12-letter words containing s, a, d, o
- ground state — the state of least energy of a particle, as an atom, or of a system of particles.
- gustave dore — (Paul) Gustave [pawl gy-stav] /pɔl güˈstav/ (Show IPA), 1832?–83, French painter, illustrator, and sculptor.
- gypsum board — wallboard composed primarily of gypsum and often used as sheathing.
- hadrosaurine — Hadrosaurid.
- haemorrhoids — Plural form of haemorrhoid.
- haemosiderin — Alternative form of hemosiderin.
- 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.
- handsomeness — The quality of being handsome.
- handypersons — Plural form of handyperson.
- harbour dues — the fees or charges paid for using a harbour
- harold stark — Harold Raynsford [reynz-ferd] /ˈreɪnz fərd/ (Show IPA), 1880–1972, U.S. admiral.
- harper woods — a city in SE Michigan, near Detroit.
- harpsichords — Plural form of harpsichord.
- harrison red — a pigment consisting of a paratoluidine toner, characterized by its brilliant red color and tendency to bleed.
- head for sth — If you a have a head for something, you can deal with it easily. For example, if you have a head for figures, you can do arithmetic easily, and if you have a head for heights, you can climb to a great height without feeling afraid.
- head station — the main buildings on a large sheep or cattle farm
- headforemost — headfirst (def 1).
- headlongness — Headlong quality or speed; precipitateness.
- headstrongly — In a headstrong manner.
- hemodialyses — Plural form of hemodialysis.
- hemodialysis — dialysis of the blood, especially with an artificial kidney, for the removal of waste products.
- hemodynamics — the branch of physiology dealing with the forces involved in the circulation of the blood.
- heptahedrons — Plural form of heptahedron.
- hidrocystoma — An adenoma of the sweat glands.
- hold against — resent sb for sth
- hollingshead — Holinshed.
- home address — the address of one's house or flat
- homesteaders — Plural form of homesteader.
- homesteading — a dwelling with its land and buildings, occupied by the owner as a home and exempted by a homestead law from seizure or sale for debt.
- homodynamous — (biology) Pertaining to, or involving, homodynamy.
- horse around — a large, solid-hoofed, herbivorous quadruped, Equus caballus, domesticated since prehistoric times, bred in a number of varieties, and used for carrying or pulling loads, for riding, and for racing.
- horse guards — the mounted squadrons supplied by the Household Cavalry for ceremonial duties
- horse trader — a person who is shrewd and clever at bargaining.
- horse-dealer — a person who buys and sells horses as a profession
- horse-trader — a person who buys and sells horses
- 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.
- host adaptor — SCSI adaptor
- house wizard — (Probably from ad-agency tradetalk, "house freak") A hacker occupying a technical-specialist, R&D, or systems position at a commercial shop. A really effective house wizard can have influence out of all proportion to his/her ostensible rank and still not have to wear a suit. Used especially of Unix wizards. The term "house guru" is equivalent.
- househusband — a man whose spouse works and who stays home to manage their household.
- housetrained — Simple past tense and past participle of housetrain.
- hydrocarbons — any of a class of compounds containing only hydrogen and carbon, as an alkane, methane, CH 4 , an alkene, ethylene, C 2 H 4 , an alkyne, acetylene, C 2 H 2 , or an aromatic compound, benzene, C 6 H 6 .
- hydroelastic — undergoing a change in elasticity as a result of the flow of water or another fluid
- hydrogenates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hydrogenate.
- hydrolysable — Alternative spelling of hydrolyzable.
- hydrolysates — Plural form of hydrolysate.
- hydromedusae — Irregular plural form of hydromedusa.
- hydronautics — (nautical) The science of the design and construction of ships, their engines, and their instrumentation.