11-letter words containing a, h, n, d
- handfasting — Present participle of handfast.
- handholding — the act of holding hands, especially as a sign or token of affection.
- handicapped — Sometimes Offensive. physically or mentally disabled.
- handicapper — Horse Racing. a racetrack official or employee who assigns the weight a horse must carry in a race. a person employed, as by a newspaper, to make predictions on the outcomes of horse races.
- handicrafts — Plural form of handicraft.
- handpicking — to pick by hand.
- handrailing — Handrail.
- handscrolls — Plural form of handscroll.
- handselling — The practice of promoting books by personal recommendation rather than by publisher-sponsored marketing.
- handshaking — a gripping and shaking of right hands by two individuals, as to symbolize greeting, congratulation, agreement, or farewell.
- handsprings — Plural form of handspring.
- handweaving — the art or technique of weaving on a handloom.
- handwringer — a person who wrings the hands often as a display of worry or upset
- handwriting — writing done with a pen or pencil in the hand; script.
- handwritten — to write (something) by hand.
- handwrought — formed or shaped by hand, as metal objects.
- handy-dandy — handy (def 2).
- handyperson — a person who is practiced at doing maintenance work.
- hang around — to fasten or attach (a thing) so that it is supported only from above or at a point near its own top; suspend.
- hang behind — to remain in a place after others have left; linger
- hang glider — a kitelike glider consisting of a V -shaped wing underneath which the pilot is strapped: kept aloft by updrafts and guided by the pilot's shifting body weight.
- hang-glider — a kitelike glider consisting of a V -shaped wing underneath which the pilot is strapped: kept aloft by updrafts and guided by the pilot's shifting body weight.
- harbingered — Simple past tense and past participle of harbinger.
- hard dinkum — hard work; a difficult task.
- hard ground — an etching ground applied to the surface of a plate held over a small flame and spread by a dabber or brayer. Compare soft ground (def 1).
- hard launch — the general or official launch, esp of a website, after which all features, products, and services are understood to be available
- hard porn's — hard-core pornography.
- hard-bitten — tough; stubborn.
- hard-earned — A hard-earned victory or hard-earned cash is a victory or money that someone deserves because they have worked hard for it.
- hard-handed — oppressive or tyrannical; stern or cruel.
- hardecanute — 1019?–42, king of Denmark 1035–42, king of England 1040–42 (son of Canute).
- hardicanute — 1019?–42, king of Denmark 1035–42, king of England 1040–42 (son of Canute).
- hardscaping — Hardscape.
- hardwareman — (obsolete) An ironmonger.
- hardwearing — resistant to extensive wear; durable: a pair of hardwearing jeans.
- hardworking — industrious; zealous: a hardworking family man.
- harebrained — giddy; reckless.
- hash coding — (programming, algorithm) (Or "hashing") A scheme for providing rapid access to data items which are distinguished by some key. Each data item to be stored is associated with a key, e.g. the name of a person. A hash function is applied to the item's key and the resulting hash value is used as an index to select one of a number of "hash buckets" in a hash table. The table contains pointers to the original items. If, when adding a new item, the hash table already has an entry at the indicated location then that entry's key must be compared with the given key to see if it is the same. If two items' keys hash to the same value (a "hash collision") then some alternative location is used (e.g. the next free location cyclically following the indicated one). For best performance, the table size and hash function must be tailored to the number of entries and range of keys to be used. The hash function usually depends on the table size so if the table needs to be enlarged it must usually be completely rebuilt. When you look up a name in the phone book (for example), you typically hash it by extracting its first letter; the hash buckets are the alphabetically ordered letter sections. See also: btree, checksum, CRC, pseudorandom number, random, random number, soundex.
- hat in hand — a shaped covering for the head, usually with a crown and brim, especially for wear outdoors.
- hawser bend — a knot uniting the ends of two lines.
- head injury — wound to the head
- head margin — the empty space between the first line or other printed element on a page and the top of the page.
- head-banger — metalhead.
- head-hunter — a person who engages in headhunting.
- headbangers — Plural form of headbanger.
- headbanging — rhythmical moving of the head up and down in dancing to heavy metal
- headbutting — Present participle of headbutt.
- header bond — a brickwork bond composed entirely of overlapping headers.
- header tank — a reservoir, tank, or hopper that maintains a gravity feed or a static fluid pressure in an apparatus
- headhunters — Plural form of headhunter.