12-letter words containing t, e, a, d
- handstitched — Stitched by hand.
- hard-hearted — unfeeling; unmerciful; pitiless.
- hard-mouthed — of or relating to a horse not sensitive to the pressure of a bit.
- harris tweed — a hand-woven tweed made only by residents in the Outer Hebrides from locally dyed and spun wool
- have it good — to be in comfortable circumstances
- have it made — simple past tense and past participle of make1 .
- have need to — to be compelled or required to; must
- 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 lettuce — any variety of the lettuce subspecies Lactuca sativa capitata, having leaves that grow in a dense rosette, especially iceberg lettuce and Boston lettuce.
- head station — the main buildings on a large sheep or cattle farm
- head teacher — A head teacher is a teacher who is in charge of a school.
- head-hunting — a headhunting expedition: The men left the village to go on a headhunt.
- head-to-head — in direct confrontation, opposition, or competition: a head-to-head battle between the two companies.
- headforemost — headfirst (def 1).
- headlighting — The lighting associated with a headlight.
- headmasterly — In a manner befitting a headmaster.
- headmistress — a woman in charge of a private school.
- headquarters — a center of operations, as of the police or a business, from which orders are issued; the chief administrative office of an organization: The operatives were always in touch with headquarters.
- headstrongly — In a headstrong manner.
- health drink — a drink that claims to be beneficial to health
- heart-shaped — shaped like a stylized heart with a double rounded top
- heartrending — causing or expressing intense grief, anguish, or distress.
- heavy-footed — clumsy or ponderous, as in movement or expressiveness: music that is heavy-footed and uninspired.
- heavyhearted — Sad.
- heel-and-toe — noting a pace, as in walking contests, in which the heel of the front foot touches ground before the toes of the rear one leave it.
- hemichordate — belonging or pertaining to the chordates of the phylum Hemichordata, comprising small, widely distributed, marine animals, as the acorn worms.
- hemihydrates — Plural form of hemihydrate.
- heptahedrons — Plural form of heptahedron.
- heptahydrate — a hydrate that contains seven molecules of water, as magnesium sulfate, MgSO 4 ⋅7H 2 O.
- hereditament — any inheritable estate or interest in property.
- hereditarian — a person who believes that differences between individuals or groups, including moral and intellectual attributes, are predominantly determined by genetic factors (opposed to environmentalist).
- hereditarily — passing, or capable of passing, naturally from parent to offspring through the genes: Blue eyes are hereditary in our family. Compare congenital.
- heterodactyl — having the first and fourth toes directed backward, and the second and third forward, as in trogons.
- hexadactylic — having six fingers or toes
- hexahydrates — Plural form of hexahydrate.
- hidradenitis — (medicine) inflammation of the sweat glands.
- highly rated — generally considered to be of high quality
- hindquarters — the posterior end of a halved carcass of beef, lamb, etc., sectioned usually between the twelfth and thirteenth ribs.
- hinterlander — One who lives in the hinterland.
- hit the road — a long, narrow stretch with a smoothed or paved surface, made for traveling by motor vehicle, carriage, etc., between two or more points; street or highway.
- hitch a ride — hitchhike
- 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.
- horatian ode — an ode consisting of several stanzas all of the same form.
- horse trader — a person who is shrewd and clever at bargaining.
- 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.
- housetrained — Simple past tense and past participle of housetrain.