14-letter words containing a, r, l
- haitian creole — the creolized French that is the native language of most Haitians.
- half seas over — of, relating to, or adapted for use at sea.
- half sovereign — a gold coin of the United Kingdom, discontinued in 1917, equal to 10 shillings.
- half-evergreen — having leaves which may or may not remain green throughout the year
- half-forgotten — a past participle of forget.
- half-heartedly — having or showing little enthusiasm: a halfhearted attempt to work.
- half-note rest — a pause of half a semibreve
- half-seas over — drunk; intoxicated; inebriated.
- half-smothered — to stifle or suffocate, as by smoke or other means of preventing free breathing.
- half-submerged — under the surface of water or any other enveloping medium; inundated.
- halfpennyworth — As much as could be bought for a halfpenny.
- halicarnassian — an ancient city of Caria, in SW Asia Minor: site of the Mausoleum, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world.
- hamilcar barca — c270–228 b.c, Carthaginian general and statesman (father of Hannibal).
- hand-delivered — (of a letter or parcel) delivered by the sender rather than a postman or courier
- hand-lettering — to print by hand: She hand-lettered a “for sale” sign.
- hanging scroll — a roll of parchment, paper, copper, or other material, especially one with writing on it: a scroll containing the entire Old Testament.
- happy as larry — extremely happy
- hardshell clam — quahog.
- hardware cloth — galvanized steel wire screen with a mesh usually between 0.25 and 0.5 inches (0.64 and 1.27 cm), used for coarse sieves, animal cages, and the like.
- harlequin duck — a small diving duck, Histrionicus histrionicus, of North America and Iceland, the male of which has bluish-gray plumage marked with black, white, and chestnut.
- harlequin opal — a variety of opal having patches of various colors.
- harlequinesque — in the manner of a harlequin.
- hasan al-basri — died 728 ad, Muslim religious thinker
- haul your wind — to sail closer to the wind
- have the floor — have a turn to speak publicly
- heads or tails — a gambling game in which a coin is tossed, the winner being the player who guesses which side of the coin will face up when it lands or is caught.
- healing powers — beneficial qualities
- health officer — an official who administers laws pertaining to health, especially sanitation.
- health problem — ailment or disorder
- health service — system of medical care
- health tourism — tourist travel for the purpose of receiving medical treatment or improving health or fitness: The spiraling cost of healthcare has contributed to the growth of medical tourism. Also called health tourism.
- health visitor — In Britain, a health visitor is a nurse whose job is to visit people in their homes and offer advice on matters such as how to look after very young babies or people with physical disabilities.
- health warning — a message indicating the dangers to the consumer's health of consuming a particular product printed on the packaging for the product
- heart and soul — Anatomy. a hollow, pumplike organ of blood circulation, composed mainly of rhythmically contractile smooth muscle, located in the chest between the lungs and slightly to the left and consisting of four chambers: a right atrium that receives blood returning from the body via the superior and inferior vena cavae, a right ventricle that pumps the blood through the pulmonary artery to the lungs for oxygenation, a left atrium that receives the oxygenated blood via the pulmonary veins and passes it through the mitral valve, and a left ventricle that pumps the oxygenated blood, via the aorta, throughout the body.
- heartrendingly — In a heartrending manner.
- heartwarmingly — In a heartwarming manner.
- heidelberg jaw — a human lower jaw of early middle Pleistocene age found in 1907 near Heidelberg, Germany.
- heidelberg man — the primitive human being reconstructed from the Heidelberg jaw.
- helicopter dad — a style of child rearing in which an overprotective mother or father discourages a child's independence by being too involved in the child's life: In typical helicopter parenting, a mother or father swoops in at any sign of challenge or discomfort.
- helicopter pad — landing area
- heliocentrical — Alternative form of heliocentric.
- hello, sailor! — (jargon) Occasional West Coast equivalent of hello, world; seems to have originated at SAIL, later associated with the game Zork (which also included "hello, aviator" and "hello, implementor"). Originally from the traditional hooker's greeting to a swabbie fresh off the boat, of course.
- hemerocallises — Plural form of hemerocallis.
- hemoglobinuria — the presence of hemoglobin pigment in the urine.
- hepatocellular — pertaining to or affecting liver cells.
- hephthemimeral — of or relating to a hephthemimer
- heracliteanism — the philosophy of Heraclitus, maintaining the perpetual change of all things, the only abiding thing being the logos, or orderly principle, according to which the change takes place.
- herald's trick — a conventional method of indicating a tincture, as by printing or carving without color.
- hereditability — heritable.
- hermann muller — Hermann Joseph, 1890–1967, U.S. geneticist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1946.