12-letter words containing l, y
- hesitatingly — In a hesitating manner.
- heteroblasty — the morphological changes that occur in plants between juvenility and adulthood
- heterocyclic — of or relating to the branch of chemistry dealing with cyclic compounds in which at least one of the ring members is not a carbon atom (contrasted with homocyclic).
- heterodactyl — having the first and fourth toes directed backward, and the second and third forward, as in trogons.
- heteroplasty — the repair of lesions with tissue from another individual or species.
- heteroploidy — (genetics) The state of being heteroploid.
- heterostyled — (of a plant) having styles of different forms or lengths in the flowers.
- heterothally — the condition of being heterothallic
- hexacarbonyl — (inorganic chemistry) Any compound having six carbonyl groups.
- hexadactylic — having six fingers or toes
- hexasyllable — a word or line of verse of six syllables.
- hieratically — In a hieratic way.
- hieroglyphic — Also, hieroglyphical. designating or pertaining to a pictographic script, particularly that of the ancient Egyptians, in which many of the symbols are conventionalized, recognizable pictures of the things represented.
- high polymer — a polymer composed of a large number of monomers.
- high-ability — (of a student) having a higher than average ability
- high-quality — adhering to an excellent standard of measure; of superior quality: Education depends on high-quality teachers and materials in our schools.
- highly rated — generally considered to be of high quality
- hill country — hilly area
- historically — of, pertaining to, treating, or characteristic of history or past events: historical records; historical research.
- historiology — (obsolete) a discourse on history.
- hobbledehoys — Plural form of hobbledehoy.
- holiday camp — In Britain, a holiday camp is a place which provides holiday accommodation and entertainment for large numbers of people.
- holiday home — a home that people own in order to holiday in and that is in a different location to the home they usually live in
- holidaymaker — vacationer.
- holistically — incorporating the concept of holism, or the idea that the whole is more than merely the sum of its parts, in theory or practice: holistic psychology.
- hollywoodian — a person who works for the motion-picture industry located in Hollywood, Calif.
- hollywoodish — of, relating to, or resembling Hollywood, Hollywoodians, or the products of Hollywood and the motion-picture industry.
- holy picture — a picture of a person or thing that is of religious importance
- holy thistle — lady's-thistle.
- holy trinity — Trinity (def 1).
- homonymously — in a homonymous manner
- homosexually — In a homosexual way.
- honey locust — a thorny North American tree, Gleditsia triacanthos, of the legume family, having small, compound leaves and pods with a sweet pulp.
- honeysuckles — Plural form of honeysuckle.
- honorability — (American spelling) Alternative form of honourability.
- horizontally — at right angles to the vertical; parallel to level ground.
- horrendously — shockingly dreadful; horrible: a horrendous crime.
- horrifically — causing horror.
- horrifyingly — In a horrifying manner.
- horseplayers — Plural form of horseplayer.
- humboldt bay — an inlet of the Pacific Ocean in NW California.
- humourlessly — Alternative spelling of humorlessly.
- hydraulicked — (of an extracted mineral) excavated using water
- hydrobiology — the study of aquatic organisms.
- hydrocephaly — an accumulation of serous fluid within the cranium, especially in infancy, due to obstruction of the movement of cerebrospinal fluid, often causing great enlargement of the head; water on the brain.
- hydrochloric — of or derived from hydrochloric acid.
- hydrocolloid — a substance that forms a colloid when combined with water.
- hydrocooling — the process or technique of arresting the ripening of fruits and vegetables after harvesting by immersion in ice 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.
- hydrocyclone — A hydrocyclone is a vessel used for separating two liquids with different densities, by the circular movement of fluid.