12-letter words containing l, a, n, t, h
- inhospitably — not inclined to, or characterized by, hospitality, as persons or actions; unfriendly.
- interchannel — occurring or existing between two or more channels
- inthrallment — Obsolete spelling of enthrallment.
- inward light — Inner Light.
- italian hand — a medieval script, used in early printing and later considered a standard of fine handwriting.
- itching palm — a grasping nature; avarice
- keratohyalin — (biology) A protein structure found in granules in the stratum granulosum of the epidermis, which may be involved in keratinization, and in Hassall corpuscles in the thymus.
- kitchen salt — coarse salt that is used in cooking but not at the table
- labyrinthian — of, relating to, or resembling a labyrinth.
- labyrinthine — of, relating to, or resembling a labyrinth.
- lachrymation — the secretion of tears, especially in abnormal abundance.
- languishment — the act or state of languishing.
- lantern fish — any of several small, deep-sea fishes of the family Myctophidae, having rows of luminous organs along each side, certain species of which migrate to the surface at night.
- last honours — observances of respect at a funeral
- latch needle — a part of a knitting machine consisting of a thin shaft with a hook on one end and a pivoting latch that closes over the hook so that yarn can be drawn through the developing knitting to make a stitch.
- latchstrings — Plural form of latchstring.
- latin church — the Roman Catholic Church.
- latin school — a secondary school emphasizing instruction in Latin and Greek.
- launch party — a party that celebrates the launch of a new magazine, product, etc
- law merchant — the principles and rules, drawn chiefly from custom, determining the rights and obligations of commercial transactions; commercial law.
- leatherbound — Bound in leather.
- leathernecks — Plural form of leatherneck.
- lecithinases — Plural form of lecithinase.
- lethargizing — Present participle of lethargize.
- light cannon — a particularly powerful torch, spotlight, or searchlight
- light-handed — short-handed.
- lion-hearted — exceptionally courageous or brave.
- living death — a completely miserable, joyless existence, experience, situation, etc.; ordeal: He found the steaming jungle a living death.
- loathfulness — (rare) The condition of being loathful; reluctance.
- lycanthropes — Plural form of lycanthrope.
- lycanthropic — a delusion in which one imagines oneself to be a wolf or other wild animal.
- lymphangitis — inflammation of the lymphatic vessels.
- machine bolt — a threaded fastener, used with a nut for connecting metal parts, having a thread diameter of about 1/4 inch (6.4 mm) or more and a square or hexagonal head for tightening by a wrench.
- machine tool — a power-operated machine, as a lathe, used for general cutting and shaping of metal and other substances.
- manslaughter — Law. the unlawful killing of a human being without malice aforethought.
- marshalltown — a city in central Iowa.
- merchantable — marketable: merchantable war-surplus goods.
- mergenthaler — Ottmar [ot-mahr;; German awt-mahr] /ˈɒt mɑr;; German ˈɔt mɑr/ (Show IPA), 1854–99, U.S. inventor of the Linotype, born in Germany.
- metallophone — any musical instrument consisting of a graduated series of metal bars that may either be struck by hammers operated manually or played with a keyboard.
- methaqualone — a nonbarbiturate sedative-hypnotic substance, C 1 6 H 1 4 N 2 O, used to induce sleep: also widely used as an illicit drug.
- monothalamic — having a sole cavity or compartment
- motor launch — a small naval vessel that chases submarines, etc
- multichannel — Employing or possessing many television or communications channels.
- multipathing — (computing) A network facility providing fault tolerance and load-spreading for network interface cards, each interface being assigned a static
- muralitharan — Muttiah (məˈtaɪə). born 1972, Sri Lankan cricketer: a spin bowler, he played in 133 test matches and took a world-record 800 wickets
- nasotracheal — (anatomy) Of or relating to the nose and trachea.
- neanderthals — Plural form of neanderthal.
- needle match — a bitterly fought contest between two competitors or teams who bear each other a grudge
- neo-catholic — of or relating to those Anglicans who avowedly prefer the doctrines, rituals, etc., of the Roman Catholic Church to those of the Anglican communion.
- netherlander — the, (used with a singular or plural verb) a kingdom in W Europe, bordering on the North Sea, Germany, and Belgium. 13,433 sq. mi. (34,790 sq. km). Capitals: Amsterdam and The Hague.