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12-letter words containing l, e, d, r, h

  • stranglehold — Wrestling. an illegal hold by which an opponent's breath is choked off.
  • street child — Street children are homeless children who live outdoors in a city and live by begging or stealing.
  • stringhalted — afflicted with stringhalt
  • 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.
  • 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 old dart — England
  • the red flag — a socialist song, written by James Connell (1852–1929), Irish political activist, in 1889
  • 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
  • third eyelid — nictitating membrane.
  • three-legged — having three legs: a three-legged stool.
  • three-valued — of or relating to propositions having a value other than truth or falsity.
  • throttlehold — a stifling grip; stranglehold: The new regime kept a throttlehold on academic freedom.
  • thundercloud — cumulonimbus.
  • thunderflash — a pyrotechnic device which is noisy, but not dangerous, and which is used in military exercises
  • title-holder — The title-holder is the person who most recently won a sports competition that is held regularly.
  • trade school — a high school giving instruction chiefly in the skilled trades.
  • triadelphous — (of stamens) united by the filaments into three sets or bundles.
  • uncharnelled — removed from a charnel; exhumed
  • unchronicled — not chronicled or recorded
  • underclothes — clothes worn under outer clothes.
  • underwhelmed — to fail to interest or astonish: After all the ballyhoo, most critics were underwhelmed by the movie.
  • unenthralled — not enthralled or charmed; uncaptivated
  • unhydrolysed — not having undergone hydrolysis
  • unmarshalled — a military officer of the highest rank, as in the French and some other armies. Compare field marshal.
  • unsepulchred — not sepulchred
  • walker hound — an American foxhound having a black, tan, and white, or, sometimes, a tan and white coat.
  • water shield — Also called water target. an aquatic plant, Brasenia schreberi, of the water lily family, having purple flowers, floating, elliptic leaves, and a jellylike coating on the underwater stems and roots.
  • well-humored — a comic, absurd, or incongruous quality causing amusement: the humor of a situation.
  • wethersfield — a town in central Connecticut.
  • wholehearted — fully or completely sincere, enthusiastic, energetic, etc.; hearty; earnest: a wholehearted attempt to comply.
  • withdrawable — to draw back, away, or aside; take back; remove: She withdrew her hand from his. He withdrew his savings from the bank.
  • wonder child — an unusually intelligent or talented child; prodigy; wunderkind.
  • world-shaker — something of sufficient importance to affect the entire world: The book is no world-shaker, but it's pleasant reading.
  • would rather — in a measure; to a certain extent; somewhat: rather good.
  • youth leader — a person who has responsibility for the young people at a youth club etc
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