10-letter words containing a, h, u, r
- half-drunk — being in a temporary state in which one's physical and mental faculties are impaired by an excess of alcoholic drink; intoxicated: The wine made him drunk.
- half-quire — 12 uniform sheets of paper.
- half-round — semicircular in cross section, as a molding or piece of type.
- half-truth — a statement that is only partly true, especially one intended to deceive, evade blame, or the like.
- halfhourly — half-hour (def 3).
- hamburgers — Plural form of hamburger.
- hammer out — a tool consisting of a solid head, usually of metal, set crosswise on a handle, used for beating metals, driving nails, etc.
- 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 truck — truck1 (def 3).
- hantavirus — any of several viruses of the family Bunyaviridae, spread chiefly by wild rodents, that cause acute respiratory illness, kidney failure, and other syndromes.
- haplogroup — Genetics. a set of similar haplotypes inherited together, or a group who shares a set of similar haplotypes, used to understand genetic lineages.
- happy hour — a cocktail hour or longer period at a bar, during which drinks are served at reduced prices or with free snacks: happy hour from 5 to 7 p.m.
- haranguing — Present participle of harangue.
- harbourage — (British, nautical) A place for refuge for a vessel.
- harbourful — the amount that a harbour can hold
- harbouring — a part of a body of water along the shore deep enough for anchoring a ship and so situated with respect to coastal features, whether natural or artificial, as to provide protection from winds, waves, and currents.
- hard court — a tennis court having a concrete or asphalt surface.
- hard sauce — a mixture of butter and confectioners' sugar, often with flavoring and cream.
- hard stuff — strongly addictive drugs.
- hard-bound — hardcover
- harlequins — Plural form of harlequin.
- harmonious — marked by agreement in feeling, attitude, or action: a harmonious group.
- harmoniums — Plural form of harmonium.
- harquebuse — Alternative form of harquebus.
- harrisburg — a state in the E United States. 45,333 sq. mi. (117,410 sq. km). Capital: Harrisburg. Abbreviation: PA (for use with zip code), Pa., Penn., Penna.
- harrumphed — to clear the throat audibly in a self-important manner: The professor harrumphed good-naturedly.
- harrumpher — (informal) One who complains or moralizes.
- harthacnut — 1019?–42, king of Denmark 1035–42, king of England 1040–42 (son of Canute).
- haruspices — Plural form of haruspex.
- haubergeon — a short, sleeveless coat of mail.
- hausfrauen — a housewife.
- haustorium — a projection from the hypha of a fungus into the organic matter from which it absorbs nutrients.
- head nurse — the chief nurse in a hospital; matron
- headhunter — a person who engages in headhunting.
- headsquare — a scarf worn on the head
- heartfully — In a heartful manner.
- hearth rug — A hearth rug is a rug which is put in front of a fireplace.
- hearthrugs — Plural form of hearthrug.
- heraclitus — ("the Obscure") c540–c470 b.c, Greek philosopher.
- herbaceous — of, relating to, or characteristic of an herb; herblike.
- herbariums — Plural form of herbarium.
- hereabouts — about this place; in this neighborhood.
- hexamerous — consisting of or divided into six parts.
- hexandrous — (of a plant) having six stamen
- hexangular — having six angles.
- hipparchus — died 514 b.c, tyrant of Athens 527–514.
- hirudinean — any annelid worm of the class Hirudinea, comprising the leeches.
- home guard — a volunteer force used for meeting local emergencies when the regular armed forces are needed elsewhere.
- homuncular — an artificially made dwarf, supposedly produced in a flask by an alchemist.
- honorarium — a payment in recognition of acts or professional services for which custom or propriety forbids a price to be set: The mayor was given a modest honorarium for delivering a speech to our club.