12-letter words containing n, i, h, c, l
- harmonic law — any one of three laws governing planetary motion: each planet revolves in an ellipse, with the sun at one focus; the line connecting a planet to the sun sweeps out equal areas in equal periods of time (law of areas) or the square of the period of revolution of each planet is proportional to the cube of the semimajor axis of the planet's orbit (harmonic law)
- harmonically — pertaining to harmony, as distinguished from melody and rhythm.
- helical scan — denoting a recording technique used with video tapes in which the recorded tracks on the tape are segments of a helix
- heliocentric — measured or considered as being seen from the center of the sun.
- hibernaculum — a protective case or covering, especially for winter, as of an animal or a plant bud.
- hiding place — location where sb is concealed
- hill country — hilly area
- hillclimbing — (sports) A form of motorsport in which drivers compete against the clock on an uphill course.
- histrionical — (British) Alternative form of histrionic.
- holopneustic — having all the spiracles open, as the tracheal systems of most insects.
- horizon club — a division of Camp Fire, Inc., for members of high-school age.
- hydrocooling — the process or technique of arresting the ripening of fruits and vegetables after harvesting by immersion in ice water.
- hydronically — in a hydronic manner; in a manner relating to a heating system that uses water
- hygienically — conducive to good health; healthful; sanitary.
- hypnotically — of or relating to hypnosis or hypnotism.
- iconophilism — a taste for pictures and symbols
- iconophilist — a person with a taste for pictures and symbols
- in the black — lacking hue and brightness; absorbing light without reflecting any of the rays composing it.
- in the clear — free from darkness, obscurity, or cloudiness; light: a clear day.
- incharitable — Obsolete form of uncharitable.
- inchoatively — in an inchoative or rudimentary fashion; initially
- incoherently — without logical or meaningful connection; disjointed; rambling: an incoherent sentence.
- inharmonical — Alternative form of inharmonic.
- interchannel — occurring or existing between two or more channels
- itching palm — a grasping nature; avarice
- kachina doll — a Hopi Indian doll carved from cottonwood root in representation of a kachina and given as a gift to a child or used as a household decoration.
- kitchen foil — aluminium foil used in cooking or storing food
- kitchen salt — coarse salt that is used in cooking but not at the table
- lachrymation — the secretion of tears, especially in abnormal abundance.
- lamp chimney — a glass tube that surrounds the wick in an oil lamp
- latchstrings — Plural form of latchstring.
- latin church — the Roman Catholic Church.
- latin school — a secondary school emphasizing instruction in Latin and Greek.
- lecithinases — Plural form of lecithinase.
- lichtenstein — Roy, 1923–97, U.S. painter and sculptor.
- light cannon — a particularly powerful torch, spotlight, or searchlight
- light client — thin client
- lincolnshire — a county in E England. 2272 sq. mi. (5885 sq. km).
- lisp machine — 1. (architecture) Any machine (whether notional or actual) whose instruction set is Lisp. 2. (hardware, operating system) A line of workstations made by Symbolics, Inc. from the mid-1970s (having grown out of the MIT AI Lab) to late 1980s. All system code for Symbolics Lisp Machines was written in Lisp Machine Lisp. Symbolics Lisp Machines were also notable for having had space-cadet keyboards.
- little minch — a sea channel between Isle of Skye and the central Outer Hebrides Islands, Scotland, connecting the Minch, or North Minch (N), with the Sea of the Hebrides. 14 to 20 miles (23 to 32 km) wide.
- locksmithing — The science and art of making and defeating locks.
- lounge chair — a chair designed for lounging, as an easy chair, chaise longue, or recliner.
- lycanthropic — a delusion in which one imagines oneself to be a wolf or other wild animal.
- lysolecithin — any compound of lecithin produced by the removal of one of the fatty acid groups by hydrolysis
- machiavelian — of, like, or befitting Machiavelli.
- machine bolt — a threaded fastener, used with a nut for connecting metal parts, having a thread diameter of about 1/4 inch (6.4 mm) or more and a square or hexagonal head for tightening by a wrench.
- machine tool — a power-operated machine, as a lathe, used for general cutting and shaping of metal and other substances.
- manna lichen — any of several crustose lichens of the genus Lecanora, especially L. esculenta, found in the African and Arabian deserts, used for food by humans and other animals.
- mechanically — having to do with machinery: a mechanical failure.
- mechanizable — Capable of being mechanized.