11-letter words containing h, a, r, l, d
- diphycercal — having a tail or caudal fin with the spinal column extending horizontally to the end of the tail, characteristic of lungfish, several other primitive fishes, and the juvenile stage of modern bony fishes.
- disenthrall — to free from bondage; liberate: to be disenthralled from morbid fantasies.
- dish aerial — a microwave aerial, used esp in radar, radio telescopes, and satellite broadcasting, consisting of a parabolic reflector
- dog handler — a member of the police force, a security organization, etc, who works in collaboration with a specially trained dog
- door handle — doorknob.
- drosophilas — Plural form of drosophila.
- earth lodge — a circular, usually dome-shaped dwelling of certain North American Indians, made of posts and beams covered variously with branches, grass, sod, or earth and having a central opening in the roof, a tamped earth floor, and frequently a vestibule.
- endothermal — Endothermic.
- enthralldom — The act of enthralling, or the state of being enthralled; slavery; bondage.
- exhilarated — Simple past tense and past participle of exhilarate.
- fatherlands — Plural form of fatherland.
- feral child — a neglected child who engages in lawless or anti-social behaviour
- fish ladder — a series of ascending pools constructed to enable salmon or other fish to swim upstream around or over a dam.
- flapperhood — (in the 1920s) the condition of flappers, the state of being a flapper
- flash drive — Also called flash memory drive, thumb drive, USB drive. a very small, portable, solid-state hard drive that can be inserted into a USB port for storage and retrieval of data.
- flashboards — Plural form of flashboard.
- flower head — an inflorescence consisting of a dense cluster of small, stalkless flowers; capitulum.
- flowerheads — Plural form of flowerhead.
- foolhardily — In a foolhardy manner.
- furaldehyde — either of two aldehydes derived from furan, esp 2-furaldehyde
- ghirlandaio — (Domenico di Tommaso Curradi di Doffo Bigordi) 1449–94, Italian painter.
- glad-hander — to greet warmly.
- goldthreads — Plural form of goldthread.
- grab handle — A grab handle is a handle on the side of an object such as a bathtub that you hold in order to help you get in and out.
- graham land — a part of the British Antarctic Territory, in the N section of the Antarctic Peninsula: formerly the British name for the entire peninsula.
- halberdiers — Plural form of halberdier.
- halberstadt — a town in central Germany, in Saxony-Anhalt: industrial centre noted for its historic buildings. Pop: 40 014 (2003 est)
- half dollar — a silver or cupronickel coin of the U.S., equal to 50 cents.
- half-buried — to put in the ground and cover with earth: The pirates buried the chest on the island.
- half-dollar — a silver or cupronickel coin of the U.S., equal to 50 cents.
- half-formed — external appearance of a clearly defined area, as distinguished from color or material; configuration: a triangular form.
- half-ruined — ruins, 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.
- halfhearted — having or showing little enthusiasm: a halfhearted attempt to work.
- haloperidol — a major antipsychotic agent, C 21 H 23 ClFNO 2 , used in the management of schizophrenia, severe anxiety, and other behavioral disorders.
- hand scroll — a roll of parchment, paper, copper, or other material, especially one with writing on it: a scroll containing the entire Old Testament.
- hand-letter — to print by hand: She hand-lettered a “for sale” sign.
- hand-tailor — to produce (a garment or the like) by individual workmanship.
- handrailing — Handrail.
- handscrolls — Plural form of handscroll.
- hang glider — a kitelike glider consisting of a V -shaped wing underneath which the pilot is strapped: kept aloft by updrafts and guided by the pilot's shifting body weight.
- hang-glider — a kitelike glider consisting of a V -shaped wing underneath which the pilot is strapped: kept aloft by updrafts and guided by the pilot's shifting body weight.
- haphazardly — in a haphazard manner; at random.
- 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 palate — Anatomy. the roof of the mouth, consisting of an anterior bony portion (hard palate) and a posterior muscular portion (soft palate) that separate the oral cavity from the nasal cavity.
- hard-boiled — Cookery. (of an egg) boiled in the shell long enough for the yolk and white to solidify.
- hardly ever — rarely
- harmolodics — the technique of each musician in a group simultaneously improvising around the melodic and rhythmic patterns in a tune, rather than one musician improvising on its underlying harmonic pattern while the others play an accompaniment
- harold holt — Harold Edward, 1908–67, Australian political leader: prime minister 1966–67.