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11-letter words containing h, a, r, d, u

  • half-buried — to put in the ground and cover with earth: The pirates buried the chest on the island.
  • half-ruinedruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay: We visited the ruins of ancient Greece.
  • hand around — If you hand around or hand round something such as food, you pass it from one person to another in a group.
  • handwrought — formed or shaped by hand, as metal objects.
  • hang around — to fasten or attach (a thing) so that it is supported only from above or at a point near its own top; suspend.
  • harbourside — An area (especially a residential area) near a harbour (often in the form of converted warehouses etc).
  • hard dinkum — hard work; a difficult task.
  • hard ground — an etching ground applied to the surface of a plate held over a small flame and spread by a dabber or brayer. Compare soft ground (def 1).
  • hard labour — Hard labour is hard physical work which people have to do as punishment for a crime.
  • hard launch — the general or official launch, esp of a website, after which all features, products, and services are understood to be available
  • hard liquor — spirits, alcoholic drink
  • hard rubber — rubber vulcanized with a large amount of sulfur, usually 25–35 percent, to render it stiff and comparatively inflexible.
  • hard-fought — firmly or passionately contested or struggled for
  • hardecanute — 1019?–42, king of Denmark 1035–42, king of England 1040–42 (son of Canute).
  • hardicanute — 1019?–42, king of Denmark 1035–42, king of England 1040–42 (son of Canute).
  • hardmouthed — of or relating to a horse not sensitive to the pressure of a bit.
  • hazardously — In a hazardous manner.
  • head injury — wound to the head
  • head-hunter — a person who engages in headhunting.
  • headborough — the official in charge of a tithing
  • headhunters — Plural form of headhunter.
  • headquarter — to situate in headquarters.
  • heavy crude — a type of crude oil that does not flow easily and has greater viscosity and specific density than other types of crude
  • hederaceous — (rare) Of, pertaining to, or resembling ivy.
  • hell around — the place or state of punishment of the wicked after death; the abode of evil and condemned spirits; Gehenna or Tartarus.
  • heptandrous — (of a flower) having seven stamens
  • hindquarter — the posterior end of a halved carcass of beef, lamb, etc., sectioned usually between the twelfth and thirteenth ribs.
  • hit-and-run — guilty of fleeing the scene of an accident or injury one has caused, especially a vehicular accident, thereby attempting to evade being identified and held responsible: a hit-and-run driver.
  • honor guard — guard of honor.
  • horse guard — a black and yellow sand wasp, Bembix carolina, of the southern U.S., preying on flies that gather around horses and cattle.
  • house brand — a brand name used by a retailer for a product or product line made specifically for or by the retailer.
  • houselander — Caryll [kar-uh l] /ˈkær əl/ (Show IPA), 1901–54, English writer on Roman Catholicism.
  • hudibrastic — of, relating to, or resembling the style of Samuel Butler's Hudibras (published 1663–78), a mock-heroic poem written in tetrameter couplets.
  • hue and cry — Early English Law. the pursuit of a felon or an offender with loud outcries or clamor to give an alarm.
  • hurdle race — a race in which people have to jump over a number of obstacles while running
  • hurdle rate — the rate of return that a proposed project must provide if it is to be worth considering: usually calculated as the cost of the capital involved adjusted by a risk factor
  • hydragogues — Plural form of hydragogue.
  • hydrargyrum — mercury.
  • hydromedusa — the medusa form of a hydrozoan.
  • hydroxyurea — a synthetic compound, CH 4 N 2 O 2 , used in cancer therapy.
  • jugged hare — a stew made of wild rabbit, usually cooked in an earthenware jug or stone pot.
  • kurdaitchas — Plural form of kurdaitcha.
  • loud-hailer — a portable loudspeaker having a built-in amplifier and microphone
  • loudhailers — Plural form of loudhailer.
  • mouth guard — protective shield for teeth
  • nudibranchs — Plural form of nudibranch.
  • ophidiarium — an enclosure for snakes, adapted to their normal living conditions
  • orphan drug — Pharmacology. a drug that remains undeveloped or untested or is otherwise neglected because of limited potential for commercial gain.
  • overdraught — (chiefly, British) An overdraft.
  • pouched rat — pocket gopher.
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