11-letter words containing h, a, d, e
- hard hitter — a bowler hat
- hard palate — Anatomy. the roof of the mouth, consisting of an anterior bony portion (hard palate) and a posterior muscular portion (soft palate) that separate the oral cavity from the nasal cavity.
- hard rubber — rubber vulcanized with a large amount of sulfur, usually 25–35 percent, to render it stiff and comparatively inflexible.
- hard sector — (storage) An archaic floppy disk format employing multiple synchronisation holes in the media to define the sectors.
- hard-bitten — tough; stubborn.
- hard-bodied — a person who is muscular and physically fit.
- hard-boiled — Cookery. (of an egg) boiled in the shell long enough for the yolk and white to solidify.
- hard-coated — having a coarsely textured coat, as a dog.
- hard-earned — A hard-earned victory or hard-earned cash is a victory or money that someone deserves because they have worked hard for it.
- hard-fisted — stingy; miserly; closefisted.
- hard-handed — oppressive or tyrannical; stern or cruel.
- hard-headed — not easily moved or deceived; practical; shrewd.
- hard-ticket — a ticket entitling one to a reserved seat.
- hardecanute — 1019?–42, king of Denmark 1035–42, king of England 1040–42 (son of Canute).
- hardhearted — unfeeling; unmerciful; pitiless.
- hardicanute — 1019?–42, king of Denmark 1035–42, king of England 1040–42 (son of Canute).
- hardly ever — rarely
- hardmouthed — of or relating to a horse not sensitive to the pressure of a bit.
- hardpressed — Subject to difficulty in accomplishing or making progress.
- hardwareman — (obsolete) An ironmonger.
- hardwearing — resistant to extensive wear; durable: a pair of hardwearing jeans.
- harebrained — giddy; reckless.
- have had it — Usually, haves. an individual or group that has wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have-not).
- have it bad — suffer disadvantage
- hawser bend — a knot uniting the ends of two lines.
- hawser-laid — cablelaid (def 1).
- head collar — the part of a bridle that fits round a horse's head
- head doctor — chief medical officer
- head height — head level
- head injury — wound to the head
- head margin — the empty space between the first line or other printed element on a page and the top of the page.
- head office — headquarters
- head waiter — a person in charge of waiters, busboys, etc., in a restaurant or dining car.
- head-banger — metalhead.
- head-hunter — a person who engages in headhunting.
- head-strict — (theory) A head-strict function will not necessarily evaluate every cons cell of its (list) argument, but whenever it does evaluate a cons cell it will also evaluate the element in the head of that cell. An example of a head-strict function is beforeZero :: [Int] -> [Int] beforeZero [] = [] beforeZero (0:xs) = [] beforeZero (x:xs) = x : beforeZero xs which returns a list up to the first zero. This pattern of evaluation is important because it is common in functions which operate on a list of inputs. See also tail-strict, hyperstrict.
- head-waiter — a person in charge of waiters, busboys, etc., in a restaurant or dining car.
- headbangers — Plural form of headbanger.
- headbanging — rhythmical moving of the head up and down in dancing to heavy metal
- headborough — the official in charge of a tithing
- headbutting — Present participle of headbutt.
- headcheeses — Plural form of headcheese.
- headdresses — Plural form of headdress.
- header bond — a brickwork bond composed entirely of overlapping headers.
- header tank — a reservoir, tank, or hopper that maintains a gravity feed or a static fluid pressure in an apparatus
- headhunters — Plural form of headhunter.
- headhunting — a headhunting expedition: The men left the village to go on a headhunt.
- heading dog — a dog that heads off a flock of sheep or a single sheep
- headmasters — Plural form of headmaster.
- headquarter — to situate in headquarters.