14-letter words containing d, e, h, r
- glow discharge — the conduction of electricity in a low-pressure gas, producing a diffuse glow.
- glutaraldehyde — a nonflammable liquid, C 5 H 8 O 2 , soluble in water and alcohol, toxic and an irritant, used for tanning leather and as a fixative for samples to be examined under the electron microscope.
- glyceraldehyde — a white, crystalline, water-soluble solid, C 3 H 6 O 3 , that is an intermediate in carbohydrate metabolism and yields glycerol on reduction.
- go pear-shaped — If a situation goes pear-shaped, bad things start happening.
- golden hamster — a small light-colored hamster, Mesocricetus auratus, native to Asia Minor and familiar as a laboratory animal and pet.
- grade-schooler — a pupil in a grade school.
- graeffe method — a method, involving the squaring of roots, for approximating the solutions to algebraic equations.
- granddaughters — Plural form of granddaughter.
- grandfathering — Present participle of grandfather.
- graphic design — the art or profession of visual communication that combines images, words, and ideas to convey information to an audience, especially to produce a specific effect.
- great unwashed — the general public; the populace or masses.
- greyhound race — a race in which greyhounds chase a dummy hare around a track
- grinding wheel — a wheel composed of abrasive material, used for grinding.
- ground hemlock — a prostrate yew, Taxus canadensis, of eastern North America, having short, flat needles and red, berrylike fruit.
- grow the beard — (of a TV series) to gain credibility or improve in quality during the course of a series following a specified development
- haberdasheries — Plural form of haberdashery.
- hair's breadth — A hair's breadth is a very small degree or amount.
- hair's-breadth — a very small space or distance: We escaped an accident by a hairsbreadth.
- half-heartedly — having or showing little enthusiasm: a halfhearted attempt to work.
- 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.
- hampshire down — Also called Hants. a county in S England. 1460 sq. mi. (3780 sq. km).
- hand over fist — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- hand over hand — grasping with alternate hands
- hand's-breadth — handbreadth
- 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.
- handbrake turn — a turn sharply reversing the direction of a vehicle by speedily applying the handbrake while turning the steering wheel
- handkerchieves — Plural form of handkerchief.
- hard-core porn — Hard-core porn is pornography that shows sex in a very detailed way, or shows very violent or unpleasant sex.
- hardhandedness — the condition of having hard or thickened skin on the hands due to manual work
- hardheadedness — The characteristic of being hardheaded.
- 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.
- hardware store — shop selling DIY or home-improvement supplies
- hardy ageratum — the mistflower.
- harewood house — a mansion near Harrogate in Yorkshire: built 1759–71 by John Carr for the Lascelles family; interior decoration by Robert Adam
- 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.
- have hard ears — to be stubbornly disobedient
- head restraint — a rest or support of any kind for the head.
- heading course — (in brickwork) a course of headers.
- headmastership — The role or position of headmaster.
- headmistresses — Plural form of headmistress.
- 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.
- headstrongness — The property of being headstrong, stubbornness.
- hearing defect — a physical condition that makes it difficult for a person to hear accurately
- 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.
- heat conductor — a material or device that conducts heat
- heavy hydrogen — either of the heavy isotopes of hydrogen, especially deuterium.