12-letter words containing d, e, h, r
- clear-headed — If you describe someone as clear-headed, you mean that they are sensible and think clearly, especially in difficult situations.
- clearsighted — seeing clearly
- coach driver — a person who drives a coach
- coachbuilder — (historical) A builder of horse-drawn coaches.
- code-sharing — a commercial agreement between two airlines that allows passengers to use a ticket from one airline to travel on another
- cold-hearted — A cold-hearted person does not feel any affection or sympathy towards other people.
- colour depth — bits per pixel
- comprehended — to understand the nature or meaning of; grasp with the mind; perceive: He did not comprehend the significance of the ambassador's remark.
- comprehender — to understand the nature or meaning of; grasp with the mind; perceive: He did not comprehend the significance of the ambassador's remark.
- conidiophore — a simple or branched hypha that bears spores (conidia) in such fungi as Penicillium
- counter hand — a person who works behind a counter; assistant
- creaturehood — the state of being a creature
- credit check — a check performed by a company selling goods on credit to establish if a potential customer is creditworthy
- creditworthy — A creditworthy person or organization is one who can safely be lent money or allowed to have goods on credit, for example because in the past they have always paid back what they owe.
- crosschecked — Simple past tense and past participle of crosscheck.
- crowned head — a monarch
- cruelhearted — having a cruel heart; lacking kindness, compassion, etc.
- curly-haired — having hair that forms curls
- daphnephoria — an ancient Greek festival in honor of Apollo.
- dasher block — a block at the end of a yard or gaff for supporting a signal or ensign halyard.
- daughtercard — daughterboard
- daughterless — Without a daughter.
- daughterlike — Resembling a daughter.
- daughterling — a small daughter
- dead freight — an amount owed by a contractor who charters space in a ship but fails to occupy it fully.
- death rattle — If you say that one thing is the death rattle of another, you mean that the first thing is a sign that very soon the second thing will come to an end.
- death spiral — a period of continuous deterioration that leads ultimately to catastrophic failure or destruction
- death threat — a threat to kill someone
- death throes — The death throes of something are its final stages, just before it fails completely or ends.
- debaucheries — Plural form of debauchery.
- debaucherous — tending toward or involving debauchery, or excessive indulgence in sensual pleasures: a night of debaucherous fun.
- decahydrates — Plural form of decahydrate.
- dechlorinate — to remove chlorine from (a substance)
- decipherable — to make out the meaning of (poor or partially obliterated writing, etc.): to decipher a hastily scribbled note.
- decipherment — to make out the meaning of (poor or partially obliterated writing, etc.): to decipher a hastily scribbled note.
- deep therapy — radiotherapy with very penetrating short-wave radiation
- dehumidifier — A dehumidifier is a machine that is used to reduce the amount of moisture in the air.
- deinotherium — any member of the genus Deinotherium, consisting of mammals resembling elephants that existed during the Miocene, Pliocene, and Pleistocene epochs
- delray beach — a city in SE Florida.
- delta rhythm — the normal electrical activity of the cerebral cortex during deep sleep, occurring at a frequency of 1 to 4 hertz and detectable with an electroencephalograph
- demographers — Plural form of demographer.
- demographics — data resulting from the science of demography; population statistics
- demographies — the science of vital and social statistics, as of the births, deaths, diseases, marriages, etc., of populations.
- demonography — a treatise on demons.
- denbighshire — a county of N Wales: split between Clwyd and Gwynedd in 1974; reinstated with different boundaries in 1996: borders the Irish Sea, with the Cambrian Mountains in the south: chiefly agricultural. Administrative centre: Ruthin. Pop: 94 900 (2003 est). Area: 844 sq km (327 sq miles)
- dephlegmator — an apparatus used for dephlegmation
- depth charge — A depth charge is a type of bomb which explodes under water and which is used especially to destroy enemy submarines.
- dermatophyte — any parasitic fungus that affects the skin
- dermographia — dermatographia.
- dermographic — dermatographia.