12-letter words containing h, y, d
- hypostatised — to treat or regard (a concept, idea, etc.) as a distinct substance or reality.
- hypostatized — Simple past tense and past participle of hypostatize.
- hypothecated — Simple past tense and past participle of hypothecate.
- hypothesised — to form a hypothesis.
- hypothesized — Simple past tense and past participle of hypothesize.
- hypotrochoid — a geometric curve or pattern formed by following a fixed point on the radial line of a small circle moving around the circumference of a larger circle
- idiorhythmic — (of an institution) allowing each member to regulate his or her own life
- in the nuddy — in the nude; naked
- karmadharaya — a compound of two words in which the first is an adjective and the second a substantive, as blackbird, gentleman, or grandson.
- kenny method — a method of treating poliomyelitis, in which hot, moist packs are applied to affected muscles to relieve spasms and pain, and a regimen of exercises is prescribed to prevent deformities and to strengthen the muscles.
- kidney punch — an illegal punch in the lower back.
- kidney vetch — an Old World plant, Anthyllis vulneraria, of the legume family, formerly used as a remedy for kidney diseases.
- lady teacher — a teacher who is a woman
- lady's-thumb — a smartweed, Polygonum persicaria, of the buckwheat family, having pink or purplish flowers and lance-shaped leaves with a spot resembling a thumbprint.
- latchkey kid — variant form of latchkey child
- lauraldehyde — lauric aldehyde.
- lay hands on — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- lead the way — manner, mode, or fashion: a new way of looking at a matter; to reply in a polite way.
- light comedy — a play or film which deals with its subject matter in an amusing and lighthearted way
- linked rhyme — a rhyme in which the end of one line together with the first sound of the next line forms a rhyme with the end of another line.
- little rhody — Rhode Island (used as a nickname).
- lymphadenoma — an enlarged lymph node.
- make headway — forward movement; progress in a forward direction: The ship's headway was slowed by the storm.
- methodically — performed, disposed, or acting in a systematic way; systematic; orderly: a methodical person.
- methysergide — an ergot alkaloid derivative, C 2 1 H 2 7 N 3 O 2 , used in the prophylaxis and treatment of migraine and cluster headaches.
- middle youth — the period of life between about 30 and 50
- model theory — the branch of logic that deals with the properties of models; the semantic study of formal systems
- monohydrates — Plural form of monohydrate.
- monohydrogen — relating to a molecule in which there is a single hydrogen ion for each combining ion
- monophyodont — an animal that has only one set of teeth
- mother's day — a day, usually the second Sunday in May, set aside in honor of mothers.
- mushy-headed — inadequately thought out: mushyheaded ideas.
- mythologized — Simple past tense and past participle of mythologize.
- name the day — to choose the day for one's wedding
- naughty word — a word that is considered to be rude
- neoorthodoxy — a movement in Protestant theology, beginning after World War I, stressing the absolute sovereignty of God and chiefly characterized by a reaction against liberal theology and a reaffirmation of certain doctrines of the Reformation.
- ninety-third — next after the ninety-second; being the ordinal number for 93.
- non-hydrated — chemically combined with water in its molecular form.
- nontyphoidal — of, relating to, or resembling typhoid.
- octahedrally — in an octahedral manner
- odontography — a treatise regarding the teeth
- orchidectomy — orchiectomy.
- otherworldly — of, relating to, or devoted to another world, as the world of imagination or the world to come.
- outlandishly — In an outlandish manner.
- pachydermous — any of the thick-skinned, nonruminant ungulates, as the elephant, hippopotamus, and rhinoceros.
- parahydrogen — the form of molecular hydrogen in which the nuclei of the two hydrogen atoms contained in the molecule have spins in opposite directions.
- peach brandy — brandy distilled from the fermented juice of peaches.
- pentahydrate — a hydrate that contains five molecules of water, as potassium molybdate, KMoO 4 ⋅5H 2 O.
- pentahydroxy — (of a molecule) containing five hydroxyl groups.
- phased array — a radar antenna consisting of an array of dipoles that are excited in or out of phase with each other to control beam direction and radiation pattern without moving the antenna. Compare dipole (def 3).