12-letter words containing l, e, a, t
- hemiplankton — plankton that spend part of their life cycle in a vegetative state on the sea bottom, riverbed, etc. (opposed to holoplankton).
- hepaticology — the scientific study of bryophyte plants known as hepatics or liverworts
- hepatomegaly — an abnormal enlargement of the liver, usually associated with liver disease or heart failure.
- hereditarily — passing, or capable of passing, naturally from parent to offspring through the genes: Blue eyes are hereditary in our family. Compare congenital.
- heritability — capable of being inherited; inheritable; hereditary.
- hermetically — so as to be airtight: hermetically sealed.
- hernioplasty — an operation for the repair of a hernia.
- hesitatingly — In a hesitating manner.
- heteroblasty — the morphological changes that occur in plants between juvenility and adulthood
- heterocercal — having an unequally divided tail, characteristic of sharks, rays, and skates.
- heterodactyl — having the first and fourth toes directed backward, and the second and third forward, as in trogons.
- heteroplasia — the replacement of normal cells by abnormal cells, as in cancer.
- heteroplasty — the repair of lesions with tissue from another individual or species.
- heterosexual — of, relating to, or exhibiting heterosexuality.
- heterosocial — relating to or denoting mixed-sex social relationships
- heterothally — the condition of being heterothallic
- hever castle — a Tudor mansion near Edenbridge in Kent: home of Anne Boleyn before her marriage; Italian garden added in the 20th century by the Astor family
- hexadactylic — having six fingers or toes
- hexobarbital — a barbiturate with hypnotic and sedative properties
- hieratically — In a hieratic way.
- high voltage — high-power electricity
- high-voltage — operating on or powered by high voltage: a high-voltage generator.
- highly rated — generally considered to be of high quality
- hinterlander — One who lives in the hinterland.
- hit the wall — any of various permanent upright constructions having a length much greater than the thickness and presenting a continuous surface except where pierced by doors, windows, etc.: used for shelter, protection, or privacy, or to subdivide interior space, to support floors, roofs, or the like, to retain earth, to fence in an area, etc.
- hojatoleslam — a title of respect given to an ayatollah or a middle-ranking Shiite cleric, which means literally 'proof of Islam'
- holkar state — a former state of central India, ruled by the Holkar dynasty of Maratha rulers of Indore (18th century until 1947)
- homeothermal — homoiothermal.
- homolecithal — having a fairly uniform distribution of yolk, as certain eggs or ova having relatively little yolk.
- horometrical — Relating to horometry.
- horse trials — a competitive sporting event at which riders have to show their skill in dressage, show-jumping, and cross-country
- horse's tail — burro's tail.
- hospital bed — a bed having side rails that can be raised or lowered and a mattress base in three jointed sections so that the head, foot, or middle may be raised by a crank or motor, allowing a patient to lie in various positions, as a therapeutic aid or for comfort.
- hospitalised — to place in a hospital for medical care or observation: The doctor hospitalized grandfather as soon as she checked his heart.
- hospitalized — to place in a hospital for medical care or observation: The doctor hospitalized grandfather as soon as she checked his heart.
- hospitalizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hospitalize.
- humble plant — sensitive plant (def 1).
- hydroelastic — undergoing a change in elasticity as a result of the flow of water or another fluid
- hydrolysates — Plural form of hydrolysate.
- hydrosulfate — a salt formed by the direct union of sulfuric acid with an organic base, especially an alkaloid, and usually more soluble than the base.
- hydrothermal — noting or pertaining to the action of hot, aqueous solutions or gases within or on the surface of the earth.
- hydroxylated — Simple past tense and past participle of hydroxylate.
- hygrothermal — (physics) Of or pertaining to both humidity and temperature.
- hymenoplasty — (medicine) Plastic surgery affecting a woman's hymen, usually involving reconstruction to the unbroken condition ordinarily characteristic of virginity.
- hyper-lethal — of, relating to, or causing death; deadly; fatal: a lethal weapon; a lethal dose.
- hyperdactyly — the presence of extra fingers or toes.
- hyperinflate — to subject to hyperinflation: hyperinflated prices.
- hypermutable — Of or in a state in which mutation is abnormally frequent.
- hyperplastic — Of, or relating to hyperplasia.
- hyperreality — The state or condition of being hyperreal.