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

  • hawser-laid — cablelaid (def 1).
  • hazardously — In a hazardous manner.
  • head collar — the part of a bridle that fits round a horse's head
  • health card — an identity card required to obtain public health insurance services
  • hell around — the place or state of punishment of the wicked after death; the abode of evil and condemned spirits; Gehenna or Tartarus.
  • heracleides — ?390–?322 bc, Greek astronomer and philosopher: the first to state that the earth rotates on its axis
  • herald moth — a noctuid moth, Scoliopteryx libatrix, having brownish cryptically mottled forewings and plain dull hind wings. The adult hibernates and has a prolonged life
  • hereditable — heritable.
  • highlanders — Plural form of highlander.
  • hinderlands — the buttocks
  • hinterlands — Plural form of hinterland.
  • hiv-related — related to the HIV virus
  • holiday rep — A holiday rep is someone employed by a holiday company to help look after people when they are on holiday.
  • holographed — to make by the use of holography.
  • horned lark — a lark, Eremophila alpestris, of the Northern Hemisphere, having a tuft of feathers on each side of the crown of the head.
  • houselander — Caryll [kar-uh l] /ˈkær əl/ (Show IPA), 1901–54, English writer on Roman Catholicism.
  • 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
  • hydralazine — a white crystalline powder, C 8 H 8 N 4 , that dilates blood vessels and is used in the treatment of hypertension.
  • hydrocorals — any colonial marine animal of the hydrozoan order Stylasterina having a calcareous skeleton resembling that of the true corals.
  • hydrolysate — any compound formed by hydrolysis.
  • hydroplaned — Simple past tense and past participle of hydroplane.
  • hydroplaner — a person who pilots a hydroplane, especially a professional speedboat racer.
  • hydroplanes — Plural form of hydroplane.
  • hydroxylase — any enzyme that catalyzes the introduction of a hydroxyl group into a substance.
  • hydroxylate — to introduce hydroxyl into (a compound).
  • hyperdactyl — having an excessive number of fingers or toes
  • hyperlydian — relating to the highest scale or mode in ancient Greek music
  • icosahedral — Of, relating to, or having the shape of an icosahedron.
  • idler shaft — a shaft carrying one or more gearwheels that idles between a driver shaft and a driven shaft, usually to reverse the direction of rotation or provide different spacing of gearwheels, esp in a gearbox
  • lady orchid — a tall graceful orchid, Orchis purpurea, with faintly scented purple-brown and green flowers with a pinkish or white lip
  • land-holder — a holder, owner, or occupant of land.
  • landholders — Plural form of landholder.
  • leader head — a boxlike head of a downspout connected to a gutter.
  • leader-ship — the position or function of a leader, a person who guides or directs a group: He managed to maintain his leadership of the party despite heavy opposition. Synonyms: administration, management, directorship, control, governorship, stewardship, hegemony.
  • leaderships — Plural form of leadership.
  • leaseholder — a tenant under a lease.
  • leatherhead — any of various Australasian honeyeaters, especially of the genus Philemon.
  • leatherwood — an American shrub, Dirca palustris, having a tough bark.
  • left-hander — a person who is left-handed, especially a baseball pitcher who throws with the left hand.
  • lethargized — Simple past tense and past participle of lethargize.
  • letterheads — Plural form of letterhead.
  • liddel hart — Sir Basil (Henry) 1895–1970, English military authority and writer.
  • light bread — white bread.
  • light draft — the draft of a vessel at its light displacement.
  • light-armed — carrying light weapons: light-armed troops.
  • lionhearted — exceptionally courageous or brave.
  • lizard fish — any of several large-mouthed fishes of the family Synodontidae, having a lizardlike head.
  • lizard head — a promontory in SW Cornwall, in SW England: the southernmost point in England.
  • loggerheads — a thick-headed or stupid person; blockhead.
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