12-letter words containing l, y, e, h
- farsightedly — In a farsighted manner.
- fathomlessly — In a fathomless manner.
- female rhyme — feminine rhyme.
- field hockey — a game played on a rectangular field having a netted goal at each end, in which two teams of 11 players each compete in driving a small leather-covered ball into the other's goal, each player being equipped with a stick having a curved end or blade that is flat on one side and rounded on the other.
- field theory — a detailed mathematical description of the distribution and movement of matter under the influence of one or more fields.
- filthy lucre — money: to lose one's health for the sake of filthy lucre.
- fisheye lens — a hemispherical plano-convex lens for photographing in a full 180° in all directions in front of the camera, creating a circular image having an increasing amount of distortion from the center to the periphery.
- flash memory — Computers. a type of reprogrammable memory that retains information even with the power turned off.
- fly the coop — an enclosure, cage, or pen, usually with bars or wires, in which fowls or other small animals are confined for fattening, transportation, etc.
- fly the flag — to represent or show support for one's country, an organization, etc
- fly the nest — When children fly the nest, they leave their parents' home to live on their own.
- flyfisherman — Flyfisher.
- flyfishermen — Plural form of flyfisherman.
- flying shear — (in a continuous rolling mill) a shear that moves with the piece being cut.
- forehandedly — Prudently, with thrift and foresight.
- formaldehyde — a colorless, toxic, potentially carcinogenic, water-soluble gas, CH 2 O, having a suffocating odor, usually derived from methyl alcohol by oxidation: used chiefly in aqueous solution, as a disinfectant and preservative, and in the manufacture of various resins and plastics.
- fourteenthly — in (the) fourteenth place
- french-style — French-cut.
- frightenedly — thrown into a fright; afraid; scared; terrified: a frightened child cowering in the corner.
- geohydrology — hydrogeology.
- geothermally — By geothermal means, especially by means of geothermal energy.
- glacé cherry — a crystallized or candied cherry, used in cookery and cocktail-making
- glassyheaded — smooth; bald
- gold therapy — administration of gold salts as a treatment for disease, especially rheumatoid arthritis.
- goldsmithery — the occupation of a goldsmith
- gully-washer — a usually short, heavy rainstorm.
- gullywashers — Plural form of gullywasher.
- hadley chest — a style of chest made c1700 in Massachusetts or Connecticut, having front rails and panels carved in low relief with elaborate tulip and leaf patterns.
- haematolyses — Plural form of haematolysis.
- haematolysis — Haemolysis.
- haematoxylin — Alternative spelling of hematoxylin.
- haematoxylon — any thorny leguminous tree of the genus Haematoxylon, esp the logwood, of tropical America and SW Africa. The heartwood yields the dye haematoxylin
- half-century — a period of 100 years.
- halfway line — a line across a sports field, such as a football pitch, that divides the playing area into two equal areas and is equidistant between the two goals
- halfwittedly — In a halfwitted manner.
- hansa yellow — a pigment derived from coal tar, characterized chiefly by its brilliant yellow color.
- happy couple — two people in a happy romantic relationship, especially two people who have just married
- hardheadedly — In a hardheaded manner.
- hare wallaby — a wallaby of the genus Lagorchestes
- headmasterly — In a manner befitting a headmaster.
- headstrongly — In a headstrong manner.
- hearsay rule — the rule making hearsay evidence inadmissible.
- hearteningly — In a heartening way; cheeringly.
- heath family — the plant family Ericaceae, characterized by evergreen or deciduous shrubs, trees, and woody plants growing in acid soil and having simple leaves, often showy flowers either solitary or in clusters, and fruit in the form of a berry or capsule, and including the azalea, blueberry, cranberry, heather, madrone, mountain laurel, rhododendron, and trailing arbutus.
- hebdomadally — taking place, coming together, or published once every seven days; weekly: hebdomadal meetings; hebdomadal groups; hebdomadal journals.
- hectocotylus — a modified arm of the male of certain cephalopods that is used to transfer sperm to the female.
- hedge laying — the art or practice of making or maintaining a hedge by cutting branches partway through, laying them horizontally, and pegging them in position in order to create a strong thick hedge
- helichrysums — Plural form of helichrysum.
- heliotherapy — treatment of disease by means of sunlight.
- hellaciously — In a hellacious manner.