12-letter words containing y, a, h
- heavy bomber — a large plane capable of carrying heavy bomb loads for long distances, especially at high altitudes.
- heavy hitter — a baseball player who makes many extra-base hits.
- heavy oxygen — either of the two stable isotopes of oxygen having mass numbers of 17 and 18.
- heavy-footed — clumsy or ponderous, as in movement or expressiveness: music that is heavy-footed and uninspired.
- heavy-handed — oppressive; harsh: a heavy-handed master.
- heavyhearted — Sad.
- heavyweights — Plural form of heavyweight.
- hebdomadally — taking place, coming together, or published once every seven days; weekly: hebdomadal meetings; hebdomadal groups; hebdomadal journals.
- hedge laying — the art or practice of making or maintaining a hedge by cutting branches partway through, laying them horizontally, and pegging them in position in order to create a strong thick hedge
- heliotherapy — treatment of disease by means of sunlight.
- hellaciously — In a hellacious manner.
- hells canyon — a canyon on the Snake River in S Idaho and along the Oregon border: 125 miles (210 km) long with a maximum depth of about 7900 feet (2408 meters).
- hemihydrates — Plural form of hemihydrate.
- hemimetaboly — Hemimetabolism.
- hemodialyses — Plural form of hemodialysis.
- hemodialysis — dialysis of the blood, especially with an artificial kidney, for the removal of waste products.
- hemodialyzer — artificial kidney.
- hemodynamics — the branch of physiology dealing with the forces involved in the circulation of the blood.
- henry howard — Earl of (Henry Howard) 1517?–47, English poet.
- henry tanner — Henry Ossawa [os-uh-wuh] /ˈɒs ə wə/ (Show IPA), 1859–1937, U.S. painter, in France after 1891.
- hepaticology — the scientific study of bryophyte plants known as hepatics or liverworts
- hepatomegaly — an abnormal enlargement of the liver, usually associated with liver disease or heart failure.
- hepatoxicity — Toxicity that affects the liver.
- heptahydrate — a hydrate that contains seven molecules of water, as magnesium sulfate, MgSO 4 ⋅7H 2 O.
- heraldically — of, relating to, or characteristic of heralds or heraldry: heraldic form; heraldic images; heraldic history; a heraldic device.
- herbicidally — from a herbicidal point of view
- here to stay — If you say that something is here to stay, you mean that people have accepted it and it has become a part of everyday life.
- hereditarily — passing, or capable of passing, naturally from parent to offspring through the genes: Blue eyes are hereditary in our family. Compare congenital.
- heritability — capable of being inherited; inheritable; hereditary.
- hermetically — so as to be airtight: hermetically sealed.
- hernioplasty — an operation for the repair of a hernia.
- hesitatingly — In a hesitating manner.
- heteroblasty — the morphological changes that occur in plants between juvenility and adulthood
- heterodactyl — having the first and fourth toes directed backward, and the second and third forward, as in trogons.
- heterogamety — the condition or state of being heterogametic
- heterography — spelling different from that in current use.
- heterokaryon — a cell containing two or more nuclei of differing genetic constitutions.
- heteroplasty — the repair of lesions with tissue from another individual or species.
- heterothally — the condition of being heterothallic
- hexacarbonyl — (inorganic chemistry) Any compound having six carbonyl groups.
- hexadactylic — having six fingers or toes
- hexahydrates — Plural form of hexahydrate.
- hexasyllable — a word or line of verse of six syllables.
- hideaway bed — a sofa, loveseat, etc., that can be converted into a bed, usually by folding out a concealed mattress and springs.
- hidrocystoma — An adenoma of the sweat glands.
- hieratically — In a hieratic way.
- high and dry — having a great or considerable extent or reach upward or vertically; lofty; tall: a high wall.
- high-ability — (of a student) having a higher than average ability
- high-quality — adhering to an excellent standard of measure; of superior quality: Education depends on high-quality teachers and materials in our schools.
- highly rated — generally considered to be of high quality