12-Letter Words Starting with H

Qualification obtained by learner, one in residence

Habituation

One of the writers of the hagiographa; a writer of lives of the saints.

Pl. hagiographies Biography of saints.

HAGIOLOGIC

One whose judgment and acts are affected by hallucinations; one who errs on account of his hallucinations.

Enough! Nearly calling off trip on this

Mind-affecting drug

Drug inducing unreal perceptions

Plural or third person singular

An abnormal condition or mental state characterized by hallucination.

HALOGENATE

HALOGENATE HALOGEN a non metallic element

Haloperidol

HALTERBROKE

Good looks of workman with quite a head

Handyperson

Haptoglobin

An officer charged with the duty of executing the regulations respecting the use of a harbor.

Harmonical

Harmonicist

Harmonious

Instruments for Scarlatti

Ridiculous extremes disco and rap: doubly hard to play instruments

With the head foremost; -- of motion.

Hearthstone

In periods of seven days; weekly.

Dull or lifeless, from the Latin for 'blunt'

""HEBRAIZE to make Hebrew, also HEBRAISE""

Hectograph

Hedgehopper

Hedgehop

Heldentenor

Helicopter

Revolving around the sun

Revolving round the sun

Heliograph

Of or pertaining to heliography or a heliograph; made by heliography.

Heliolatry

Adjective (-ous)

""The phenomenon of turning toward the light, seen in many leaves and flowers.""

Hellacious

""Pl. hemangiomas also hemangiomata (-m -t ) A benign skin lesion consisting of dense, usually elevated masses of dilated blood vessels.""

Producing blood.

Hematology

The science encompassing the medical study of the blood and blood-producing organs.

Hematoxylin

Hero takes me aboard - decision is made by Lily

HEMICHORDATE

Noun denoting doctrine or practice

Pl -ses [-ˌsiːz] (Medicine) Med the filtering of circulating blood through a semipermeable membrane in an apparatus ( haemodialyser or artificial kidney ) to remove waste products: performed in cases of kidney failure Also called extracorporeal dialysis See also dialysis [from haemo- + dialysis ]

Pl. hemodialyses (-s z ) A procedure for removing metabolic waste products or toxic substances from the bloodstream by dialysis.

Noun (-tion)

Hemodynamic

Hemophiliac

Hemoprotein

HEMORRHAGE Any discharge of blood from the blood vessels.

""Of or pertaining to, or of the nature of, hemorrhoids.""

Hemosiderin

From now on

Do French wear pants from now on (wordplay)

In future

HENOTHEIST

Abnormal enlargement of the liver.

""In the preceding part of this (writing, document, book, etc.).""

""Combining the heroic and the ludicrous; denoting high burlesque; as, a heroicomic poem.as, a heroicomic poem.""

""HERRINGBONE Pertaining to, or like, the spine of a herring; especially, characterized by an arrangement of work in rows of parallel lines, which in the alternate rows slope in different directions.""

Herringbone

Heteroauxin

""Having the vertebral column evidently continued into the upper lobe of the tail, which is usually longer than the lower one, as in sharks.""

Heteroclite

Heterocycle

HETEROCYCLE

Heterodoxy

English word

HETERODYNE

""Spending different stages of a life cycle on different, usually unrelated hosts. Used of parasites such as rust fungi and tapeworms.""

Heteroecism

""Either of two conjugating gametes that differ in structure or behavior, such as the small motile male spermatozoon and the larger nonmotile female ovum. Also called anisogamete .""

HETEROGAMETE

Heterogamy

""The condition of having two or more kinds of flowers which differ in regard to stamens and pistils, as in the aster.""

Heterogeny

Not from the same source

Heterogony

Heterograft

A cell having two or more genetically different nuclei.

""Characterized by heterology; consisting of different elements, or of like elements in different proportions; different; opposed to homologous; as, heterologous organs. homologous; as, heterologous organs.""

Heteronomy

Subject to external controls

Having dissimilar leaves on one plant.

Heteroploid

HETEROPLOID

Straight as an arrow, perhaps (wordplay)

Straight

Heterotroph

HETEROTROPH

An organism that has different alleles at a particular gene locus on homologous chromosomes.

Having different alleles at one or more corresponding chromosomal loci.

Hexaploidy

Adjective (-al)

Hibernation

Type of writing

Of or relating to hierophants or their teachings.

Highbrowism

Oppo hams it up (anagram)

Large semi-aquatic mammal

Large African mammal frequenting rivers

HISTOGEN inferior plant tissue

The formation and development of organic tissues; histogeny; the opposite of histolysis histolysis

Tissueproducing; connected with the formation and development of the organic tissues.

""Pertaining to histology, or to the microscopic structure of the tissues of living organisms.""

Histologist

Memorable friend over time

Historicism

Historicist

HISTORICIZE To record or narrate in the manner of a history; to chronicle.

Historicize

Hoarseness

Hobblebush

Hobbledehoy

Travel agent perhaps is taking a break

Tourist in rank beset by wild blow

Feast day for God and tourist

HOLISTIC pertaining to {holism=n}

Hollandaise

Hollowness

HOLOGRAPHER holograph

Holography

Holograph

""Expressing a phrase or sentence in a single word, as is the case in the aboriginal languages of America.""

Holothurian

State of having no fixed abode

Homeliness

HOMEOMORPH

Homeopathy

HOMEOTHERM A homoiothermal animal.

Homeschool

Kid with no commute

Nest ache (wordplay)

Sadness when away

Summer camper's nostalgia

Farmers made the roses hybrid

Homestead

""HOMINIZE to alter the environment to conform with evolving man, also HOMINISE""

HOMOGENISE

Homogenizer

""HOMOGENIZE To blend (a collection of unlike elements) together so as to make the whole uniform in character, composition, or function.""

Homoiotherm

Homoiousian

""HOMOLOGATE To approve; to allow; to confirm; as, the court homologates a proceeding. as, the court homologates a proceeding.""

Process to certify race car's "production" status

Homologizer

HOMOLOGIZE To determine the homologies or structural relations of.

Same as Homomorphy. Homomorphy.

In an homonymous manner; so as to have the same name or relation.

Homopolymer

Homosexual

""Having male and female reproductive structures on the same thallus, as in some fungi and algae.""

Having the same alleles at a particular gene locus on homologous chromosomes.

Homozygous

Honeycomb

Nectar-feeding bird

Dear Ralph and Alice (wordplay)

Beloved Ralph and Alice (wordplay)

Classic '50s sitcom (with "The")

On trip with mate, one stops Henry showing too much cheek

Honeysuckle

Abstract noun (-ity)

Hoodedness

Hooliganism

Country songfests

Sing-alongs

Rural shindigs

Feeling of despair

Despondency

Despair

Hopscotch

At a right angle to the vertical

In relation to ground level

Mete out

Hornedness

HORNLESS without horns

I bought a trumpet, but I was...

'I bought a trumpet, but I was...'

Defrauded

Hornswoggle

Or only rushed (anagram)

The state or quality of being horrible; dreadfulness; hideousness.

Horridness

HORRIFIC causing horror

Horrifying

Horseflesh

Skill in riding

Well up with it

Hampshire son trained in skilled riding

HORSEPLAYER horseplay

The act or employment of shoeing horses.

Flogged by a stock-holder (wordplay)

Thrashed

HORSEWHIP A whip for horses.

Science of gardening

The cultivation of plants

Pronounced lordly customs, such as those at Kew engage in (wordplay)

In where they tend to get you out

Hospitalise

""HOSPITALIZE To render (a building) unfit for habitation, by long continued use as a hospital.""

Hospitalize

Hotchpotch

HOUSEBOATER houseboat

Demolition worker who shows criminal intent

Burglar

Houseclean

Housedress

Housefather

HOUSEHOLDER The master or head of a family; one who occupies a house with his family.

Male with an iron and a feather duster (wordplay)

To save on accommodation, he works at home

What Mr. Incredible becomes in "Incredibles 2"

They clean up after clerics and footballer in bars

They clean up after clerics in family castle on riverside at the centre

Accommodate the last lines of defence for those cleaning up after the clergy

Maid's profession

Oikologist's study

Money set aside for domestic costs

They keep an eye on the school children for the Ceann Comhairles perhaps

Housemother

Take in rope for craftsman

Job that involves ladder climbing

Man with a ladder

Houseparent

Houseperson

Politicians at work maintaining domestic security

Keeping an eye on the flat? That's why the politicians are all there!

Moving tribute (wordplay)

Party for those on the move

Party for the new neighbors

The act of humanizing.

The formation of humus.

Humiliation