12-letter words that end in h
- inch by inch — a unit of length, 1/12 (0.0833) foot, equivalent to 2.54 centimeters.
- ingleborough — a mountain in N England, in North Yorkshire: potholes. Height: 723 m (2373 ft)
- inter-branch — a division or subdivision of the stem or axis of a tree, shrub, or other plant.
- interborough — between boroughs.
- introvertish — Introverted.
- javelin fish — a fish of the genus Pomadasys of semitropical Australian seas with a long spine on its anal fin
- jawless fish — cyclostome.
- kaffeeklatch — Alternative spelling of coffee klatch.
- keep in with — to hold or retain in one's possession; hold as one's own: If you like it, keep it. Keep the change.
- keep up with — go as fast
- keraunograph — an instrument for recording thunderstorms by detecting the radio waves generated
- kidney punch — an illegal punch in the lower back.
- kidney vetch — an Old World plant, Anthyllis vulneraria, of the legume family, formerly used as a remedy for kidney diseases.
- king's bench — a court, originally the principal court for criminal cases, gradually acquiring a civil jurisdiction concurrent with that of the Court of Common Pleas, and also possessing appellate jurisdiction over the Court of Common Pleas: now a division of the High Court of Justice.
- kletterschuh — a lightweight climbing boot with a canvas or suede upper and Vibram (originally felt or cord) sole
- knife switch — a form of air switch in which a moving element, usually a hinged blade, is placed between two contact clips.
- laguna beach — a town in S California.
- lantern fish — any of several small, deep-sea fishes of the family Myctophidae, having rows of luminous organs along each side, certain species of which migrate to the surface at night.
- latin church — the Roman Catholic Church.
- leaf through — one of the expanded, usually green organs borne by the stem of a plant.
- league match — a match played between teams in a league (as opposed to an international game)
- lemon squash — lemon soda; a soft drink of lemon juice and soda water.
- leopard moth — a moth, Zeuzera pyrina, having white wings spotted with black and larvae that bore into the wood of various trees and shrubs.
- light switch — lever or knob for controlling a light
- limit switch — a switch that automatically cuts off current to an electric motor when an object moved by it, as an elevator, has passed a given point.
- linear graph — graph (def 2b).
- linear-graph — a diagram representing a system of connections or interrelations among two or more things by a number of distinctive dots, lines, bars, etc.
- little minch — a sea channel between Isle of Skye and the central Outer Hebrides Islands, Scotland, connecting the Minch, or North Minch (N), with the Sea of the Hebrides. 14 to 20 miles (23 to 32 km) wide.
- live through — experience or endure
- living death — a completely miserable, joyless existence, experience, situation, etc.; ordeal: He found the steaming jungle a living death.
- lobster moth — a large sombre-hued prominent moth, Stauropus fagi, that when at rest resembles dead leaves. The modified thoracic legs of the larva, carried curled over its body, look like a lobster's claw
- look through — the opacity and texture of paper when inspected by transmitted light.
- look-through — the opacity and texture of paper when inspected by transmitted light.
- loop through — loop
- loughborough — a town in central England, in N Leicestershire: university (1966). Pop: 55 258 (2001)
- magnetograph — a recording magnetometer, used especially for recording variations in the earth's magnetic field.
- magnus hitch — a knot similar to a clove hitch but taking one more turn around the object to which the line is being bent; rolling hitch.
- marconigraph — (dated) wireless telegraph.
- mashrebeeyah — meshrebeeyeh.
- mashrebeeyeh — (in Islamic countries) an oriel screened by latticework.
- matrix patch — A matrix patch is an adhesive patch with medicine distributed through the adhesive. The patch is applied to the skin, and the medicine in it is delivered into the skin and into the bloodstream.
- meet up with — see socially
- memory smash — (jargon) A Xerox PARC term for writing to the location addressed by a dangling pointer.
- mephibosheth — a son of Jonathan, and the grandson of Saul. II Sam 4:4.
- meshrebeeyeh — (in Islamic countries) an oriel screened by latticework.
- metal polish — cleaning fluid designed to clean, polish or add shine to metal
- metallograph — a microscope for observing the microstructure of metals.
- meteorograph — an instrument for automatically recording various meteorological conditions, as barometric pressure and temperature, at the same time.
- micropublish — to publish on microfilm or microfiche.
- middle dutch — the Dutch language of the period c1100–c1500. Abbreviation: MD.