12-letter words containing o, l, d, s, h
- foolhardiest — Superlative form of foolhardy.
- foster child — a child raised by someone who is not its natural or adoptive parent.
- golden share — a share in a company that controls at least 51% of the voting rights, esp one retained by the UK government in some privatization issues
- goldsmithery — the occupation of a goldsmith
- goldsmithing — The work of a goldsmith; the forging of gold.
- grade school — an elementary school that has its pupils grouped or classified into grades.
- 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.
- halcyon days — period regarded with nostalgia
- hammarskjold — Dag Hjalmar [dahg yahl-mahr] /dɑg ˈyɑl mɑr/ (Show IPA), 1905–61, Swedish statesman: Secretary General of the United Nations 1953–61; Nobel Peace Prize 1961.
- harold stark — Harold Raynsford [reynz-ferd] /ˈreɪnz fərd/ (Show IPA), 1880–1972, U.S. admiral.
- headlongness — Headlong quality or speed; precipitateness.
- headstrongly — In a headstrong manner.
- hedge-school — a school held out of doors in favourable weather, indoors in winter
- heldentenors — Plural form of heldentenor.
- hemodialyses — Plural form of hemodialysis.
- hemodialysis — dialysis of the blood, especially with an artificial kidney, for the removal of waste products.
- heterostyled — (of a plant) having styles of different forms or lengths in the flowers.
- his-lordship — (often initial capital letter) a term of respect used when speaking of or to certain noblemen (usually preceded by his or your).
- hobbledehoys — Plural form of hobbledehoy.
- hold against — resent sb for sth
- hollingshead — Holinshed.
- hollywoodish — of, relating to, or resembling Hollywood, Hollywoodians, or the products of Hollywood and the motion-picture industry.
- homebuilders — Plural form of homebuilder.
- homeschooled — Simple past tense and past participle of homeschool.
- hornswoggled — Simple past tense and past participle of hornswoggle.
- horrendously — shockingly dreadful; horrible: a horrendous crime.
- horse-dealer — a person who buys and sells horses as a profession
- hospital bed — a bed having side rails that can be raised or lowered and a mattress base in three jointed sections so that the head, foot, or middle may be raised by a crank or motor, allowing a patient to lie in various positions, as a therapeutic aid or for comfort.
- hospitalised — to place in a hospital for medical care or observation: The doctor hospitalized grandfather as soon as she checked his heart.
- hospitalized — to place in a hospital for medical care or observation: The doctor hospitalized grandfather as soon as she checked his heart.
- housebuilder — One who builds houses, particularly one who does so professionally.
- householders — Plural form of householder.
- hydroelastic — undergoing a change in elasticity as a result of the flow of water or another fluid
- hydrologists — Plural form of hydrologist.
- hydrolysable — Alternative spelling of hydrolyzable.
- hydrolysates — Plural form of hydrolysate.
- hydrophilous — pollinated by the agency of water.
- hydrosalpinx — A distally blocked Fallopian tube filled with serous or clear fluid.
- 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).
- hyperbolised — to use hyperbole; exaggerate.
- hyperboloids — Plural form of hyperboloid.
- hypocycloids — Plural form of hypocycloid.
- landholdings — Plural form of landholding.
- lay hands on — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- leatherwoods — Plural form of leatherwood.
- lithopedions — Plural form of lithopedion.
- long-handles — long underwear.
- long-sighted — farsighted; hypermetropic.