11-letter words containing h, a, r, d, s
- lizard fish — any of several large-mouthed fishes of the family Synodontidae, having a lizardlike head.
- loggerheads — a thick-headed or stupid person; blockhead.
- loudhailers — Plural form of loudhailer.
- marsh elder — any of various composite plants of the genus Iva, as I. frutescens, that grow in salt marshes.
- marshlander — a person inhabiting marshland
- master hand — an expert: a master hand at diplomacy.
- matchboards — Plural form of matchboard.
- merchandise — the manufactured goods bought and sold in any business.
- metaphrased — Translated literally.
- mis-phrased — Grammar. a sequence of two or more words arranged in a grammatical construction and acting as a unit in a sentence. (in English) a sequence of two or more words that does not contain a finite verb and its subject or that does not consist of clause elements such as subject, verb, object, or complement, as a preposition and a noun or pronoun, an adjective and noun, or an adverb and verb.
- mithridates — Plural form of mithridate.
- motherlands — Plural form of motherland.
- nearsighted — seeing distinctly at a short distance only; myopic.
- netherlands — the, (used with a singular or plural verb) a kingdom in W Europe, bordering on the North Sea, Germany, and Belgium. 13,433 sq. mi. (34,790 sq. km). Capitals: Amsterdam and The Hague.
- niggerheads — Plural form of niggerhead.
- nightdreams — Plural form of nightdream.
- north adams — a city in NW Massachusetts.
- nudibranchs — Plural form of nudibranch.
- octahedrons — Plural form of octahedron.
- old scratch — the devil; Satan.
- orchardists — Plural form of orchardist.
- pachysandra — any plant of the genus Pachysandra, as the Allegheny spurge or Japanese spurge, the leaves of which grow in a rounded clump, widely used as a ground cover in the U.S.
- parchedness — the state or characteristic of being parched
- pear-shaped — having the shape of a pear; tapering near the top and bulging toward the base or bottom: a pear-shaped vase.
- preadmonish — to admonish or warn beforehand
- predispatch — to send off or away with speed, as a messenger, telegram, body of troops, etc.
- pseudograph — a piece of writing that is falsely ascribed
- psychodrama — a method of group psychotherapy in which participants take roles in improvisational dramatizations of emotionally charged situations.
- push around — to press upon or against (a thing) with force in order to move it away.
- radio shack — a room or structure, as on a ship, for housing radio equipment.
- radnorshire — a historic county in Powys, in E Wales.
- rain shadow — a region in the lee of mountains that receives less rainfall than the region windward of the mountains.
- rankshifted — that has been shifted from one linguistic rank to another
- rapid chess — a game of chess played within a fixed amount of time, usually 30 minutes per player for all moves.
- rhabdovirus — any of various RNA-containing viruses of the family Rhabdoviridae, including the rabies virus.
- rhapsodical — extravagantly enthusiastic; ecstatic.
- ridesharing — of or relating to the sharing of rides or transportation, especially among commuters: The agency was set up to devise a ridesharing program.
- roman shade — a window shade that, when raised, is drawn up into a series of concertina folds.
- rush candle — a candle made from a dried, partly peeled rush that has been dipped in grease.
- saccharated — sweetened
- saddle horn — horn (def 19).
- sand hopper — beach flea.
- sandringham — a village in N Norfolk, England: site of Sandringham House, Royal Family mansion.
- sap orchard — sugarbush (def 2).
- schollander — Donald ("Don") born 1946, U.S. swimmer.
- schoolwards — in the direction of school
- schwarzwald — a wooded mountain region in SW Germany. Highest peak, Feldberg, 4905 feet (1495 meters).
- scratch pad — a pad of paper used for jotting down ideas, informal notes, preliminary writing, etc.
- scratchcard — a cardboard coated with impermeable white clay and covered by a layer of ink that is scratched or scraped in patterns revealing the white surface below.
- sedan chair — an enclosed vehicle for one person, borne on poles by two bearers and common during the 17th and 18th centuries.