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12-letter words containing o, l, d, s, h

  • love handles — fat midriff
  • lower depths — a play (1902) by Maxim Gorki.
  • malnourished — poorly or improperly nourished; suffering from malnutrition: thin, malnourished victims of the famine.
  • monadelphous — (of stamens) united into one bundle or set by their filaments.
  • moorish idol — a black, white, and yellow fish, Zanclus cornutus (or canescens), inhabiting the tropical Indian and Pacific oceans, having a long snout and an elongated dorsal fin.
  • netherworlds — Plural form of netherworld.
  • noahide laws — the seven laws given to Noah after the Flood, which decree the establishment of a fair system of justice in society, and prohibit idolatry, blasphemy, murder, adultery and incest, robbery, and the eating of flesh taken from a living animal
  • nonscheduled — not scheduled; not entered on or having a schedule; unscheduled: nonscheduled activities.
  • north island — the northernmost principal island of New Zealand. 44,281 sq. mi. (114,690 sq. km).
  • old chestnut — old saying, cliché
  • old-womanish — Sometimes Offensive. having characteristics considered typical of an old woman, as excessive fussiness or timidity.
  • oldfashioned — Rare spelling of old-fashioned.
  • outlandishly — In an outlandish manner.
  • overlordship — a person who is lord over another or over other lords: to obey the will of one's sovereign and overlord.
  • philomelides — a king of Lesbos who wrestled and killed every opponent until he himself was defeated by Odysseus.
  • phosphatidyl — an atom or group of atoms containing one or more unpaired electrons derived from a phosphatide
  • phospholipid — any of a group of fatty compounds, as lecithin, composed of phosphoric esters, and occurring in living cells.
  • polyhedrosis — an often fatal disease of certain insect larvae or decapod crustaceans, caused by viruses containing DNA.
  • polysulphide — any sulphide of a metal containing divalent anions in which there are chains of sulphur atoms, as in the polysulphides of sodium, Na2S2, Na2S3, Na2S4, etc
  • poster child — a child appearing on a poster for a charitable organization.
  • rhode island — US state
  • saccharoidal — having a crystalline or granular texture: said esp. of some sandstones and marbles
  • saddle horse — a horse bred, trained, or used for riding.
  • saddle shoes — shoes with a midsection (where the laces are) that is darker in colour, usually black, to the rest of the shoe, which is usually white
  • scalding hot — that scalds; burning; too hot
  • school board — a local board or committee in charge of public education.
  • self-honored — honesty, fairness, or integrity in one's beliefs and actions: a man of honor.
  • shared logic — the sharing of a central processing unit and associated software among several terminals
  • shareholding — a holder or owner of shares, especially in a company or corporation.
  • shellshocked — suffering from shellshock
  • shoulder bag — a handbag with shoulder strap attached.
  • shoulder pad — clothing: insert in shoulder
  • shoulder-bag — A shoulder-bag is a bag that has a long strap so that it can be carried on a person's shoulder.
  • shovel-nosed — having the head, snout, or beak broad and flat like the blade of a shovel.
  • shovel-ready — of or relating to a construction project that is ready to start immediately
  • shuffleboard — a game in which standing players shove or push wooden or plastic disks with a long cue toward numbered scoring sections marked on a floor or deck.
  • siderophilic — having characteristics of siderophile
  • smallholding — a piece of land rented or sold to a farmer by county authorities for purposes of cultivation.
  • sodium light — the light produced by a sodium lamp
  • soft-shelled — Also, soft-shelled. having a soft, flexible, or fragile shell, as a crab that has recently molted.
  • softheadedly — in a soft-headed manner
  • soufflé dish — A dish for making souffles
  • south euclid — a city in NE Ohio, near Cleveland.
  • south hadley — a city in W Massachusetts.
  • south island — the largest island of New Zealand. 58,093 sq. mi. (150,460 sq. km).
  • stakeholders — the holder of the stakes of a wager.
  • stockholders — Also called stockowner. a holder or owner of stock in a corporation.
  • storm-lashed — badly affected by storms
  • stranglehold — Wrestling. an illegal hold by which an opponent's breath is choked off.
  • stringholder — an oblong piece of wood at the lower end of the body of a viol or other stringed instrument to which the strings are attached.
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