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14-letter words containing e, a, c, h, r

  • herbaceousness — The state or quality of being herbaceous.
  • hermaphroditic — an individual in which reproductive organs of both sexes are present. Compare pseudohermaphrodite.
  • herpetological — Of or relating to herpetology, the study of reptiles.
  • heteroaromatic — a heterocyclic aromatic compound.
  • heteroclitical — (obsolete) Anomalous, heteroclite.
  • heterokaryotic — condition in which a binucleate or multinucleate cell contains genetically dissimilar nuclei.
  • heterolecithal — having an unequal distribution of yolk, as certain eggs or ova.
  • heteroromantic — Romantically attracted to those of the opposite gender.
  • hierarchically — of, belonging to, or characteristic of a hierarchy.
  • hieroglyphical — Hieroglyphic: related to or resembling hieroglyphs.
  • hierogrammatic — of or relating to a hierogram
  • hierographical — hierographic
  • highly charged — electrical
  • 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.
  • historicalness — The quality of being historical.
  • holy sacrament — sacrament (def 2).
  • home insurance — Home insurance is insurance coverage for your home, its contents, and your possessions.
  • home secretary — the secretary of state for the Home Office.
  • horace greeleyHorace, 1811–72, U.S. journalist, editor, and political leader.
  • hornyhead chub — a small N American fish, Nocomis biguttatus
  • hors de combat — disabled or injured
  • horse mackerel — bluefin tuna.
  • horseshoe arch — an arch with the intrados widening above the springing and then narrowing to a rounded crown.
  • horseshoe back — a bow back having a slight outward splay at its bottom.
  • horseshoe crab — a large marine arthropod, Limulus polyphemus, of shallow coastal waters of eastern North America and eastern Asia, having both compound and simple eyes, book gills, a stiff tail, and a brown carapace curved like a horseshoe: a living fossil related to the woodlouse.
  • 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.
  • hradec kralove — a town in the N Czech Republic, on the Elbe River: Austrians defeated by Prussians in Battle of Sadowa 1866.
  • hunter's sauce — chasseur (def 4).
  • hurricane deck — a deck at the top of a passenger steamer, having a roof supported by light scantlings.
  • hurricane lamp — a candlestick or oil lantern protected against drafts or winds by a glass chimney.
  • hydraulic pile — a hollow pile through which a jet of water is forced to wash away the ground beneath.
  • hydrocephaloid — resembling hydrocephalus.
  • hydrocephalous — Having a swollen head.
  • hydroextractor — a device that dries things by means of the material to be dried being spun around the device's central axis
  • hydromagnetics — magnetohydrodynamics.
  • hydromechanics — hydrodynamics.
  • hydropneumatic — relating to both liquid and gas substances
  • hyperacuteness — the state of being extremely acute or aware
  • hyperaesthesic — relating to an extreme capacity for feeling
  • hyperbarically — in a hyperbaric manner
  • hyperbatically — in a hyperbatic manner
  • hyperbolically — having the nature of hyperbole; exaggerated.
  • hypercalcaemia — a heightened level of calcium in the blood
  • hypercalcaemic — of or relating to hypercalcaemia
  • hypercalciuria — an abnormally high amount of calcium in the urine.
  • hypercatalexis — the addition of one or more syllables after the final foot in a line of verse.
  • hyperchromatic — Hyperchromic.
  • hyperexcitable — an excessive reaction to stimuli.
  • hyperglycaemia — an abnormally high level of glucose in the blood.
  • hyperglycaemic — Alternative spelling of hyperglycemic.
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