13-letter words containing a, h, r, d, n
- losing hazard — an unavoidable danger or risk, even though often foreseeable: The job was full of hazards.
- maid of honor — an unmarried woman who is the chief attendant of a bride. Compare matron of honor.
- marching band — musical group that parades
- matchboarding — a construction of matchboards.
- merchandisers — Plural form of merchandiser.
- merchandising — the manufactured goods bought and sold in any business.
- merchandizing — Alternative spelling of merchandising.
- metanephridia — Plural form of metanephridium.
- milford haven — a bay in SW Wales.
- misapprehends — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misapprehend.
- mitochondrial — (cytology) Of, or relating to mitochondria.
- monochromated — Fitted with a monochromator.
- mood enhancer — something, esp a drug, that has the effect of lifting a person's mood
- more hands on — characterized by or involved in active personal participation in an activity; individual and direct: a workshop to give children hands-on experience with computers.
- multibranched — Having more than one branch.
- natural child — Law. an illegitimate child; one born of illicit intercourse. (especially in Louisiana) an illegitimate child who has been lawfully acknowledged by its father.
- natural death — death that occurs from natural causes, as disease or old age, rather than from violence or an accident.
- nearsightedly — In a nearsighted manner; as if nearsighted; myopically.
- netherlandian — the, (used with a singular or plural verb) a kingdom in W Europe, bordering on the North Sea, Germany, and Belgium. 13,433 sq. mi. (34,790 sq. km). Capitals: Amsterdam and The Hague.
- niedersachsen — German name of Lower Saxony.
- non-adherence — the quality of adhering; steady devotion, support, allegiance, or attachment: adherence to a party; rigid adherence to rules.
- nonauthorized — Not authorized.
- nonhereditary — passing, or capable of passing, naturally from parent to offspring through the genes: Blue eyes are hereditary in our family. Compare congenital.
- north andover — a city in NE Massachusetts.
- north dakotan — a state in the N central United States. 70,665 sq. mi. (183,020 sq. km). Capital: Bismarck. Abbreviation: ND (for use with zip code), N. Dak.
- north holland — a province in W Netherlands. 1163 sq. mi. (3010 sq. km). Capital: Haarlem.
- north reading — a city in NE Massachusetts.
- northeastward — the northeast.
- northwestward — the northwest.
- oil hardening — to quench (steel) in a bath of oil.
- on every hand — on all sides; in all directions
- openheartedly — Alt form open-heartedly.
- orchidomaniac — a person who is obsessed with or has a passion for orchids
- orthodiagonal — the axis in a crystal
- orthopinakoid — a crystalline plane
- overhand knot — a simple knot of various uses that slips easily.
- painted horse — paint (def 6).
- pandora shell — any marine bivalve of the genus Pandora, having a scimitar-shaped shell with a pronounced ridge along the hinge.
- parenthesized — to insert (a word, phrase, etc.) as a parenthesis.
- patent holder — a person or company that holds a patent
- pearl-handled — having a handle made of pearl or mother-of-pearl
- pharaoh hound — one of a breed of medium-sized gazehounds with a smooth coat, red to tan in color with white markings, and erect ears.
- phrygian mode — an authentic church mode represented on the white keys of a keyboard instrument by an ascending scale from E to E.
- prosthodontia — the branch of dentistry that deals with the restoration and maintenance of oral function by the replacement of missing teeth and other oral structures by artificial devices.
- quadraphonics — high-fidelity sound reproduction involving signals transmitted through four different channels.
- quadrillionth — a cardinal number represented in the U.S. by 1 followed by 15 zeros, and in Great Britain by 1 followed by 24 zeros.
- quadriphonics — quadraphony.
- radhakrishnan — Sir Sarvepalli [suhr-vuh-puhl-ee] /ˌsʌr vəˈpʌl i/ (Show IPA), 1888–1975, president of India 1962–67.
- radio horizon — the locus of points on the earth's surface where rays from a transmitting antenna are tangent to the surface. The radio horizon for a fixed antenna varies with refraction by the atmosphere of radio waves.
- reach-me-down — a garment that is cheaply ready-made or second-hand