12-letter words containing y, e, d, o
- foundry type — type cast in individual characters for setting by hand.
- from day one — from the very beginning
- fully booked — having no vacancies or spaces
- fundusectomy — (surgery) The surgical removal of the fundus of an organ, such as the uterus or the stomach.
- geodetically — pertaining to geodesy.
- geohydrology — hydrogeology.
- george dewey — George, 1837–1917, U.S. admiral: defeated Spanish fleet in Manila Bay during the Spanish-American War.
- glycerolipid — (organic chemistry) Any lipid based on glycerol.
- glycopeptide — any of a group of complex proteins, as mucin, containing a carbohydrate combined with a simple protein.
- glycosidases — Plural form of glycosidase.
- glycosylated — Simple past tense and past participle of glycosylate.
- glyndebourne — an estate in SE England, in East Sussex: site of a famous annual festival of opera founded in 1934 by John Christie
- gobbledygook — language characterized by circumlocution and jargon, usually hard to understand: the gobbledegook of government reports.
- god's plenty — an abundant or overabundant quantity.
- gold therapy — administration of gold salts as a treatment for disease, especially rheumatoid arthritis.
- golden syrup — treacle (def 2b).
- golden years — the years that follow retirement from work
- goldsmithery — the occupation of a goldsmith
- groundlessly — In a groundless manner; without justification.
- gynodioecism — the condition of having flowers that are only female in one example of a plant and flowers that have stamens and pistils in another example of a plant of the same species
- haemodynamic — Alternative spelling of hemodynamic.
- handypersons — Plural form of handyperson.
- hard done by — If you feel hard done by, you feel that you have not been treated fairly.
- headstrongly — In a headstrong manner.
- heavy-footed — clumsy or ponderous, as in movement or expressiveness: music that is heavy-footed and uninspired.
- hebdomadally — taking place, coming together, or published once every seven days; weekly: hebdomadal meetings; hebdomadal groups; hebdomadal journals.
- hedge hyssop — any plant of the genus Gratiola, a bitter herb used medicinally.
- 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.
- heterodactyl — having the first and fourth toes directed backward, and the second and third forward, as in trogons.
- heterodyning — Present participle of heterodyne.
- heteroploidy — (genetics) The state of being heteroploid.
- heterostyled — (of a plant) having styles of different forms or lengths in the flowers.
- highway code — In Britain, the Highway Code is an official book published by the Department of Transport, which contains the rules which tell people how to use public roads safely.
- hoary-headed — having the gray or white hair of advanced age.
- hobbledehoys — Plural form of hobbledehoy.
- holiday home — a home that people own in order to holiday in and that is in a different location to the home they usually live in
- holidaymaker — vacationer.
- home and dry — If you say that someone is, in British English home and dry, or in American English home free, you mean that they have been successful or that they are certain to be successful.
- honey badger — ratel.
- hook and eye — a two-piece clothes fastener, usually of metal, consisting of a hook that catches onto a loop or bar.
- horned poppy — any of several Eurasian papaveraceous plants of the genera Glaucium and Roemeria, having large brightly coloured flowers and long curved seed capsules
- horrendously — shockingly dreadful; horrible: a horrendous crime.
- how dare you — You say 'how dare you' when you are very shocked and angry about something that someone has done.
- human comedy — French La Comédie Humaine. a collected edition of tales and novels in 17 volumes (1842–48) by Honoré de Balzac.
- hydnocarpate — a salt or ester of hydnocarpic acid.
- hydrobromate — (chemistry) hydrobromide.