10-letter words containing a, d, h, e, r
- erase head — an electromagnet that can erase information on a magnetic medium
- exheredate — to disinherit
- farfetched — improbable; not naturally pertinent; being only remotely connected; forced; strained: He brought in a far-fetched example in an effort to prove his point.
- farsighted — seeing objects at a distance more clearly than those near at hand; hyperopic.
- fatherhood — the state of being a father.
- fatherland — one's native country.
- fatshedera — an evergreen garden shrub with shiny green leaves and umbels of pale green flowers; a bigeneric hybrid between Fatsia japonica moseri and Hedera hibernica: family Araliaceae
- featherbed — A bed that has a mattress stuffed with feathers.
- figurehead — a person who is head of a group, company, etc., in title but actually has no real authority or responsibility: Most modern kings and queens are figureheads.
- flowerhead — (botany) A short, compact cluster of flowers, such as those found in the composites.
- forehanded — forehand (def 1).
- foreshadow — to show or indicate beforehand; prefigure: Political upheavals foreshadowed war.
- franchised — Simple past tense and past participle of franchise.
- freehanded — Openhanded; generous.
- fringehead — any fish of the genus Neoclinus, characterized by a row of fleshy processes on the head, as N. blanchardi (sarcastic fringehead) of California coastal waters.
- gardenhood — The state of being a garden; the status, respect, or appearance befitting a proper garden.
- garnisheed — Simple past tense and past participle of garnishee.
- gas holder — A gas holder is a large, low-pressure container for gas.
- gasholders — Plural form of gasholder.
- godfathers — Plural form of godfather.
- goldthread — a white-flowered plant, Coptis trifolia, of the buttercup family, having a slender, yellow root that is sometimes used as a tonic.
- greenheads — Plural form of greenhead.
- greyheaded — having grey hair
- guardhouse — a building used for housing military personnel on guard duty.
- had better — that which has greater excellence or is preferable or wiser: the better of two choices.
- had rather — in a measure; to a certain extent; somewhat: rather good.
- had sooner — would rather; would prefer to
- hag-ridden — worried or tormented, as by a witch.
- hair slide — a hinged clip with a tortoiseshell, bone, or similar back, used to fasten the hair
- halberdier — a soldier, guard, or attendant armed with a halberd.
- half-arsed — incompetent; inept; badly organized
- half-breed — a contemptuous term used to refer to the offspring of parents of different racial origin, especially the offspring of an American Indian and a white person of European descent.
- hallmarked — Simple past tense and past participle of hallmark.
- hammerhead — the part of a hammer designed for striking.
- hand brake — a brake operated by a hand lever. Compare caliper (def 6).
- hand cream — a cream that you put on your hands to make them feel softer and smoother
- hand mower — a lawn mower that is pushed by hand (distinguished from power mower).
- hand press — a printing press requiring hand operation.
- hand screw — a screw that can be tightened by the fingers, without the aid of a tool.
- hand-drier — an electrical appliance, usually found in public toilets, that dries a person's hands through the expulsion of hot air
- handballer — A handball player.
- handbrakes — Plural form of handbrake.
- handlanger — an unskilled assistant to a tradesman
- handlebars — Usually, handlebars. the curved steering bar of a bicycle, motorcycle, etc., placed in front of the rider and gripped by the hands. handlebar moustache.
- hands-free — not requiring the use of the hands: handsfree telephone dialing by voice commands.
- handshaker — a person who is or is required to be overtly or ostentatiously friendly: Politicians are often incurable handshakers.
- handstroke — the downward movement of the bell rope as the bell swings around allowing the ringer to grasp and pull it
- handwarmer — a small, flat, usually pocket-size device containing material, as chemicals, hot liquids, or a battery-operated heating element, for warming the hands.
- hansardize — to prove that (a member of parliament) has changed his views from those quoted in Hansard
- harassedly — in a harassed manner