11-letter words containing e, t, h, r
- death adder — a venomous Australian elapid snake, Acanthophis antarcticus, resembling an adder
- death chair — electric chair.
- death grant — (in the British National Insurance scheme) a grant payable to a relative, executor, etc, after the death of a person
- death march — a long-distance forced march, usually undertaken by prisoners, on which a lot of the marchers die
- deauthorize — to give authority for; formally sanction (an act or proceeding): Congress authorized the new tax on tobacco.
- decahydrate — a hydrate that contains ten molecules of water, as washing soda, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅10H 2 O.
- deep throat — an anonymous source of secret information
- dehortation — an exhortation against a course of action
- dehortatory — intended to dissuade from a course of action
- dehydrating — Present participle of dehydrate.
- dehydration — the act or process of dehydrating.
- dehydrators — Plural form of dehydrator.
- demi-hunter — a watch having a hinged case with a hole in the lid permitting the time to be seen even when the lid is closed.
- dendrachate — a variety of agate with black or brown tree-like markings, caused by impurities
- deutschmark — the former standard monetary unit of Germany, divided into 100 pfennigs; replaced by the euro in 2002: until 1990 the standard monetary unit of West Germany
- diaphoretic — relating to or causing sweat
- diarrhoetic — Alternative form of diarrhetic.
- diarthroses — a form of articulation that permits maximal motion, as the knee joint.
- dichromates — Plural form of dichromate.
- dinotherium — any elephantlike mammal of the extinct genus Dinotherium, from the later Tertiary Period of Europe and Asia, having large, outwardly curving tusks.
- diphtheroid — resembling diphtheria, especially in the formation of a false membrane in the throat.
- disenthrall — to free from bondage; liberate: to be disenthralled from morbid fantasies.
- disenthrone — to dethrone.
- disheartens — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dishearten.
- dishearting — Present participle of disheart.
- disinherits — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disinherit.
- dispatchers — Plural form of dispatcher.
- disthronize — to dethrone
- ditchdigger — a worker whose occupation is digging ditches, especially with pick and shovel.
- dog-catcher — a person employed by a municipal pound, humane society, or the like, to find and impound stray or homeless dogs, cats, etc.
- dogcatchers — Plural form of dogcatcher.
- dorset horn — one of an English breed of sheep having a close-textured, medium-length wool.
- dorsetshire — a county in S England. 1024 sq. mi. (2650 sq. km).
- dower chest — a Pennsylvania Dutch hope chest bearing the initials of the owner.
- downhearted — dejected; depressed; discouraged.
- downlighter — Downlight.
- draughtiest — Superlative form of draughty.
- draughtsmen — Plural form of draughtsman.
- draw weight — the measured force, in foot-pounds, stored by an archery bow when fully drawn.
- dreadnaught — a type of battleship armed with heavy-caliber guns in turrets: so called from the British battleship Dreadnought, launched in 1906, the first of its type.
- dreadnought — a type of battleship armed with heavy-caliber guns in turrets: so called from the British battleship Dreadnought, launched in 1906, the first of its type.
- dress shirt — a man's shirt worn for formal or semiformal evening dress, usually having French cuffs and a stiff or pleated front to be fastened with studs.
- drive shaft — a shaft for imparting torque from a power source or prime mover to machinery.
- drouthiness — the state or condition of being thirsty or dry
- durum wheat — a wheat, Triticum turgidum, the grain of which yields flour used in making pasta.
- dutch treat — a meal or entertainment for which each person pays his or her own expenses.
- dystrophies — Plural form of dystrophy.
- early night — If you have an early night, you go to bed early. If you have a late night, you go to bed late.
- earth auger — a drill for boring holes in the ground, as to tap springs.
- earth lodge — a circular, usually dome-shaped dwelling of certain North American Indians, made of posts and beams covered variously with branches, grass, sod, or earth and having a central opening in the roof, a tamped earth floor, and frequently a vestibule.