12-letter words containing h, a, o, r
- histrionical — (British) Alternative form of histrionic.
- hit the road — a long, narrow stretch with a smoothed or paved surface, made for traveling by motor vehicle, carriage, etc., between two or more points; street or highway.
- hkakabo razi — the highest peak in Myanmar, in Kachin state, in the N. 19,294 feet (5881 meters).
- hoary marmot — a large marmot, Marmota caligata, living in mountainous areas of Siberia and northwestern North America and having a heavy, yellow-gray body, short black limbs, and black and white head and shoulders.
- hoary-headed — having the gray or white hair of advanced age.
- hobby farmer — a person who runs a farm as a hobby rather than a means of making a living
- holidaymaker — vacationer.
- holkar state — a former state of central India, ruled by the Holkar dynasty of Maratha rulers of Indore (18th century until 1947)
- holophrastic — using or consisting of a single word that functions as a phrase or sentence.
- holothurians — Plural form of holothurian.
- home address — the address of one's house or flat
- home and dry — If you say that someone is, in British English home and dry, or in American English home free, you mean that they have been successful or that they are certain to be successful.
- home teacher — private tutor
- home theater — big-screen TV setup
- homeotherapy — therapy for a disease by means of an agent that is similar to but not identical with the causative agent of the disease.
- homeothermal — homoiothermal.
- homesteaders — Plural form of homesteader.
- homoromantic — Romantically attracted to those of the same gender.
- honey badger — ratel.
- honorability — (American spelling) Alternative form of honourability.
- hooray henry — a young upper-class man, often with affectedly hearty voice and manners
- hoover apron — a dresslike coverall for women that ties at the waist.
- hop hornbeam — any of several Eurasian and North American trees of the genus Ostrya, of the birch family, especially O. virginiana, bearing hoplike fruiting clusters.
- hopper barge — a barge for disposing of garbage, dredged material, etc., having hoppers in the bottom through which such cargo can be dumped.
- hopper frame — a window frame having one or more upper sashes hinged at the bottoms and opening inward.
- horatian ode — an ode consisting of several stanzas all of the same form.
- horizontally — at right angles to the vertical; parallel to level ground.
- horn antenna — a microwave aerial, formed by flaring out the end of a waveguide
- horn balance — an extension of an aircraft control surface that projects in front of the hinge providing aerodynamic assistance in moving the control
- horometrical — Relating to horometry.
- horrifically — causing horror.
- horse around — a large, solid-hoofed, herbivorous quadruped, Equus caballus, domesticated since prehistoric times, bred in a number of varieties, and used for carrying or pulling loads, for riding, and for racing.
- horse guards — the mounted squadrons supplied by the Household Cavalry for ceremonial duties
- horse manure — horse's excrement
- horse marine — (formerly) a marine mounted on horseback or a cavalryman doing duty on shipboard.
- horse parlor — a gambling room where people can bet on horse races with a bookmaker.
- horse racing — a contest of speed among horses that either are ridden by jockeys or pull sulkies and their drivers.
- horse trader — a person who is shrewd and clever at bargaining.
- horse trials — a competitive sporting event at which riders have to show their skill in dressage, show-jumping, and cross-country
- horse's tail — burro's tail.
- horse-collar — (especially in baseball) a score of zero.
- horse-dealer — a person who buys and sells horses as a profession
- horse-trader — a person who buys and sells horses
- horsebreaker — One who trains, or breaks in, horses.
- horsemanship — the art, ability, skill, or manner of a horseman.
- horseplayers — Plural form of horseplayer.
- host adaptor — SCSI adaptor
- house arrest — confinement of an arrested person to his or her residence or to a public place, as a hospital, instead of in a jail: He was under house arrest until the day of his trial.
- house martin — a small European swallow, Delichon urbica, that builds its nest under the eaves of houses.
- house wizard — (Probably from ad-agency tradetalk, "house freak") A hacker occupying a technical-specialist, R&D, or systems position at a commercial shop. A really effective house wizard can have influence out of all proportion to his/her ostensible rank and still not have to wear a suit. Used especially of Unix wizards. The term "house guru" is equivalent.