10-letter words containing h, a, i, r, d
- dittograph — an instance of dittography; a passage containing reduplicated syllables, letters, etc.
- dollarfish — butterfish.
- dollarship — the fact of being denominated in dollars
- door chain — a short chain with a removable slide fitting that can be attached between the inside of a door and the doorjamb to prevent the door from being opened more than a few inches without the chain being removed.
- drag chain — one of a number of chains attached to a hull about to be launched in restricted waters in order to slow its motion by dragging along the bottom.
- dragonfish — any marine fish of the family Bathydraconidae, of Antarctic seas, having an elongated body and flattened head and being biochemically adapted to extremely low temperatures.
- draughtier — Comparative form of draughty.
- draughting — a drawing, sketch, or design.
- dreamwhile — the duration of a dream
- drearihead — (obsolete) sadness; dreariness.
- drearihood — (obsolete) affliction; dreariness.
- driveshaft — A rotating shaft that transmits torque in an engine.
- drosophila — a fly of the genus Drosophila, especially D. melanogaster, used in laboratory studies of genetics and development.
- drowsihead — drowsiness.
- drug habit — addiction to recreational drugs
- dwarfishly — In a dwarfish manner.
- dyrrachium — a port in W Albania, on the Adriatic. Pop: 86 900 (1991 est)
- dysarthria — Difficult or unclear articulation of speech that is otherwise linguistically normal.
- dysarthric — Afflicted with, or pertaining to, dysarthria.
- dyschromia — Abnormal alteration of the color of the skin or nails.
- dysgraphia — inability to write, caused by cerebral lesion.
- dysgraphic — a person who suffers from dysgraphia
- dysmorphia — Deformity or abnormality in the shape or size of a specified part of the body.
- dystrophia — Medicine/Medical. faulty or inadequate nutrition or development.
- endorhizal — (of an embryo) having the radical covered by the cotyledon
- farsighted — seeing objects at a distance more clearly than those near at hand; hyperopic.
- figurehead — a person who is head of a group, company, etc., in title but actually has no real authority or responsibility: Most modern kings and queens are figureheads.
- first hand — from the first or original source: We heard the news of the accident firsthand from a witness.
- first-hand — from the first or original source: We heard the news of the accident firsthand from a witness.
- franchised — Simple past tense and past participle of franchise.
- fringehead — any fish of the genus Neoclinus, characterized by a row of fleshy processes on the head, as N. blanchardi (sarcastic fringehead) of California coastal waters.
- garnisheed — Simple past tense and past participle of garnishee.
- grandchild — a child of one's son or daughter.
- graphitoid — resembling graphite
- guard hair — the long, usually stiff outer hair protecting the underfur in certain animals.
- hadrian ii — Italian ecclesiastic: pope a.d. 867–872.
- hadrian iv — (Nicholas Breakspear) c1100–59, only Englishman to become pope, 1154–59.
- hadrian vi — 1459–1523, Dutch ecclesiastic: pope 1522–23.
- hag-ridden — worried or tormented, as by a witch.
- haidar ali — 1722–82, Islamic prince and military leader of India: ruler of Mysore 1759–82.
- haidarabad — a former state in S India, now part of Andhra Pradesh, Mysore, and Maharashtra.
- hair slide — a hinged clip with a tortoiseshell, bone, or similar back, used to fasten the hair
- halberdier — a soldier, guard, or attendant armed with a halberd.
- hand drill — a portable drill designed for two-handed operation.
- hand-drier — an electrical appliance, usually found in public toilets, that dries a person's hands through the expulsion of hot air
- handicraft — manual skill.
- handprints — Plural form of handprint.
- handspring — an acrobatic feat in which one starts from a standing position and wheels the body forward or backward in a complete circle, landing first on the hands and then on the feet, without contact by the rest of the body.
- hansardize — to prove that (a member of parliament) has changed his views from those quoted in Hansard
- harald iii — surname Hardraade. 1015–66, king of Norway (1047–66); invaded England (1066) and died at the battle of Stamford Bridge