12-letter words containing t, h, u
- habitualness — The characteristic of being habitual.
- half-century — a period of 100 years.
- half-turning — split spindle.
- hallucinated — Simple past tense and past participle of hallucinate.
- hallucinates — to have hallucinations.
- hallucinator — One whose judgment and acts are affected by hallucinations; one who errs on account of his hallucinations.
- hard-mouthed — of or relating to a horse not sensitive to the pressure of a bit.
- harmoniumist — a person who plays a harmonium
- haute-savoie — a department in E France. 1775 sq. mi. (4595 sq. km). Capital: Annecy.
- haute-vienne — a department in central France. 2145 sq. mi. (5555 sq. km). Capital: Limoges.
- hautes-alpes — a department in SE France. 2179 sq. mi. (5645 sq. km). Capital: Gap.
- hazelnut oil — an oil extracted from hazelnuts and used mostly in cooking
- 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-hunting — a headhunting expedition: The men left the village to go on a headhunt.
- 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.
- heart murmur — murmur (def 3).
- heart urchin — an echinoderm of the order Spatangoida, having an elongate, somewhat heart-shaped outer covering.
- heartburning — rankling discontent, especially from envy or jealousy; grudge.
- heartfulness — The state or quality of being heartful.
- hebetudinous — the state of being dull; lethargy.
- hectocotylus — a modified arm of the male of certain cephalopods that is used to transfer sperm to the female.
- height gauge — an object used to measure the height of somebody or something, for example to measure the height of people for medical purposes
- helianthemum — (botany) Any of the genus Helianthemum of rockroses.
- helianthuses — Plural form of helianthus.
- hellespontus — an area in the southern hemisphere of Mars.
- hematogenous — originating in the blood.
- hemodilution — a decreased concentration of cells and solids in blood, usually caused by an influx of fluid.
- hepatogenous — originating in the liver
- hermeneutics — the science of interpretation, especially of the Scriptures.
- herpetofauna — the reptiles and amphibians that inhabit a given area
- herstmonceux — a village in S England, in E Sussex north of Eastbourne: 15th-century castle, site of the Royal Observatory, which was transferred from Greenwich between 1948 and 1958, until 1990
- heterauxesis — an unequal or asymmetrical growth of cells, parts of plants or animals
- heteroduplex — having polynucleotide strands derived from two different sources
- heteroecious — the development of different stages of a parasitic species on different host plants.
- heterogamous — Genetics. having unlike gametes, or reproducing by the union of such gametes (opposed to isogamous).
- heterogenous — having its source or origin outside the organism; having a foreign origin.
- heterogonous — Botany. of or relating to monoclinous flowers of two or more kinds occurring on different individuals of the same species, the kinds differing in the relative length of stamens and pistils (opposed to homogonous).
- heterogynous — having females of two different kinds, one sexual and the other abortive or neuter, as ants.
- heterologous — Biology. of different origin; pertaining to heterology.
- heteromerous — having or consisting of parts that differ in quality, number of elements, or the like: a heteromerous flower.
- heteronomous — subject to or involving different laws.
- heteronymous — of, relating to, or characteristic of a heteronym.
- heteroousian — a person who believes the Father and the Son to be unlike in substance or essence; an Arian (opposed to Homoousian).
- heterosexual — of, relating to, or exhibiting heterosexuality.
- heterozygous — having dissimilar pairs of genes for any hereditary characteristic.
- high country — a mountainous area below the timberline; a forested mountain area.
- high-quality — adhering to an excellent standard of measure; of superior quality: Education depends on high-quality teachers and materials in our schools.
- high-wrought — highly agitated; overwrought.
- highfaluting — pompous; bombastic; haughty; pretentious.
- hill country — hilly area