10-letter words containing a, d, n, h
- half-round — semicircular in cross section, as a molding or piece of type.
- hallandale — a city in SE Florida.
- ham-handed — clumsy, inept, or heavy-handed: a ham-handed approach to dealing with people that hurts a lot of feelings.
- hand basin — sink for washing hands
- 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 cruft — (jargon) (After "hand craft") To write something by hand that would be better done automatically, e.g. writing assembly language instead of using a compiler (see hand hacking).
- hand drill — a portable drill designed for two-handed operation.
- hand glass — a small mirror with a handle.
- hand it to — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- hand level — a leveling instrument held in the hand and used for approximate work at short distances.
- hand mower — a lawn mower that is pushed by hand (distinguished from power mower).
- hand organ — a portable barrel organ played by means of a crank turned by hand.
- 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 tight — (of a setscrew, nut, etc.) as tight as it can be made by hand, without the aid of a tool.
- hand towel — small towel for drying the hands
- hand truck — truck1 (def 3).
- hand-bound — (of books) bound by hand.
- hand-carry — to carry or deliver by hand, as for security reasons: The ambassador hand-carried a message from the president.
- hand-drier — an electrical appliance, usually found in public toilets, that dries a person's hands through the expulsion of hot air
- hand-me-up — something, such as an item of electronic equipment, that is passed from a younger to an older member of a family
- hand-piece — handheld, power-operated shears used by a shearer
- hand-spike — a bar used as a lever.
- hand-spray — an attachment to a shower, sink unit, etc, that is not fixed in place but can instead be moved in order to aid washing
- hand-woven — woven by hand rather than by machine
- handballer — A handball player.
- handbarrow — a frame with handles at each end by which it is carried.
- handbasket — a small basket with a handle for carrying by hand.
- handbrakes — Plural form of handbrake.
- handclasps — Plural form of handclasp.
- handcrafts — Plural form of handcraft.
- handcuffed — Simple past tense and past participle of handcuff.
- handedness — a tendency to use one hand more than the other.
- handfasted — Simple past tense and past participle of handfast.
- handicraft — manual skill.
- handlanger — an unskilled assistant to a tradesman
- handleable — a part of a thing made specifically to be grasped or held by the hand.
- 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.
- handleless — a part of a thing made specifically to be grasped or held by the hand.
- handloomed — handwoven.
- handmaiden — something that is necessarily subservient or subordinate to another: Ceremony is but the handmaid of worship.
- handphones — Plural form of handphone.
- handpicked — Picked by hand; picked or selected with care.
- handpieces — Plural form of handpiece.
- handprints — Plural form of handprint.
- hands down — of, belonging to, using, or used by the hand.
- hands-down — easy: a hands-down victory.
- hands-free — not requiring the use of the hands: handsfree telephone dialing by voice commands.
- handscroll — A traditional Asian scroll that unfolds horizontally so that the reader can view one section at a time while holding it in the hands.