12-letter words containing d, u, r, h
- draughtproof — That prevents the access of draughts.
- dreadnoughts — Plural form of dreadnought.
- droughtiness — Dryness of the weather; lack of rain.
- drug holiday — a brief period during which a patient stops taking a prescribed medication, especially an antidepressant, to recover some normal functions, reduce side effects, or maintain sensitivity to the drug.
- drum machine — a device that simulates percussion sounds in various combinations and rhythms, and can alter digitally stored drum sounds or make digital recordings of drum sounds.
- dryopithecus — an extinct genus of generalized hominoids that lived in Europe and Africa during the Miocene Epoch and whose members are characterized by small molars and incisors.
- dunderheaded — Stupid, foolish.
- duple rhythm — a rhythmic pattern created by a succession of disyllabic feet.
- dust catcher — Informal. a knickknack or other household object that is little used.
- dutch borneo — the former name of the southern and larger part of the island of Borneo: now part of Indonesia.
- dutch clover — white clover.
- dutch harbor — a U.S. naval base on Unalaska Island, in the Aleutian Islands.
- dutch master — one of a number of renowned and influential Dutch painters
- echo sounder — a sonar instrument that uses echolocation to measure depths under water.
- edaphosaurus — Any of several dinosaurs of the family Edaphosauridae, from the Carboniferous and Permian periods, that had a distinctive dorsal sail or crest.
- edvard munch — Edvard [ed-vahrd] /ˈɛd vɑrd/ (Show IPA), 1863–1944, Norwegian painter and graphic artist.
- ethical drug — a drug which is only available legally with a doctor's prescription or consent
- five hundred — a variety of euchre in which a joker and widow are included, the object being to score 500 points first.
- forward push — A forward push is a feature of distillation columns (= tall vessels for distillation) in which zones that allow higher contact between substances are near the top of the column.
- four hundred — the exclusive social set of a city or area.
- four-in-hand — a long necktie to be tied in a slipknot with the ends left hanging.
- fourth grade — school year: age 9-10
- fourth world — the world's most poverty-stricken nations, especially in Africa and Asia, marked by very low GNP per capita and great dependence upon foreign economic aid.
- french sudan — former name of Mali.
- go the round — to be circulated among a number of people: said of a story, rumor, etc.
- goddaughters — Plural form of goddaughter.
- good-humored — having or showing a pleasant, amiable mood: a good-humored man; a good-humored remark.
- graduateship — the time or condition of being a graduate
- grandaughter — Alternative spelling of granddaughter.
- ground cloth — groundsheet.
- ground shark — any of various requiem sharks, especially of the genus Carcharhinus.
- ground sloth — any of various extinct large, edentate mammals from the Pleistocene Epoch of North and South America resembling modern sloths but living on the ground rather than in trees.
- groundsheets — Plural form of groundsheet.
- grudge match — You can call a contest between two people or groups a grudge match when they dislike each other.
- guardianship — the position and responsibilities of a guardian, especially toward a ward.
- hadrosaurine — Hadrosaurid.
- hand-launder — hand-wash.
- hand-running — in unbroken succession; consecutively.
- harbour dues — the fees or charges paid for using a harbour
- hard-mouthed — of or relating to a horse not sensitive to the pressure of a bit.
- hard-surface — to make the surface of (something) hard or firm, as by compacting or paving it: to hard-surface a parking area.
- hardy annual — a plant that can withstand freezing temperatures and which completes its life cycle within a year
- harlequinade — a pantomime, farce, or similar play in which Harlequin plays the principal part.
- headquarters — a center of operations, as of the police or a business, from which orders are issued; the chief administrative office of an organization: The operatives were always in touch with headquarters.
- hepadnavirus — Any member of the virus family Hepadnaviridae, capable of causing liver infections in humans and animals.
- heteroduplex — having polynucleotide strands derived from two different sources
- hexafluoride — a fluoride containing six atoms of fluorine.
- high hurdles — a race in which runners leap over hurdles 42 inches (107 cm) high.
- hindquarters — the posterior end of a halved carcass of beef, lamb, etc., sectioned usually between the twelfth and thirteenth ribs.
- hold out for — to wait patiently or uncompromisingly for (the fulfilment of one's demands)