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12-letter words containing h, i, d, e, y

  • phytonadione — vitamin K1.
  • pidyon haben — the rite of relieving the first male child born to parents not descended from Aaron or Levi of certain religious obligations by redeeming him from a member of the priestly class, celebrated 30 days after the child's birth.
  • policyholder — the individual or firm in whose name an insurance policy is written; an insured.
  • polyhedrosis — an often fatal disease of certain insect larvae or decapod crustaceans, caused by viruses containing DNA.
  • polysulphide — any sulphide of a metal containing divalent anions in which there are chains of sulphur atoms, as in the polysulphides of sodium, Na2S2, Na2S3, Na2S4, etc
  • 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.
  • pteridophyte — any plant of the division Pteridophyta, characterized by vascular tissue and differentiation into root, stem, and leaves, comprising the ferns, horsetails, and club mosses.
  • pyritohedral — of or relating to a pyritohedron
  • pyritohedron — a crystal form of 12 pentagonal faces.
  • radiotherapy — treatment of disease by means of x-rays or of radioactive substances.
  • rhytidectomy — face-lift.
  • ride a hobby — to be excessively devoted to one's favorite pastime or subject
  • schindylesis — an articulation or fibrous joint in which one bone is received into the cleft or slit of another bone
  • schindyletic — relating to the joint in which one bone is received into the cleft or slit of another bone
  • see daylight — the light of day: At the end of the tunnel they could see daylight.
  • siderography — the art or technique of engraving on steel.
  • synadelphite — an arsenate containing manganese and aluminium
  • synecdochism — the use of synecdoche
  • the divinity — God
  • thioaldehyde — any of a class of compounds formed by the action of hydrogen sulfide on aldehydes, and regarded as aldehydes with the oxygen replaced by sulfur.
  • third eyelid — nictitating membrane.
  • twenty-third — next after the twenty-second; being the ordinal number for 23.
  • winter-hardy — able to survive the effects of cold weather.
  • wordsmithery — the craft or skill of a wordsmith
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