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13-letter words containing h, a, r, l, d, i

  • graham island — an island in the Pacific Ocean, in W British Columbia, Canada: largest and northernmost of the Queen Charlotte Islands. 2485 sq. mi. (6436 sq. km).
  • grandchildren — a child of one's son or daughter.
  • haemodialyzer — a piece of equipment used in haemodialysis to screen the blood to remove unwanted substances
  • half-silvered — (of a mirror) having an incomplete reflective coating, so that half the incident light is reflected and half transmitted: used in optical instruments and two-way mirrors
  • half-timbered — (of a house or building) having the frame and principal supports of timber and the interstices filled in with masonry, plaster, or the like.
  • hard as nails — tough, durable
  • hard feelings — Hard feelings are feelings of anger or bitterness towards someone who you have had an argument with or who has upset you. If you say 'no hard feelings', you are making an agreement with someone not to be angry or bitter about something.
  • hardenability — The quality or degree of being hardenable.
  • hardwick hall — an Elizabethan mansion near Chesterfield in Derbyshire: built 1591–97 for Elizabeth, Countess of Shrewsbury (Bess of Hardwick)
  • harlequinades — Plural form of harlequinade.
  • hazard lights — Usually, hazard lights. an indicator light on a vehicle that flashes to warn that it is unexpectedly slowing down, reversing, or not moving.
  • headline rate — a basic rate of inflation, taxation, etc, before distorting factors have been removed
  • heli-boarding — the sport of snowboarding on mountains or glaciers accessible only by helicopter or skiplane
  • highland park — a city in NE Illinois, on Lake Michigan.
  • holiday-maker — vacationer.
  • holidaymakers — Plural form of holidaymaker.
  • horned lizard — an insectivorous iguanid lizard of the genus Phrynosoma, of western North America, having hornlike spines on the head and a flattened body covered with spiny scales.
  • hubli-dharwad — a city in Karnataka, SW India: the union of two cities, Hubli and Dharwar.
  • hubli-dharwar — city in SW India: pop. 648,000
  • hyaluronidase — Biochemistry. a mucolytic enzyme found in the testes, in snake venom, and in hemolytic streptococci and certain other bacteria, that decreases the viscosity of the intercellular matrix by breaking down hyaluronic acid.
  • hydrargillite — gibbsite.
  • hydrated lime — a soft, white, crystalline, very slightly water-soluble powder, Ca(OH) 2 , obtained by the action of water on lime: used chiefly in mortars, plasters, and cements.
  • hydraulic ram — a device by which the energy of descending water is utilized to raise a part of the water to a height greater than that of the source.
  • hydraulically — operated by, moved by, or employing water or other liquids in motion.
  • hydraulicking — a type of mining that uses water to move rock
  • hydroairplane — a hydroplane.
  • hydrocephalic — of or relating to hydrocephalus.
  • hydropathical — Alternative form of hydropathic.
  • hydrostatical — Alternative form of hydrostatic.
  • hydroxylamine — an unstable, weakly basic, crystalline compound, NH 3 O, used as a reducing agent, analytical reagent, and chemical intermediate.
  • hydroxylation — (organic chemistry) The introduction of a hydroxyl group into a molecule, especially by the replacement of a hydrogen atom.
  • hyperboloidal — Having the shape or form of a hyperboloid.
  • hyperdactylia — the presence of extra fingers or toes.
  • hyperinflated — to subject to hyperinflation: hyperinflated prices.
  • ideographical — Alternative form of ideographic.
  • interchondral — of or relating to cartilage or a cartilage.
  • invalid chair — a chair specially designed for an invalid to sit in
  • kindheartedly — In a kindhearted manner.
  • ladder stitch — an embroidery stitch in which crossbars at equal distances are produced between two solid ridges of raised work.
  • landownership — an owner or proprietor of land.
  • life-or-death — life-and-death.
  • light reading — reading which is not considered too demanding or intellectual
  • light-hearted — carefree; cheerful; merry: a lighthearted laugh.
  • lizard orchid — a European orchid, Himantoglossum hircinum, rare in Britain, having a spike of grey-green flowers smelling of goats
  • losing hazard — an unavoidable danger or risk, even though often foreseeable: The job was full of hazards.
  • marbled white — any butterfly of the satyrid genus Melanargia, with panelled black-and-white wings, but technically a brown butterfly; found in grassland
  • milford haven — a bay in SW Wales.
  • mitochondrial — (cytology) Of, or relating to mitochondria.
  • multibranched — Having more than one branch.
  • multithreaded — multithreading
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