11-letter words containing a, s, h, d
- headshaking — The act of shaking one's head, in disagreement or disapproval.
- headstander — A small deep-bodied freshwater fish of the Amazon region, popular in aquaria. It swims and feeds at an oblique angle with the head down.
- headstreams — Plural form of headstream.
- headstripes — Plural form of headstripe.
- headwaiters — Plural form of headwaiter.
- heartedness — (uncountable) The state or quality of being hearted.
- heartshaped — Alternative form of heart-shaped.
- heat island — an urban area having higher average temperature than its rural surroundings owing to the greater absorption, retention, and generation of heat by its buildings, pavements, and human activities.
- heat shield — a coating or structure that surrounds part of the nose cone or other vulnerable surfaces of a spacecraft and, by heat absorption or ablation, protects them from excessive heating during reentry.
- heat-island — an urban area having higher average temperature than its rural surroundings owing to the greater absorption, retention, and generation of heat by its buildings, pavements, and human activities.
- heavenwards — Also, heavenwards. toward heaven.
- hederaceous — (rare) Of, pertaining to, or resembling ivy.
- hedgeapples — Plural form of hedgeapple.
- heptandrous — (of a flower) having seven stamens
- heracleides — ?390–?322 bc, Greek astronomer and philosopher: the first to state that the earth rotates on its axis
- hexahedrons — Plural form of hexahedron.
- highlanders — Plural form of highlander.
- hinderances — Plural form of hinderance.
- hinderlands — the buttocks
- hindoostani — a standard language and lingua franca of northern India based on a dialect of Western Hindi spoken around Delhi. Abbreviation: Hind. Compare Hindi (def 2), Urdu.
- hinterlands — Plural form of hinterland.
- hippodamist — a horse-tamer
- hippodamous — horse-taming
- his-and-her — denoting two matching or identical items, one intended for use by a male and the other by a female: his-and-her towels in the bathroom; his-and-her sweatshirts.
- historiated — (especially of initial letters on an illuminated manuscript) decorated with animals, flowers, or other designs that have a narrative or symbolic purpose.
- hitherwards — (archaic) Toward this place.
- hollandaise — The hollandaise sauce.
- holy island — Also called Lindisfarne. an island off the E coast of Northumberland, England. 3 miles (4.8 km) long.
- homesteaded — a dwelling with its land and buildings, occupied by the owner as a home and exempted by a homestead law from seizure or sale for debt.
- homesteader — the owner or holder of a homestead.
- hooded seal — a large seal, Cystophora cristata, the male of which has a large, distensible, hoodlike sac on the head.
- horn-spread — (of a horned creature) the distance between the outermost tips of the horns.
- horse guard — a black and yellow sand wasp, Bembix carolina, of the southern U.S., preying on flies that gather around horses and cattle.
- horse-drawn — A horse-drawn carriage, cart, or other vehicle is one that is pulled by one or more horses.
- horse-faced — having a large face with lantern jaws and large teeth.
- horse-trade — to bargain or trade shrewdly.
- horseradish — a cultivated plant, Armoracia rusticana, of the mustard family, having small, white flowers.
- horsetrader — (literally) A person who buys and sells horses, especially one who makes such transactions in a clever or skillful manner.
- house brand — a brand name used by a retailer for a product or product line made specifically for or by the retailer.
- houselander — Caryll [kar-uh l] /ˈkær əl/ (Show IPA), 1901–54, English writer on Roman Catholicism.
- hoverboards — Plural form of hoverboard.
- howard moss — Howard, 1922–1987, U.S. poet, editor, and playwright.
- hudibrastic — of, relating to, or resembling the style of Samuel Butler's Hudibras (published 1663–78), a mock-heroic poem written in tetrameter couplets.
- hudson seal — muskrat fur that has been plucked and dyed to give the appearance of seal.
- humidistats — Plural form of humidistat.
- husbandable — Capable of being husbanded, or managed with economy.
- husbandland — the holding once held by a husband or tenant farmer or the quantity of land held by him, approximately 32 acres
- husbandless — Without a husband.
- husbandlike — resembling a husband
- hydragogues — Plural form of hydragogue.