13-letter words containing d, a, n, e, r, i
- 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.
- heli-boarding — the sport of snowboarding on mountains or glaciers accessible only by helicopter or skiplane
- 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
- 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.
- 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.
- hydroairplane — a hydroplane.
- 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.
- hyperadenosis — abnormal enlargement of the glands, especially of the lymph nodes.
- hyperinflated — to subject to hyperinflation: hyperinflated prices.
- identity card — a card for identifying the bearer, giving name, address, and other personal data.
- ile de france — a former province in N France, including Paris and the region around it.
- Île-de-france — a region of N France, in the Paris Basin: part of the duchy of France in the 10th century
- imponderables — Plural form of imponderable.
- in deep water — the deep part of a body of water, especially an area of the ocean floor having a depth greater than 18,000 feet (5400 meters).
- in medias res — in the middle of things.
- in moderation — not to excess
- in order that — used to introduce a clause of purpose
- inadvertently — unintentional: an inadvertent insult.
- inarticulated — Not articulated; not connected by a joint.
- incense cedar — any of several coniferous trees of the genus Libocedrus (or Calocedrus), especially L. decurrens, of the western U.S., growing to a height of 150 feet (50 meters).
- inconsiderate — without due regard for the rights or feelings of others: It was inconsiderate of him to keep us waiting.
- indescribable — not describable; too extraordinary for description: a scene of indescribable confusion; indescribable euphoria.
- indescribably — not describable; too extraordinary for description: a scene of indescribable confusion; indescribable euphoria.
- indeterminacy — the condition or quality of being indeterminate; indetermination.
- indeterminant — Not accurately determined or determinable.
- indeterminate — not determinate; not precisely fixed in extent; indefinite; uncertain.
- india drugget — drugget (def 1).
- indian desert — Thar Desert.
- indian empire — British India and the Indian states ruled by native princes but under indirect British control: dissolved in 1947 and absorbed into India and Pakistan.
- indian runner — one of a breed of domestic ducks.
- indian summer — a period of mild, dry weather, usually accompanied by a hazy atmosphere, occurring usually in late October or early November and following a period of colder weather.
- indisturbance — Freedom from disturbance; calmness; repose.
- indo-european — a large, widespread family of languages, the surviving branches of which include Italic, Slavic, Baltic, Hellenic, Celtic, Germanic, and Indo-Iranian, spoken by about half the world's population: English, Spanish, German, Latin, Greek, Russian, Albanian, Lithuanian, Armenian, Persian, Hindi, and Hittite are all Indo-European languages. Compare family (def 14).
- indo-germanic — Indo-European
- indoctrinated — to instruct in a doctrine, principle, ideology, etc., especially to imbue with a specific partisan or biased belief or point of view.
- indoctrinates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of indoctrinate.