12-letter words containing h, o, d, i
- hemodialysis — dialysis of the blood, especially with an artificial kidney, for the removal of waste products.
- hemodialyzer — artificial kidney.
- hemodilution — a decreased concentration of cells and solids in blood, usually caused by an influx of fluid.
- hemodynamics — the branch of physiology dealing with the forces involved in the circulation of the blood.
- hemophilioid — (of a disease) resembling hemophilia, but having a different genetic or acquired cause.
- hemorrhoidal — Usually, hemorrhoids. Pathology. an abnormally enlarged vein mainly due to a persistent increase in venous pressure, occurring inside the anal sphincter of the rectum and beneath the mucous membrane (internal hemorrhoid) or outside the anal sphincter and beneath the surface of the anal skin (external hemorrhoid)
- heroic drama — Restoration tragedy, especially that popular in England c1660–1700, using highly rhetorical language and written in heroic couplets.
- herringboned — Simple past tense and past participle of herringbone.
- heterodoxies — Plural form of heterodoxy.
- heterodyning — Present participle of heterodyne.
- heteroploidy — (genetics) The state of being heteroploid.
- hexachloride — a chloride containing six atoms of chlorine.
- hexadecanoic — Of or pertaining to hexadecanoic acid or its derivatives.
- hexafluoride — a fluoride containing six atoms of fluorine.
- hide or hair — the pelt or skin of one of the larger animals (cow, horse, buffalo, etc.), raw or dressed.
- hidrocystoma — An adenoma of the sweat glands.
- hidropoiesis — the production of sweat.
- high and low — having a great or considerable extent or reach upward or vertically; lofty; tall: a high wall.
- high command — the leadership or highest authority of a military command or other organization.
- high-colored — deep in color; vivid.
- high-powered — extremely energetic, dynamic, and capable: high-powered executives.
- highway code — In Britain, the Highway Code is an official book published by the Department of Transport, which contains the rules which tell people how to use public roads safely.
- hindforemost — with the back part in the front place
- hippodroming — (baseball) present participle of hippodrome; Staging games to suit gamblers, especially baseball.
- his-lordship — (often initial capital letter) a term of respect used when speaking of or to certain noblemen (usually preceded by his or your).
- historicized — Simple past tense and past participle of historicize.
- hit the road — a long, narrow stretch with a smoothed or paved surface, made for traveling by motor vehicle, carriage, etc., between two or more points; street or highway.
- hold against — resent sb for sth
- holding tank — a tank for the temporary storage of a substance.
- holiday camp — In Britain, a holiday camp is a place which provides holiday accommodation and entertainment for large numbers of people.
- holiday home — a home that people own in order to holiday in and that is in a different location to the home they usually live in
- holidaymaker — vacationer.
- hollingshead — Holinshed.
- hollywoodian — a person who works for the motion-picture industry located in Hollywood, Calif.
- hollywoodish — of, relating to, or resembling Hollywood, Hollywoodians, or the products of Hollywood and the motion-picture industry.
- hologonidium — soredium.
- homebuilders — Plural form of homebuilder.
- homebuilding — the designing or constructing of houses.
- homesteading — a dwelling with its land and buildings, occupied by the owner as a home and exempted by a homestead law from seizure or sale for debt.
- hood molding — a molding or dripstone over a door or window.
- hope diamond — a sapphire-blue Indian diamond, the largest blue diamond in the world, weighing 44.5 carats and supposedly cut from a bigger diamond that was once part of the French crown jewels: now in the Smithsonian Institution.
- horatian ode — an ode consisting of several stanzas all of the same form.
- horned viper — a highly venomous viper, Cerastes cerastes, of northern Africa and extreme southwestern Asia, having a process resembling a horn just above each eye.
- horned whiff — any of several flatfishes having both eyes on the left side of the head, of the genus Citharichthys, as C. cornutus (horned whiff) inhabiting Atlantic waters from New England to Brazil.
- horse riding — activity: riding on a horse
- horsewhipped — Simple past tense and past participle of horsewhip.
- hospital bed — a bed having side rails that can be raised or lowered and a mattress base in three jointed sections so that the head, foot, or middle may be raised by a crank or motor, allowing a patient to lie in various positions, as a therapeutic aid or for comfort.
- hospitalised — to place in a hospital for medical care or observation: The doctor hospitalized grandfather as soon as she checked his heart.
- hospitalized — to place in a hospital for medical care or observation: The doctor hospitalized grandfather as soon as she checked his heart.
- house spider — any largish dark spider of the genus Tegenaria that is common in houses, such as the cardinal spider