12-letter words containing h, i, e, r
- kirschwasser — a fragrant, colorless, unaged brandy distilled from a fermented mash of cherries, produced especially in Germany, Switzerland, and Alsace, France.
- kitchenwares — Plural form of kitchenware.
- labyrinthine — of, relating to, or resembling a labyrinth.
- lake herring — a cisco or whitefish, especially Coregonus artedii, of the Great Lakes.
- lamplighters — Plural form of lamplighter.
- lantern fish — any of several small, deep-sea fishes of the family Myctophidae, having rows of luminous organs along each side, certain species of which migrate to the surface at night.
- laureateship — a person who has been honored for achieving distinction in a particular field or with a particular award: a Nobel laureate.
- lectureships — Plural form of lectureship.
- leiotrichous — Having smooth hair.
- leisure home — a house for use on weekends, vacations, or the like.
- lethargizing — Present participle of lethargize.
- lexicography — the writing, editing, or compiling of dictionaries.
- liberty hall — a place or condition of complete liberty
- liberty ship — a slow cargo ship built in large numbers for the U.S. merchant marine during World War II and having a capacity of about 11,000 deadweight tons.
- liddell hart — (Sir) Basil Henry, 1895–1970, English military historian and strategist.
- life history — the series of living phenomena exhibited by an organism in the course of its development from inception to death.
- light bomber — a small airplane designed to carry light bomb loads relatively short distances, especially one having a gross loaded weight of less than 100,000 pounds (45,000 kg).
- light breeze — a wind of 4–7 miles per hour (2–3 m/sec). Compare breeze1 (def 2).
- light bridge — a structure spanning and providing passage over a river, chasm, road, or the like.
- light-haired — having light-coloured hair
- lighter fuel — the fuel used in a cigarette or cigar lighter
- lighthearted — carefree; cheerful; merry: a lighthearted laugh.
- like a charm — perfectly; successfully
- lincolnshire — a county in E England. 2272 sq. mi. (5885 sq. km).
- linear graph — graph (def 2b).
- linear-graph — a diagram representing a system of connections or interrelations among two or more things by a number of distinctive dots, lines, bars, etc.
- linked rhyme — a rhyme in which the end of one line together with the first sound of the next line forms a rhyme with the end of another line.
- lion's share — the largest part or share, especially a disproportionate portion: The eldest son received the lion's share of the estate.
- lion-hearted — exceptionally courageous or brave.
- liothyronine — A form of thyroid hormone used to treat hypothyroidism and myxedema coma.
- lisle thread — a fine, high-twisted and hard-twisted cotton thread, at least two-ply, used for hosiery, gloves, etc.
- listenership — the people or number of people who listen to a radio station, record, type of music, etc.: The station has a listenership of 200,000.
- lithia water — a mineral water, natural or artificial, containing lithium salts.
- lithographed — Simple past tense and past participle of lithograph.
- lithographer — a person who works at lithography.
- lithospermum — any annual or perennial herbs and small shrubs of the genus lithospermum, of the borage family, native to Europe, N America, and northern Asia, and having white, blue, or yellow flowers
- lithospheric — Of or pertaining to the lithosphere.
- lithotripter — a device used for fragmenting kidney stones with ultrasound waves.
- lithotritise — to perform a lithotrity
- lithotritize — to perform a lithotrity on
- little horse — the constellation Equuleus.
- little hours — the canonical hours of prime, terce, sext, and nones in the divine office
- little rhody — Rhode Island (used as a nickname).
- live through — experience or endure
- live yoghurt — yoghurt that contains live bacteria
- liverishness — Quality of being liverish.
- loir-et-cher — a department in central France. 2479 sq. mi. (6420 sq. km). Capital: Blois.
- lounge chair — a chair designed for lounging, as an easy chair, chaise longue, or recliner.
- luteotrophic — affecting the corpus luteum.
- machine word — word (def 10).