbour seal — a common earless seal, Phoca vitulina, that is greyish-black with paler markings: found off the coasts of North America, N Europe, and NE Asia
  • hard feeling — resentment; ill will
  • hardheadedly — In a hardheaded manner.
  • hardscrabble — providing or yielding meagerly in return for much effort; demanding or unrewarding: the hardscrabble existence of mountainside farmers.
  • hare wallaby — a wallaby of the genus Lagorchestes
  • harlem river — tidal river separating Manhattan Island from the Bronx &, with Spuyten Duyvil Creek, connecting the East River with the Hudson: c. 8 mi (12.9 km)
  • harlequinade — a pantomime, farce, or similar play in which Harlequin plays the principal part.
  • harmlessness — The characteristic of being harmless; the absence of harm.
  • harmonizable — That can be harmonized.
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