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11-letter words containing h, a, r

  • honey-eater — any of numerous oscine birds of the family Meliphagidae, chiefly of Australasia, having a bill and tongue adapted for extracting the nectar from flowers.
  • honeyeaters — Plural form of honeyeater.
  • honor guard — guard of honor.
  • honorariums — Plural form of honorarium.
  • honorifical — honorific
  • honourarium — Nonstandard spelling of honorarium.
  • hoppergrass — grasshopper (def 1).
  • horizontals — Plural form of horizontal.
  • horn clause — (logic)   A set of atomic literals with at most one positive literal. Usually written L <- L1, ..., Ln or <- L1, ..., Ln where n>=0, "<-" means "is implied by" and comma stands for conjuction ("AND"). If L is false the clause is regarded as a goal. Horn clauses can express a subset of statements of first order logic. The name "Horn Clause" comes from the logician Alfred Horn, who first pointed out the significance of such clauses in 1951, in the article "On sentences which are true of direct unions of algebras", Journal of Symbolic Logic, 16, 14-21. A definite clause is a Horn clause that has exactly one positive literal.
  • horn-spread — (of a horned creature) the distance between the outermost tips of the horns.
  • horned lark — a lark, Eremophila alpestris, of the Northern Hemisphere, having a tuft of feathers on each side of the crown of the head.
  • horned toad — 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.
  • horny coral — a gorgonian.
  • horographer — a person who reckons time
  • horripilant — causing horripilation, ie goose flesh, or the flesh to creep
  • horripilate — to produce horripilation on.
  • horrisonant — Having an unpleasant sound.
  • horse brass — a brass ornament, originally intended for the harness of a horse.
  • horse guard — a black and yellow sand wasp, Bembix carolina, of the southern U.S., preying on flies that gather around horses and cattle.
  • horse laugh — a loud, coarse laugh, especially of derision.
  • horse opera — a television or radio program or motion picture about the Wild West, often presented serially and usually dealing with adventures of cowboys, gunmen, gold prospectors, etc. Compare Western (def 8).
  • horse's ass — a stupid or foolish person.
  • horse-drawn — A horse-drawn carriage, cart, or other vehicle is one that is pulled by one or more horses.
  • horse-faced — having a large face with lantern jaws and large teeth.
  • horse-trade — to bargain or trade shrewdly.
  • horselaughs — Plural form of horselaugh.
  • horseplayer — a habitual bettor on horse races.
  • horseracing — Alternative form of horse racing.
  • horseradish — a cultivated plant, Armoracia rusticana, of the mustard family, having small, white flowers.
  • horsetrader — (literally) A person who buys and sells horses, especially one who makes such transactions in a clever or skillful manner.
  • hospitaller — a member of the religious and military order (Knights Hospitalers or Knights of St. John of Jerusalem) originating about the time of the first Crusade (1096–99) and taking its name from a hospital at Jerusalem.
  • hourglasses — Plural form of hourglass.
  • house brand — a brand name used by a retailer for a product or product line made specifically for or by the retailer.
  • house organ — a periodical issued by a business or other establishment for its employees, customers, and other interested readers, presenting news about the firm, its products, and its personnel.
  • house party — the guests at such an affair or party: The house party goes sailing today.
  • house-craft — skill in domestic management
  • house-train — to housebreak.
  • houseboater — One who lives in a houseboat.
  • housebreaks — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of housebreak.
  • housefather — a man responsible for a group of young people, as students, living in a dormitory, hostel, etc.
  • houselander — Caryll [kar-uh l] /ˈkær əl/ (Show IPA), 1901–54, English writer on Roman Catholicism.
  • housemaster — a man who is in charge of a house or a dormitory in a private school for boys.
  • houseparent — one of a married couple responsible for a group of young people, as students, living in a dormitory, hostel, etc., sometimes acting solely as an advisor, but often serving as host or hostess, chaperon, housekeeper, etc.
  • hoverboards — Plural form of hoverboard.
  • hovercrafts — (nonstandard) Plural form of hovercraft.
  • howard mossHoward, 1922–1987, U.S. poet, editor, and playwright.
  • hucksterage — the business of a huckster; peddling
  • 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.
  • human error — sb's mistake
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