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12-letter words containing h, e, l, m, i

  • shield match — a cricket match for the Sheffield Shield
  • simian shelf — a shelflike thickening along the inside of the mandible, characteristic of the anthropoid apes.
  • single rhyme — a rhyme of monosyllables, as in heart, part.
  • slot machine — a gambling machine operated by inserting coins into a slot and pulling a handle that activates a set of spinning symbols on wheels, the final alignment of which determines the payoff that is released into a receptacle at the bottom.
  • smotheringly — in a smothering manner
  • stretch limo — A stretch limo is a very long and luxurious car in which a rich, famous, or important person is driven somewhere.
  • stretch mill — a mill for rolling and stretching seamless tubes, the rolls of each successive stand operating more quickly than those of the preceding.
  • sulphonamide — any of a class of organic compounds that are amides of sulphonic acids containing the group –SO2NH2 or a group derived from this. An important class of sulphonamides are the sulfa drugs
  • swedish mile — a unit of length used in Sweden, equal to 10 kilometres
  • telharmonium — a musical keyboard instrument operating by alternating currents of electricity which, on impulse from the keyboard, produce music at a distant point via telephone lines.
  • thalassaemia — a hereditary disease, common in many parts of the world, resulting from defects in the synthesis of the red blood pigment haemoglobin
  • thalassaemic — a person who has the blood disorder thalassaemia
  • the almighty — God
  • the mainland — a particular landmass as viewed from a nearby island with which it has close links, such as Great Britain as viewed from Northern Ireland or continental Australia as viewed from Tasmania
  • the midlands — the central counties of England, including Warwickshire, Northamptonshire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Staffordshire, the former West Midlands metropolitan county, and Worcestershire: characterized by manufacturing industries
  • the military — the armed services (esp the army)
  • the olympics — the Olympic Games
  • the psalmist — King David, to whom all or certain of the Psalms are variously attributed
  • the solimões — the Brazilian name for the Amazon from the Peruvian border to the Rio Negro
  • thematically — of or relating to a theme.
  • themistocles — 527?–460? b.c, Athenian statesman.
  • thermal unit — a unit of heat energy or of the equivalent of heat energy in work.
  • thermalgesia — pain caused by heat.
  • thermohaline — relating to both the temperature and salinity of ocean water
  • thermolabile — subject to destruction or loss of characteristic properties by the action of moderate heat, as certain toxins and enzymes (opposed to thermostable).
  • thermophilic — growing best in a warm environment.
  • thimbleberry — any of several American raspberries bearing a thimble-shaped fruit, especially the black raspberry, Rubus occidentalis.
  • trimethylene — cyclopropane.
  • triple rhyme — a rhyme either of two syllables of which the second is unstressed (double rhyme) as in motion, notion, or of three syllables of which the second and third are unstressed (triple rhyme) as in fortunate, importunate.
  • trochelminth — any invertebrate of the phylum Trochelminthes (now usually broken up into several phyla), comprising the rotifers, gastrotrichs, and several other forms.
  • ultima thule — (italics) Latin. the highest degree attainable.
  • unmechanical — not having any skill or knowledge in relation to machines or machinery
  • unmethodical — characterized by lack of method or disorderliness
  • villahermosa — a state in SE Mexico, on the Gulf of Campeche. 9783 sq. mi. (25,338 sq. km). Capital: Villahermosa.
  • weight limit — a limit on permitted weight
  • whigmaleerie — a whim; notion.
  • whimperingly — In a whimpering way.
  • white marlin — a small marlin, Tetrapterus albidus, inhabiting the western Atlantic Ocean, pale blue above and silvery below.
  • white salmon — the yellowtail, Seriola lalandei.
  • wilhelmina i — (Wilhelmina Helena Pauline Maria of Orange-Nassau) 1880–1962, queen of the Netherlands 1890–1948 (mother of Juliana).
  • william howe — E(dgar) W(atson) 1853–1937, U.S. novelist and editor.
  • withholdment — the act of withholding
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