13-letter words containing d, i, s, h, a, r
- disharmonized — Simple past tense and past participle of disharmonize.
- disheartening — to depress the hope, courage, or spirits of; discourage.
- dishonourable — showing lack of honor or integrity; ignoble; base; disgraceful; shameful: Cheating is dishonorable.
- dishonourably — (British) alternative spelling of dishonorably.
- disinthralled — freed from thraldom
- dolichosaurus — any of various extinct Cretaceous aquatic reptiles that had long necks and bodies and well-developed limbs
- dolphinariums — Plural form of dolphinarium.
- draftsmanship — a person employed in making mechanical drawings, as of machines, structures, etc.
- dresden china — porcelain ware produced at Meissen, Germany, near Dresden, after 1710.
- drop a stitch — to allow a loop of wool to fall off a knitting needle accidentally while knitting
- eastern hindi — the vernacular of the eastern half of the Hindi-speaking area in India.
- edging shears — shears that are used to trim the edges of a lawn
- elephantbirds — Plural form of elephantbird.
- field marshal — an officer of the highest military rank in the British and certain other armies, and of the second highest rank in the French army.
- finisher card — (in manufacturing fibers) the last card in the carding process, for converting stock into roving.
- fireside chat — an informal address by a political leader over radio or television, especially as given by President Franklin D. Roosevelt beginning in 1933.
- foolhardiness — recklessly or thoughtlessly bold; foolishly rash or venturesome.
- foreshadowing — to show or indicate beforehand; prefigure: Political upheavals foreshadowed war.
- fort sheridan — a military reservation in NE Illinois, on W shore of Lake Michigan S of Lake Forest.
- gladiatorship — the work of a gladiator
- graham island — an island in the Pacific Ocean, in W British Columbia, Canada: largest and northernmost of the Queen Charlotte Islands. 2485 sq. mi. (6436 sq. km).
- grandad shirt — a long-sleeved collarless shirt
- graphics card — graphics adaptor
- hairdressings — Plural form of hairdressing.
- half-silvered — (of a mirror) having an incomplete reflective coating, so that half the incident light is reflected and half transmitted: used in optical instruments and two-way mirrors
- handkerchiefs — Plural form of handkerchief.
- hard as nails — tough, durable
- hard feelings — Hard feelings are feelings of anger or bitterness towards someone who you have had an argument with or who has upset you. If you say 'no hard feelings', you are making an agreement with someone not to be angry or bitter about something.
- hard standing — a hard-surfaced area on which heavy vehicles or airplanes can be parked.
- hardship fund — funding offered or applied for due to financial difficulties
- harishchandra — also known as Bharatendu. 1850–85, Indian poet, dramatist, and essayist, who established Hindi as a literary language
- harlequinades — Plural form of harlequinade.
- harvest index — a measurement of crop yield: the weight of a harvested product as a percentage of the total plant weight of a crop.
- hazard lights — Usually, hazard lights. an indicator light on a vehicle that flashes to warn that it is unexpectedly slowing down, reversing, or not moving.
- head register — the high register of the human voice.
- head shrinker — to draw back, as in retreat or avoidance: to shrink from danger; to shrink from contact.
- 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.
- headmistressy — typical of the duties and behaviour of a headmistress
- headshrinkers — Plural form of headshrinker.
- heart disease — any condition of the heart that impairs its functioning.
- hemichordates — Plural form of hemichordate.
- hereditaments — Plural form of hereditament.
- hereditarians — Plural form of hereditarian.
- hermaphrodism — the condition of being a hermaphrodite.
- 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.
- holidaymakers — Plural form of holidaymaker.
- 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.