12-letter words containing h, o, m, e, a, l
- rheumatology — the study and treatment of rheumatic diseases.
- rhombohedral — a solid bounded by six rhombic planes.
- schoolmaster — a man who presides over or teaches in a school.
- 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.
- smallclothes — men's close-fitting knee breeches of the 18th and 19th centuries
- stately home — a country mansion, usually of architectural interest and often open to the public.
- steam shovel — a machine for digging or excavating, operated by its own engine and boiler.
- steam-shovel — a machine for digging or excavating, operated by its own engine and boiler.
- stenothermal — (of animals or plants) able to exist only within a narrow range of temperature
- storm-lashed — badly affected by storms
- 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
- 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.
- the old adam — the evil supposedly inherent in human nature
- 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).
- thermostable — capable of being subjected to a moderate degree of heat without loss of characteristic properties, as certain toxins and enzymes (opposed to thermolabile).
- unfathomable — not able to be fathomed, or completely understood; incomprehensible: heroism in the face of unfathomable conflict.
- unhandsomely — unattractively
- 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.
- white salmon — the yellowtail, Seriola lalandei.
- william howe — E(dgar) W(atson) 1853–1937, U.S. novelist and editor.
- yellowhammer — a common European bunting, Emberiza citrinella, the male of which is marked with bright yellow.