14-letter words containing d, h, u, e
- ground hemlock — a prostrate yew, Taxus canadensis, of eastern North America, having short, flat needles and red, berrylike fruit.
- half-submerged — under the surface of water or any other enveloping medium; inundated.
- handbrake turn — a turn sharply reversing the direction of a vehicle by speedily applying the handbrake while turning the steering wheel
- 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.
- hauts-de-seine — a department in N France. 63 sq. mi. (163 sq. km). Capital: Nanterre.
- heading course — (in brickwork) a course of headers.
- 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.
- heat conductor — a material or device that conducts heat
- heavy industry — bulk materials manufacturing
- hebetudinosity — mental dullness; insipidity
- hedgehog gourd — a prickly-stemmed Arabian vine, Cucumis dipsaceus, of the gourd family, having burlike, bristly fruit.
- hermaphroditus — a son of Hermes and Aphrodite who merged with the nymph Salmacis to form one body
- hindu calendar — a lunisolar calendar that governs all Hindu and most Indian festivals, known from about 1000 b.c. and subsequently modified during the 4th and 6th centuries a.d.
- hognosed skunk — Also called badger skunk, rooter skunk. a large, naked-muzzled skunk, Conepatus mesoleucus, common in the southwestern U.S. and Mexico, having a black coat with one broad white stripe down the back and tail.
- hold your fire — If someone holds their fire or holds fire, they stop shooting or they wait before they start shooting.
- homeward bound — going home
- homme du monde — a man of the world; a sophisticate.
- honey-coloured — having the colour of honey
- honours degree — a degree at honours level
- hornyhead chub — a small N American fish, Nocomis biguttatus
- horrendousness — the state or condition of being horrendous or dreadful
- hors d'oeuvres — a small bit of appetizing food, as spicy meat, fish, cheese, or a preparation of chopped or creamed foods, often served on crackers or small pieces of toast, for eating at cocktail parties or other gatherings where drinks are served with no other food.
- hound's-tongue — any of various plants belonging to the genus Cynoglossum, of the borage family, especially C. officinale, having coarse, tongue-shaped leaves, dull purple flowers, and prickly nutlets.
- house of cards — a structure or plan that is insubstantial and subject to imminent collapse, as a structure made by balancing playing cards against each other: The scheme is so overly complicated that it's likely to prove to be just another house of cards.
- house of lords — the nonelective, upper house of the British Parliament, comprising the lords spiritual and lords temporal.
- house of study — Beth Midrash.
- household arts — activities such as sewing, cooking, etc, that are conducted in the running of a household
- household gods — a god presiding over and protecting the home, especially in the religion of ancient Rome.
- household name — a person or thing that is very well known
- household soap — a substance that you use with water for washing clothes, removing stains, cleaning floors, etc
- household word — a familiar name, phrase, saying, etc.; byword: The advertising campaign is designed to make this new product a household word.
- humane studies — educational subjects or courses, or texts, that are, or were historically, considered to have a civilizing influence on those who read or studied them
- hundredweights — Plural form of hundredweight.
- hurricane deck — a deck at the top of a passenger steamer, having a roof supported by light scantlings.
- hydraulic pile — a hollow pile through which a jet of water is forced to wash away the ground beneath.
- hydrocellulose — a gelatinous substance obtained by the partial hydrolysis of cellulose, used chiefly in the manufacture of paper, mercerized cotton, and viscose rayon.
- hydrocephalous — Having a swollen head.
- hydropneumatic — relating to both liquid and gas substances
- hypereutectoid — (of an alloy) having more of the alloying element than the eutectoid composition.
- jelly doughnut — a raised doughnut filled with jelly or jam and sometimes sprinkled with powdered sugar.
- l-shaped curve — a curve on a graph that shows a sharp fall after which values remain low for a long period
- land of beulah — (in Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress) the peaceful land in which the pilgrim awaits the call to the Celestial City.
- language death — the complete displacement of one language by another in a population of speakers.
- langue de chat — a flat sweet finger-shaped biscuit
- leather-lunged — speaking or capable of speaking in a loud, resonant voice, especially for prolonged periods: The leather-lunged senator carried on the filibuster for 18 hours.
- lecythidaceous — relating to the Lecythidaceae family of large trees, native to tropical South America and Madagascar
- left-hand buoy — a distinctive buoy marking the side of a channel regarded as the left or port side.
- leukodystrophy — (medicine) Any of a group of disorders characterized by progressive degeneration of the white matter of the brain, caused by imperfect growth or development of the myelin sheath that acts as an insulator around nerve fibres.