12-letter words containing l, u, d, h
- dutch settle — a settle having a back so hinged that it can be lowered onto the arms to form a table.
- dzhugashvili — Iosif Vissarionovich [Russian yaw-syif-vyi-suh-ryi-aw-nuh-vyich] /Russian ˈyɔ syɪf vyɪ sə ryɪˈɔ nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), Stalin, Joseph.
- edwin hubble — Edwin Powell, 1889–1953, U.S. astronomer: pioneer in extragalactic research.
- endophyllous — enclosed in a leaf or sheath
- ethical drug — a drug which is only available legally with a doctor's prescription or consent
- flush-decked — having a weather deck flush with the hull.
- foul-mouthed — using obscene, profane, or scurrilous language; given to filthy or abusive speech.
- fourth world — the world's most poverty-stricken nations, especially in Africa and Asia, marked by very low GNP per capita and great dependence upon foreign economic aid.
- full-mouthed — (of cattle, sheep, etc.) having a complete set of teeth.
- glutethimide — a white, crystalline, water-insoluble powder, C 13 H 15 NO 2 , used as a hypnotic and sedative.
- golden bough — a branch of mistletoe, sacred to Proserpina, that served Aeneas as a pass to the underworld.
- ground cloth — groundsheet.
- ground sloth — any of various extinct large, edentate mammals from the Pleistocene Epoch of North and South America resembling modern sloths but living on the ground rather than in trees.
- hallucinated — Simple past tense and past participle of hallucinate.
- hand luggage — carry-on baggage
- hand-launder — hand-wash.
- hardy annual — a plant that can withstand freezing temperatures and which completes its life cycle within a year
- harlequinade — a pantomime, farce, or similar play in which Harlequin plays the principal part.
- head lettuce — any variety of the lettuce subspecies Lactuca sativa capitata, having leaves that grow in a dense rosette, especially iceberg lettuce and Boston lettuce.
- hemodilution — a decreased concentration of cells and solids in blood, usually caused by an influx of fluid.
- heteroduplex — having polynucleotide strands derived from two different sources
- hexafluoride — a fluoride containing six atoms of fluorine.
- high hurdles — a race in which runners leap over hurdles 42 inches (107 cm) high.
- hold out for — to wait patiently or uncompromisingly for (the fulfilment of one's demands)
- hologonidium — soredium.
- homebuilders — Plural form of homebuilder.
- homebuilding — the designing or constructing of houses.
- horrendously — shockingly dreadful; horrible: a horrendous crime.
- housebuilder — One who builds houses, particularly one who does so professionally.
- householders — Plural form of householder.
- huddersfield — a town in West Yorkshire, in N central England.
- human shield — a person or group of people located or intentionally placed in a potential line of fire or in an area likely to be attacked.
- humboldt bay — an inlet of the Pacific Ocean in NW California.
- hydraulicked — (of an extracted mineral) excavated using water
- hydroculture — A type of hydroponics in which plants are grown in a medium that allows the distribution of water and nutrients through capillary action.
- hydrofluoric — of or derived from hydrofluoric acid.
- hydrophilous — pollinated by the agency of water.
- 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.
- hydrosulfide — a compound containing the univalent group –HS.
- hydrosulfite — hyposulfite (def 1).
- juan hidalgo — Juan [hwahn] /ʰwɑn/ (Show IPA), c1600–85, Spanish composer and harpist.
- knuckleheads — Plural form of knucklehead.
- 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.
- lauraldehyde — lauric aldehyde.
- leatherbound — Bound in leather.
- loud-mouthed — If you describe someone as loud-mouthed, you are critical of them because they talk a lot, especially in an unpleasant, offensive, or stupid way.
- ludwigshafen — a city in SW Germany, on the Rhine opposite Mannheim.
- malnourished — poorly or improperly nourished; suffering from malnutrition: thin, malnourished victims of the famine.
- middle dutch — the Dutch language of the period c1100–c1500. Abbreviation: MD.
- middle youth — the period of life between about 30 and 50