12-letter words containing h, o, l, i
- holistically — incorporating the concept of holism, or the idea that the whole is more than merely the sum of its parts, in theory or practice: holistic psychology.
- 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.
- holmes light — a canister, attached to a life buoy or float, containing calcium carbonate and calcium phosphide, which ignite spontaneously on contact with the water, emitting conspicuous fire and smoke.
- hologonidium — soredium.
- holophrastic — using or consisting of a single word that functions as a phrase or sentence.
- holopneustic — having all the spiracles open, as the tracheal systems of most insects.
- holothurians — Plural form of holothurian.
- holy picture — a picture of a person or thing that is of religious importance
- holy thistle — lady's-thistle.
- holy trinity — Trinity (def 1).
- homebuilders — Plural form of homebuilder.
- homebuilding — the designing or constructing of houses.
- homo habilis — an extinct species of upright East African hominid having some advanced humanlike characteristics, dated as being from about 1.5 million to more than 2 million years old and proposed as an early form of Homo leading to modern humans.
- homoflexible — Primarily homosexual, but willing to take part in a limited amount of heterosexual activity.
- homolecithal — having a fairly uniform distribution of yolk, as certain eggs or ova having relatively little yolk.
- homologation — to approve; confirm or ratify.
- homologizing — Present participle of homologize.
- honorability — (American spelling) Alternative form of honourability.
- honours list — annual list of persons given royal awards
- hood molding — a molding or dripstone over a door or window.
- hoovervilles — a collection of huts and shacks, as at the edge of a city, housing the unemployed during the 1930s.
- hopkinsville — a city in S Kentucky.
- horizon club — a division of Camp Fire, Inc., for members of high-school age.
- horizontally — at right angles to the vertical; parallel to level ground.
- horometrical — Relating to horometry.
- horribleness — causing or tending to cause horror; shockingly dreadful: a horrible sight.
- horrifically — causing horror.
- horrifyingly — In a horrifying manner.
- horse pistol — a large pistol formerly carried by horsemen.
- horse trials — a competitive sporting event at which riders have to show their skill in dressage, show-jumping, and cross-country
- horse's tail — burro's tail.
- horticulture — the cultivation of a garden, orchard, or nursery; the cultivation of flowers, fruits, vegetables, or ornamental plants.
- 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.
- hospitalists — Plural form of hospitalist.
- hospitalized — to place in a hospital for medical care or observation: The doctor hospitalized grandfather as soon as she checked his heart.
- hospitalizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hospitalize.
- hostile fire — an unintentional fire, from which any resulting loss can be claimed as an insurance liability (opposed to friendly fire).
- house lights — lights of a residential building
- housebuilder — One who builds houses, particularly one who does so professionally.
- housing list — a list of people waiting to obtain council houses
- howlin' wolf — (Chester Arthur Burnett) 1910–76, U.S. blues singer.
- humiliations — Plural form of humiliation.
- hydrobiology — the study of aquatic organisms.
- hydrochloric — of or derived from hydrochloric acid.
- hydrocolloid — a substance that forms a colloid when combined with water.
- hydrocooling — the process or technique of arresting the ripening of fruits and vegetables after harvesting by immersion in ice water.
- hydroelastic — undergoing a change in elasticity as a result of the flow of water or another fluid