12-letter words containing h, o, n, e, d
- no harm done — If you say that there is no harm done, you are telling someone not to worry about something that has happened because it has not caused any serious injury or damage.
- noahide laws — the seven laws given to Noah after the Flood, which decree the establishment of a fair system of justice in society, and prohibit idolatry, blasphemy, murder, adultery and incest, robbery, and the eating of flesh taken from a living animal
- non-hydrated — chemically combined with water in its molecular form.
- non-shedding — to pour forth (water or other liquid), as a fountain.
- nonadherence — the quality of adhering; steady devotion, support, allegiance, or attachment: adherence to a party; rigid adherence to rules.
- nonscheduled — not scheduled; not entered on or having a schedule; unscheduled: nonscheduled activities.
- norephedrine — The drug phenylpropanolamine.
- note of hand — promissory note.
- now and then — occasionally
- off the wind — away from the direction from which the wind is blowing
- old chestnut — old saying, cliché
- oldfashioned — Rare spelling of old-fashioned.
- on the cadge — engaged in cadging
- on the cards — likely
- on the skids — a plank, bar, log, or the like, especially one of a pair, on which something heavy may be slid or rolled along.
- onion-shaped — bulb-shaped; shaped like an onion
- open-hearted — unreserved, candid, or frank: open-hearted advice.
- open-mouthed — having the mouth open.
- ormond beach — a town in NE Florida.
- orthodonture — orthodontia (def 2).
- overfinished — having an excessively polished finish
- parahydrogen — the form of molecular hydrogen in which the nuclei of the two hydrogen atoms contained in the molecule have spins in opposite directions.
- parasphenoid — a bone next to the sphenoid bone in the skull of some animals
- pentahydroxy — (of a molecule) containing five hydroxyl groups.
- philodendron — a tropical American climbing plant belonging to the genus Philodendron, of the arum family, usually having smooth, shiny, evergreen leaves, often used as an ornamental houseplant.
- photoinduced — induced by light.
- 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.
- pointed arch — an arch having a pointed apex.
- potting shed — A potting shed is a small building in a garden, in which you can keep things such as seeds or garden tools.
- pyritohedron — a crystal form of 12 pentagonal faces.
- ratchet down — If something ratchets down or is ratcheted down, it decreases by a fixed amount or degree, and seems unlikely to increase again.
- rhode island — US state
- rhododendron — any evergreen or deciduous shrub or tree belonging to the genus Rhododendron, of the heath family, having rounded clusters of showy, pink, purple, or white flowers and oval or oblong leaves.
- rhodomontade — rodomontade
- rhombohedron — a solid bounded by six rhombic planes.
- ride herd on — a number of animals kept, feeding, or traveling together; drove; flock: a herd of cattle; a herd of sheep; a herd of zebras.
- ride shotgun — a smoothbore gun for firing small shots to kill birds and small quadrupeds, though often used with buckshot to kill larger animals.
- second birth — spiritual rebirth.
- second reich — the German Empire 1871–1919.
- second sheet — a sheet of blank stationery, used in a letter as the second and following pages to a sheet having a letterhead.
- second sight — the faculty of seeing future events; clairvoyance.
- second teeth — the teeth which replace the milk teeth
- second-homer — a person who owns another house in addition to their main home, often in an area where they are not native and used as a holiday home
- section hand — a person who works on a section gang.
- self-honored — honesty, fairness, or integrity in one's beliefs and actions: a man of honor.
- shadow dance — a dance in which shadows of the dancers are cast on a screen.
- shareholding — a holder or owner of shares, especially in a company or corporation.
- shore dinner — a meal consisting chiefly of seafood.
- short-handed — not having the usual or necessary number of workers, helpers, etc.