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13-letter words containing a, h, r, d, n

  • head shrinker — to draw back, as in retreat or avoidance: to shrink from danger; to shrink from contact.
  • head-shrinker — to draw back, as in retreat or avoidance: to shrink from danger; to shrink from contact.
  • heading sword — a sword used for beheading.
  • headline rate — a basic rate of inflation, taxation, etc, before distorting factors have been removed
  • headshrinkers — Plural form of headshrinker.
  • heart-rending — causing or expressing intense grief, anguish, or distress.
  • heaven forbid — You say 'Heaven forbid!' to emphasize that you very much hope that something will not happen.
  • hefner candle — a German unit of luminous intensity, equal to 0.92 of a candela.
  • heli-boarding — the sport of snowboarding on mountains or glaciers accessible only by helicopter or skiplane
  • henceforwards — (archaic) henceforth, from this point onwards.
  • hendecahedron — a solid figure having 11 faces.
  • hereditaments — Plural form of hereditament.
  • hereditarians — Plural form of hereditarian.
  • 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.
  • herod antipas — died after a.d. 39, ruler of Galilee, a.d. 4–39: ordered the execution of John the Baptist and participated in the trial of Jesus.
  • heroin addict — sb dependent on heroin
  • highland park — a city in NE Illinois, on Lake Michigan.
  • honey buzzard — a long-tailed Old World hawk, Pernis apivorus, that feeds on the larvae of bees as well as on small rodents, reptiles, and insects.
  • horned lizard — an insectivorous iguanid lizard of the genus Phrynosoma, of western North America, having hornlike spines on the head and a flattened body covered with spiny scales.
  • horse trading — the act or fact of conducting a shrewd exchange or engaging in a horse trade; bargaining.
  • horse-trading — to bargain or trade shrewdly.
  • house-trained — housebroken.
  • hudson strait — a strait connecting Hudson Bay and the Atlantic. 450 miles (725 km) long; 100 miles (160 km) wide.
  • hyaluronidase — Biochemistry. a mucolytic enzyme found in the testes, in snake venom, and in hemolytic streptococci and certain other bacteria, that decreases the viscosity of the intercellular matrix by breaking down hyaluronic acid.
  • hybridisation — Alternative form of hybridization.
  • hybridization — to cause to produce hybrids; cross.
  • hydraulicking — a type of mining that uses water to move rock
  • hydroairplane — a hydroplane.
  • hydroboration — (chemistry) the production or organoboranes by the addition of diborane to unsaturated organic compounds.
  • hydrocracking — the cracking of petroleum or the like in the presence of hydrogen.
  • hydrodynamics — the branch of fluid dynamics that deals with liquids, including hydrostatics and hydrokinetics.
  • hydrofracking — a process in which fractures in rocks below the earth's surface are opened and widened by injecting chemicals and liquids at high pressure: used especially to extract natural gas or oil.
  • hydrogenating — Present participle of hydrogenate.
  • hydrogenation — to combine or treat with hydrogen, especially to add hydrogen to the molecule of (an unsaturated organic compound).
  • hydroxylamine — an unstable, weakly basic, crystalline compound, NH 3 O, used as a reducing agent, analytical reagent, and chemical intermediate.
  • hydroxylation — (organic chemistry) The introduction of a hydroxyl group into a molecule, especially by the replacement of a hydrogen atom.
  • hyperadenosis — abnormal enlargement of the glands, especially of the lymph nodes.
  • hyperinflated — to subject to hyperinflation: hyperinflated prices.
  • hypo-chondria — Also, hypochondriasis [hahy-poh-kuh n-drahy-uh-sis] /ˌhaɪ poʊ kənˈdraɪ ə sɪs/ (Show IPA). Psychiatry. an excessive preoccupation with one's health, usually focusing on some particular symptom, as cardiac or gastric problems.
  • hypochondriac — Also, hypochondriacal, H05/H0509000 hahy-poh-kuh n-drahy-uh-kuh l, ˌhaɪ poʊ kənˈdraɪ ə kəl. Psychiatry. pertaining to or suffering from hypochondria, an excessive preoccupation with and worry about one's health: The comedy is aimed at the hypochondriac demographic. produced by hypochondria: Hypochondriac feelings overwhelmed her.
  • hypohydration — Dehydration.
  • in order that — used to introduce a clause of purpose
  • indira gandhi — Indira [in-deer-uh] /ɪnˈdɪər ə/ (Show IPA), 1917–84, Indian political leader: prime minister 1966–77 and 1980–84 (daughter of Jawaharlal Nehru).
  • interchondral — of or relating to cartilage or a cartilage.
  • interwreathed — Simple past tense and past participle of interwreathe.
  • invalid chair — a chair specially designed for an invalid to sit in
  • johann herder — Johann Gottfried von [yoh-hahn gawt-freet fuh n] /ˈyoʊ hɑn ˈgɔt frit fən/ (Show IPA), 1744–1803, German philosopher and poet.
  • kindheartedly — In a kindhearted manner.
  • landownership — an owner or proprietor of land.
  • light reading — reading which is not considered too demanding or intellectual
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