12-letter words containing h, a, l, e, r
- harmonizable — That can be harmonized.
- hash-slinger — a waiter or waitress, especially in a hash house.
- haulage firm — a firm that transports goods by lorry
- hazel grouse — a European woodland grouse, Tetrastes bonasia, somewhat resembling the North American ruffed grouse.
- headmasterly — In a manner befitting a headmaster.
- headstrongly — In a headstrong manner.
- health drink — a drink that claims to be beneficial to health
- health scare — a state of alarm caused by a revelation concerning public heath
- hearing loss — diminished ability to hear
- hearsay rule — the rule making hearsay evidence inadmissible.
- hearteningly — In a heartening way; cheeringly.
- heartfulness — The state or quality of being heartful.
- hedda gabler — a play (1890) by Henrik Ibsen.
- hedge garlic — an erect, cruciferous herb, Sisymbrium officinale, having a garlicky odor.
- heimskringla — a book of the 13th century narrating the history of the kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson.
- helical gear — a cylindrical gear wheel whose teeth follow the pitch surface in a helical manner.
- helical rack — a rack having teeth set at an oblique angle to the edges. Compare rack1 (def 5).
- helicobacter — Any member of the Helicobacter bacteria.
- helicographs — Plural form of helicograph.
- heliographed — Simple past tense and past participle of heliograph.
- heliographer — (obsolete) Photographer.
- heliographic — a device for signaling by means of a movable mirror that reflects beams of light, especially sunlight, to a distance.
- heliogravure — photoengraving.
- heliotherapy — treatment of disease by means of sunlight.
- hell-raising — behaviour which causes trouble
- hellgramites — Plural form of hellgramite.
- hellgrammite — the aquatic larva of a dobsonfly, used as bait in fishing.
- hemerocallis — the genus comprising the day lilies.
- hemodialyzer — artificial kidney.
- hemorrhoidal — Usually, hemorrhoids. Pathology. an abnormally enlarged vein mainly due to a persistent increase in venous pressure, occurring inside the anal sphincter of the rectum and beneath the mucous membrane (internal hemorrhoid) or outside the anal sphincter and beneath the surface of the anal skin (external hemorrhoid)
- heraldically — of, relating to, or characteristic of heralds or heraldry: heraldic form; heraldic images; heraldic history; a heraldic device.
- herbicidally — from a herbicidal point of view
- hereditarily — passing, or capable of passing, naturally from parent to offspring through the genes: Blue eyes are hereditary in our family. Compare congenital.
- heritability — capable of being inherited; inheritable; hereditary.
- hermetically — so as to be airtight: hermetically sealed.
- hernioplasty — an operation for the repair of a hernia.
- heroicomical — blending heroic and comic elements: a heroicomic poem.
- heteroblasty — the morphological changes that occur in plants between juvenility and adulthood
- heterocercal — having an unequally divided tail, characteristic of sharks, rays, and skates.
- heterodactyl — having the first and fourth toes directed backward, and the second and third forward, as in trogons.
- heteroplasia — the replacement of normal cells by abnormal cells, as in cancer.
- heteroplasty — the repair of lesions with tissue from another individual or species.
- heterosexual — of, relating to, or exhibiting heterosexuality.
- heterosocial — relating to or denoting mixed-sex social relationships
- heterothally — the condition of being heterothallic
- hever castle — a Tudor mansion near Edenbridge in Kent: home of Anne Boleyn before her marriage; Italian garden added in the 20th century by the Astor family
- hexacarbonyl — (inorganic chemistry) Any compound having six carbonyl groups.
- hexachloride — a chloride containing six atoms of chlorine.
- hexafluoride — a fluoride containing six atoms of fluorine.
- hexobarbital — a barbiturate with hypnotic and sedative properties