11-letter words containing d, e, a, r, h
- pachydermic — any of the thick-skinned, nonruminant ungulates, as the elephant, hippopotamus, and rhinoceros.
- paedotrophy — the art of raising children
- paraldehyde — a colorless, liquid, cyclic compound, C 6 H 1 2 O 3 , having a disagreeable taste but an agreeable odor, produced by the polymerization of acetaldehyde with sulfuric acid: used chiefly in the manufacture of organic chemicals and in medicine as a sedative and hypnotic.
- parchedness — the state or characteristic of being parched
- pear-shaped — having the shape of a pear; tapering near the top and bulging toward the base or bottom: a pear-shaped vase.
- pentahedron — a solid figure having five faces.
- pentahydric — (especially of alcohols and phenols) pentahydroxy.
- philanderer — (of a man) to make love with a woman one cannot or will not marry; carry on flirtations.
- placeholder — Mathematics, Logic. a symbol in an expression that may be replaced by the name of any element of the set.
- plateholder — a lightproof container for a photographic plate, loaded into the camera with the plate and having a slide that is removed before exposing.
- pouched rat — pocket gopher.
- power ahead — If an economy or company powers ahead, it becomes stronger and more successful.
- pre-holiday — a day fixed by law or custom on which ordinary business is suspended in commemoration of some event or in honor of some person.
- preadmonish — to admonish or warn beforehand
- predispatch — to send off or away with speed, as a messenger, telegram, body of troops, etc.
- preheadache — occurring before a headache
- prudhoe bay — an inlet of the Beaufort Sea, N of Alaska: large oil and gas fields.
- pseudograph — a piece of writing that is falsely ascribed
- purehearted — (of a person) without malice, treachery, or evil intent; honest; sincere; guileless.
- radiothermy — therapy that utilizes the heat from a shortwave radio apparatus or diathermy machine.
- radnorshire — a historic county in Powys, in E Wales.
- ralph nader — Ralph, born 1934, U.S. lawyer, author, political reformer, and consumer advocate.
- rankshifted — that has been shifted from one linguistic rank to another
- rapid chess — a game of chess played within a fixed amount of time, usually 30 minutes per player for all moves.
- readthrough — reading (def 1).
- rechartered — a document, issued by a sovereign or state, outlining the conditions under which a corporation, colony, city, or other corporate body is organized, and defining its rights and privileges.
- red chamber — the Canadian Senate chamber.
- red channel — in an airport, the route taken by passengers wishing to declare goods, such as large quantities of tobacco or alcohol
- rehydration — to restore moisture or fluid to (something dehydrated).
- remand home — a detention home for juvenile offenders aged 8–16 years.
- rhabdocoele — any member of the turbellarian flatworm order Neorhabdocoela, comprising both freshwater and marine species, having a simple saclike digestive system.
- rhododaphne — a shrub with narrow, poisonous evergreen leaves and attractive pink flowers, also known as oleander or rosebay
- richard hoe — Richard, 1812–86, U.S. inventor and manufacturer of printing-press equipment.
- richard roe — a fictitious name used in legal proceedings for a male party whose true name is not known, used especially as the second such name when two male persons are involved whose real names have not been ascertained.
- rideau hall — (in Canada) the official residence of the Governor General, in Ottawa
- ridesharing — of or relating to the sharing of rides or transportation, especially among commuters: The agency was set up to devise a ridesharing program.
- road hockey — an imitation of the game of ice hockey played typically by children without ice skates on a public road.
- roman shade — a window shade that, when raised, is drawn up into a series of concertina folds.
- rough trade — male homosexual prostitution, especially involving brutality or sadism.
- roundarched — having semicircular arches
- roundheaded — (of a person) possessing a round head; brachycephalic.
- rude health — If someone is in rude health, they are strong and healthy.
- rue the day — If you rue the day that you did something, you are sorry that you did it, because it has had unpleasant results.
- rush candle — a candle made from a dried, partly peeled rush that has been dipped in grease.
- saccharated — sweetened
- saddle horn — horn (def 19).
- sand hopper — beach flea.
- schollander — Donald ("Don") born 1946, U.S. swimmer.
- sedan chair — an enclosed vehicle for one person, borne on poles by two bearers and common during the 17th and 18th centuries.
- self-hatred — the feeling of one who hates; intense dislike or extreme aversion or hostility.