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11-letter words containing h, a, r

  • cross-match — to test the compatibility of (a donor's and recipient's blood) by checking that the red cells of each do not agglutinate in the other's serum
  • cross-patch — a bad-tempered or irritable person.
  • cryohydrate — a crystalline substance containing water and a salt in definite proportions at low temperatures: a eutectic crystallizing below the freezing point of water
  • cryotherapy — medical treatment in which all or part of the body is subjected to cold temperatures, as by means of ice packs
  • cryptarithm — a type of mathematical puzzle in which the digits of an equation have been substituted by letters
  • cryptograph — something written in code or cipher
  • ctenophoran — of a ctenophore
  • curatorship — The rank or period of being a curator.
  • cut throats — a person who cuts the throat of another; a murderer.
  • cyanohydrin — any of a class of organic compounds containing a cyanide group and a hydroxyl group bound to the same carbon atom
  • cyberphobia — an irrational fear of computers
  • cystography — radiography of the urinary bladder using a contrast medium
  • cytopharynx — the gullet of a protozoan.
  • dacryorrhea — excessive flow of tears.
  • dandy brush — a brush with stiff, short bristles that is used for grooming animals, especially horses.
  • dandy-brush — a stiff brush used for grooming a horse
  • dante chair — a chair of the Renaissance having two transverse pairs of curved legs crossing beneath the seat and rising to support the arms and back.
  • dark-haired — (of a person) having dark hair
  • dauerschlaf — a form of therapy, now rarely used, that involves the use of drugs to induce long periods of deep sleep.
  • dawn chorus — The dawn chorus is the singing of birds at dawn.
  • de la roche — Mazo [mey-zoh] /ˈmeɪ zoʊ/ (Show IPA), 1885–1961, Canadian novelist.
  • dealerships — Plural form of dealership.
  • dear-bought — having been purchased at great expense
  • death adder — a venomous Australian elapid snake, Acanthophis antarcticus, resembling an adder
  • death chair — electric chair.
  • death grant — (in the British National Insurance scheme) a grant payable to a relative, executor, etc, after the death of a person
  • death march — a long-distance forced march, usually undertaken by prisoners, on which a lot of the marchers die
  • deauthorize — to give authority for; formally sanction (an act or proceeding): Congress authorized the new tax on tobacco.
  • decahedrons — Plural form of decahedron.
  • decahydrate — a hydrate that contains ten molecules of water, as washing soda, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅10H 2 O.
  • deep throat — an anonymous source of secret information
  • dehortation — an exhortation against a course of action
  • dehortatory — intended to dissuade from a course of action
  • dehydrating — Present participle of dehydrate.
  • dehydration — the act or process of dehydrating.
  • dehydrators — Plural form of dehydrator.
  • demographer — the science of vital and social statistics, as of the births, deaths, diseases, marriages, etc., of populations.
  • demographic — Demographic means relating to or concerning demography.
  • dendrachate — a variety of agate with black or brown tree-like markings, caused by impurities
  • dermography — a type of marking on the skin, whether in the form of writing or pictures, supposedly of psychic origin, similar to stigmata except for being more short-lived
  • derrickhand — A derrickhand is a member of the drilling crew who works on a platform above the rig floor and handles the drillpipe.
  • deutschmark — the former standard monetary unit of Germany, divided into 100 pfennigs; replaced by the euro in 2002: until 1990 the standard monetary unit of West Germany
  • dharmashala — (in South Asia) a building devoted to religious or charitable purposes, especially a rest house for travelers.
  • diachronism — the passage of a geological formation across time planes, as occurs when a marine sediment laid down by an advancing sea is noticeably younger in the direction of advancement
  • diamorphine — heroin.
  • diaper rash — (in babies) any irritation to the skin around the genitals, anus, or buttocks, usually caused by contact with urine or excrement
  • diaphoreses — perspiration, especially when artificially induced.
  • diaphoresis — a technical name for sweating
  • diaphoretic — relating to or causing sweat
  • diaphragmic — Which uses, or which is located in or near, the diaphragm.
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