13-letter words containing a, c, h, r
- harmonic mean — the mean obtained by taking the reciprocal of the arithmetic mean of the reciprocals of a set of nonzero numbers.
- harmonic tone — a tone produced by suppressing the fundamental tone and bringing into prominence one of its overtones.
- harness hitch — a hitch forming a loop around a rope, especially one formed at the end of a bowline.
- haruspication — the use of animal entrails for divination
- harvard chair — a three-legged armchair of the late 17th century, composed of turned uprights and spindles and having a triangular seat.
- haskell curry — (person) Haskell Brooks Curry (1900-09-12 - 1982-09-01). The logician who re-invented and developed combinatory logic. The functional programming language Haskell was named after him.
- haute couture — high fashion; the most fashionable and influential dressmaking and designing.
- have a record — to be a known criminal; have a previous conviction or convictions
- health center — medical clinic
- health centre — A health centre is a building in which a group of doctors have offices or surgeries where their patients can visit them.
- heartsickness — The condition of being heartsick.
- heartstricken — Shocked; dismayed.
- heavy cruiser — a naval cruiser having 8-inch (20.3-cm) guns as its main armament.
- hecate strait — a strait in central British Columbia, Canada, between the mainland and the Queen Charlotte Islands. 160 miles (257 km) long and 40–80 miles (64–129 km) wide.
- hefner candle — a German unit of luminous intensity, equal to 0.92 of a candela.
- heliotropical — heliotropic
- helispherical — spiral
- hemacytometer — hemocytometer.
- hemichordates — Plural form of hemichordate.
- hemiparasitic — Semiparasitic.
- hemispherical — having the form of a hemisphere.
- henceforwards — (archaic) henceforth, from this point onwards.
- hendecahedron — a solid figure having 11 faces.
- heortological — of or relating to heortology
- herb of grace — rue2 .
- herb patience — a European plant, Rumex patientia, of the buckwheat family, naturalized in North America, having long, wavy-margined, basal leaves used for salads.
- herb-of-grace — rue2 .
- hermeneutical — of or relating to hermeneutics; interpretative; explanatory.
- hermosa beach — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
- hero sandwich — a large sandwich, usually consisting of a small loaf of bread or long roll cut in half lengthwise and containing a variety of ingredients, as meat, cheese, lettuce, and tomatoes.
- heroic stanza — elegiac stanza.
- heroin addict — sb dependent on heroin
- heterarchical — Of or pertaining to heterarchy.
- heteroblastic — (of a plant or plant part) showing a marked difference in form between the juvenile and the adult structures
- heterocarpous — (of a plant) producing more than one type of fruit
- heterogametic — (of a species or individual organism) having two unlike gametes.
- heterographic — Misspelled; of or pertaining to an incorrect spelling or a spelling that differs from accepted standards.
- heterological — (grammar) Of an adjective, not describing itself.
- heteroplastic — the repair of lesions with tissue from another individual or species.
- heterostracan — any of several ostracoderms of the order Heterostraci, from the Silurian and Devonian Periods, having the anterior part of the body enclosed in bony plates.
- heterothallic — having mycelia of two unlike types, both of which must participate in the sexual process. Compare homothallic (def 1).
- heuristically — serving to indicate or point out; stimulating interest as a means of furthering investigation.
- hieracosphinx — (in ancient Egyptian art) a hawk-headed sphinx
- high-wire act — a circus trick in which the performer walks across a high wire
- hilbert space — a complete infinite-dimensional vector space on which an inner product is defined.
- hippuric acid — a crystalline solid excreted in the urine of mammals. Formula: C9H9NO3
- hire purchase — buying sth by instalments
- hire-purchase — a system of payment for a commodity in regular installments while using it.
- histaminergic — releasing histamine
- hockey player — sportsperson: plays hockey