12-letter words containing h, o, t, d, r
- pointed arch — an arch having a pointed apex.
- porthole die — a die having several openings for the extrusion of separate parts of an object later formed by the welding or fusing together of these parts.
- poster child — a child appearing on a poster for a charitable organization.
- powder chest — a small wooden box containing a charge of powder, old nails, scrap iron, etc., formerly secured over the side of a ship and exploded on the attempt of an enemy to board.
- procathedral — a church used temporarily as a cathedral.
- proudhearted — full of pride.
- pteridophyte — any plant of the division Pteridophyta, characterized by vascular tissue and differentiation into root, stem, and leaves, comprising the ferns, horsetails, and club mosses.
- pyritohedral — of or relating to a pyritohedron
- pyritohedron — a crystal form of 12 pentagonal faces.
- radiophonist — a person who produces radiophonic music
- radiotherapy — treatment of disease by means of x-rays or of radioactive substances.
- radiothorium — a disintegration product of thorium.
- ratchet down — If something ratchets down or is ratcheted down, it decreases by a fixed amount or degree, and seems unlikely to increase again.
- read-through — reading (def 1).
- red goatfish — a goatfish, Mullus auratus.
- rhodomontade — rodomontade
- rhytidectomy — face-lift.
- ride shotgun — a smoothbore gun for firing small shots to kill birds and small quadrupeds, though often used with buckshot to kill larger animals.
- right-to-die — asserting or advocating the right to refuse extraordinary medical measures to prolong one's life when one is terminally ill or irreversibly comatose: right-to-die laws.
- say the word — If someone says the word, they give their approval as a sign that something should start to happen.
- scratchboard — a cardboard coated with impermeable white clay and covered by a layer of ink that is scratched or scraped in patterns revealing the white surface below.
- second birth — spiritual rebirth.
- shop steward — commerce: union rep
- short radius — the perpendicular distance from the centre of a regular polygon to a side
- short-haired — having short hair
- short-handed — not having the usual or necessary number of workers, helpers, etc.
- short-winded — short of breath; liable to difficulty in breathing.
- shortchanged — to give less than the correct change to.
- shortsighted — unable to see far; nearsighted; myopic.
- soft-hearted — very sympathetic or responsive; generous in spirit: a soft-hearted judge.
- southernwood — a woody-stemmed wormwood, Artemisia abrotanum, of southern Europe, having aromatic, finely dissected leaves.
- spinsterhood — Disparaging and Offensive. a woman still unmarried beyond the usual age of marrying.
- st. gotthard — a mountain range in S Switzerland; a part of the Alps; highest peak, 10,490 feet (3195 meters).
- stakeholders — the holder of the stakes of a wager.
- stockholders — Also called stockowner. a holder or owner of stock in a corporation.
- stonyhearted — unfeeling; pitiless; cruel
- storm-lashed — badly affected by storms
- stouthearted — brave and resolute; dauntless.
- stranglehold — Wrestling. an illegal hold by which an opponent's breath is choked off.
- stringholder — an oblong piece of wood at the lower end of the body of a viol or other stringed instrument to which the strings are attached.
- subthreshold — (of a stimulus) too weak to produce a response.
- synarthrodia — synarthrosis.
- talmud torah — (in Europe) a community-supported Jewish elementary school for teaching children Hebrew, Bible, and the fundamentals of Judaism.
- tetrahydroxy — (of a molecule) containing four hydroxyl groups.
- the cold war — the period (1945-91) of cold war between the Soviet Union and its Communist allies and the U.S. and its non-Communist allies
- the in-crowd — fashionable people; top people
- the old dart — England
- the ordnance — a department of an army or government dealing with military supplies
- the year dot — The year dot is used to mean a very long time ago.
- theory-laden — (of an expression) capable of being understood only within the context of a specific theory, as for example superego, which requires the apparatus of Freudian theory in explanation