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12-letter words containing h

  • approachable — If you describe someone as approachable, you think that they are friendly and easy to talk to.
  • approachment — (archaic) approach.
  • arachnophobe — a person who is afraid of spiders
  • araneomorphs — Plural form of araneomorph.
  • arapaho peak — a mountain in N Colorado, in the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains W of Boulder. 13,506 feet (4119 meters).
  • arba kanfoth — a rectangular piece of cloth with fringes at the four corners and a hole in the center for the head, worn under the clothes by Orthodox Jewish males.
  • arch support — a rigid support placed inside a shoe so that its molded form fits the arch of the foot and relieves strain on the muscles of the foot while walking, standing, etc.
  • archaeologic — Pertaining to archaeology.
  • archaeometry — the use of science and modern technology in archaeology to examine and interpret archaeological remains
  • archaic homo — collectively, the very robust, regionally differentiated human populations that lived in Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and Africa from 35,000 to 200,000 years ago.
  • archaization — Process of becoming or turning something more archaic.
  • archdeaconry — the office, rank, or duties of an archdeacon
  • archdiocesan — Relating to an archdiocese.
  • archdioceses — Plural form of archdiocese.
  • arched truss — a truss having an archlike form but unlike a true arch in that it is free to move horizontally at its base, as in expanding or contracting because of temperature changes.
  • archegoniate — having archegonia
  • archenterons — Plural form of archenteron.
  • archeologist — archaeology.
  • archeopteryx — A specimen of the species Archaeopteryx lithographica, being the earliest and most primitive known bird, representing a transition in the evolution of dinosaurs to birds.
  • archerfishes — Plural form of archerfish.
  • archesporial — the primitive cell, or group of cells, that give rise to the cells from which spores are derived.
  • archesporium — archespore.
  • archetypally — the original pattern or model from which all things of the same kind are copied or on which they are based; a model or first form; prototype.
  • archetypical — Archetypical means the same as archetypal.
  • archiannelid — (zoology) Any member of the Archiannelida.
  • archibenthos — the ocean bottom between the littoral and abyssal zones: from depths of approximately 200 feet (60 meters) to 3300 feet (1000 meters).
  • archiblastic — of, relating to, or derived from an archiblast.
  • archilochian — denoting or relating to the 7th century bc Greek poet Archilochus or his verse, esp the iambic trimeters or trochaic tetrameters used by him
  • archipallium — (anatomy) The oldest region of the brain's pallium, often considered contiguous with the olfactory cortex, but varying among species. In humans, the archipallium makes up the hippocampus.
  • archipelagic — a large group or chain of islands: the Malay Archipelago.
  • archipelagos — Plural form of archipelago.
  • archiphoneme — an abstract linguistic unit representing two or more phonemes when the distinction between these has been neutralized: conventionally shown by a capital letter within slashes, as /T/ for /t/ and /d/ in German Rat and Rad
  • architecting — a person who engages in the profession of architecture.
  • architecture — Architecture is the art of planning, designing, and constructing buildings.
  • archive file — a single computer file that contains one or more files that have been compressed
  • archive site — (networking)   (Or "FTP site", "FTP archive") An Internet host where program source, documents, e-mail or news messages are stored for public access via anonymous FTP, Gopher, web or other document distribution system. There may be several archive sites (mirrors) for, e.g., a Usenet newsgroup though one may be recognised as the main one. FTP servers were common on the Internet for about ten years but have been largely replaced by web servers since the invention of the World-Wide Web and its HTTP protocol. Some well-known archive sites included Imperial College, UK, UUNET, USA, GNU archive site. The archie service attempted to index the contents of FTP archives, foreshadowing the indexing of the web by Google and others.
  • archosaurian — belonging to or characteristic of the archosaurs
  • arctophilist — a collector of teddy bears
  • arena chapel — a private chapel in Padua containing a fresco cycle painted (1305–06) by Giotto.
  • ariel sharon — Ariel, 1928–2014, Israeli military and political leader; prime minister 2001–06.
  • aristolochia — any of various plants of the genus Aristolochia of the family Aristolochiaceae
  • aristophanes — ?448–?380 bc, Greek comic dramatist, who satirized leading contemporary figures such as Socrates and Euripides. Eleven of his plays are extant, including The Clouds, The Frogs, The Birds, and Lysistrata
  • aristophanic — 448?–385? b.c, Athenian comic dramatist.
  • arithmetical — Arithmetical calculations, processes, or skills involve the addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division of numbers.
  • arithmomania — an obsessive desire to count objects, or a fixation with numbers and calculations
  • arm's-length — lacking intimacy or friendliness, esp when possessing some special connection, such as previous closeness
  • armada chest — an iron or iron-bound strongbox of the 17th or 18th century.
  • arming chest — a chest for holding armor and weapons.
  • aromatherapy — Aromatherapy is a type of treatment which involves massaging the body with special fragrant oils.
  • array theory — (theory)   A theory developed by Trenchard More Jr. and used as the basis for the NIAL language. Papers are available from the IBM Cambridge Scientific Center, Cambridge MA.
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