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11-letter words containing h, a, y, r

  • rhesus baby — a baby suffering from haemolytic disease at birth as its red blood cells (which are Rh positive) have been attacked in the womb by antibodies from its Rh negative mother
  • rheumaticky — affected with rheumatism
  • rhinoplasty — plastic surgery of the nose.
  • rhyme royal — a form of verse introduced into English by Chaucer, consisting of seven-line stanzas of iambic pentameter in which there are three rhymes, the first line rhyming with the third, the second with the fourth and fifth, and the sixth with the seventh.
  • rhythm band — a collection of simple percussion instruments used especially with piano accompaniment to teach musical rhythm.
  • road hockey — an imitation of the game of ice hockey played typically by children without ice skates on a public road.
  • royal burgh — (in Scotland) a burgh that was established by a royal charter granted directly by the sovereign
  • royal flush — the five highest cards of a suit.
  • rue the day — If you rue the day that you did something, you are sorry that you did it, because it has had unpleasant results.
  • rush family — the plant family Juncaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants having narrow, grasslike leaves, small and greenish flowers, and capsular fruit with three compartments, comprising the true rushes.
  • saprophytic — any organism that lives on dead organic matter, as certain fungi and bacteria.
  • sarcenchyme — the connective tissue of some sponges
  • scenography — the art of representing objects in accordance with the rules of perspective.
  • school year — the months of the year during which school is open and attendance at school is required.
  • searchingly — examining carefully or thoroughly: a searching inspection.
  • serotherapy — therapy by means of injections of a serum obtained especially from an immune animal.
  • sex therapy — treatment of sexual disorders that have psychological causes, employing psychiatric counseling, behavior modification, and education.
  • shaftesburyAnthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of, 1621–83, English statesman.
  • shameworthy — deserving shame; denoting something a person ought to be ashamed of
  • shcharansky — (Natan) Anatoly [nah-tahn an-uh-toh-lee;; Russian uh-nuh-taw-lyee] /nɑˈtɑn ˌæn əˈtoʊ li;; Russian ʌ nʌˈtɔ lyi/ (Show IPA), born 1948, Soviet mathematician and human-rights activist, in Israel since 1986.
  • sheriffalty — shrievalty.
  • sialography — radiography of salivary glands once they have been injected with a contrast medium
  • sir anthonySir Anthony, Van Dyck, Sir Anthony.
  • sky marshal — an armed plainclothes federal marshal riding on an airliner to protect against skyjacking.
  • slant rhyme — rhyme in which either the vowels or the consonants of stressed syllables are identical, as in eyes, light; years, yours.
  • snobography — an account or description of snobs
  • sociography — the branch of sociology that uses statistical data to describe social phenomena.
  • sothic year — the fixed year of the ancient Egyptians, determined by the heliacal rising of Sirius, and equivalent to 365 days.
  • southwardly — toward the south
  • spermaphyte — the placenta of a plant
  • sphygmogram — a tracing or diagram produced by a sphygmograph.
  • spirography — the study of breathing using a spirograph
  • squirearchy — the collective body of squires or landed gentry of a country.
  • stasimorphy — structural modification by arrested development
  • stenography — the art of writing in shorthand.
  • straightway — straightaway.
  • strathclyde — a region in SW Scotland. 5300 sq. mi. (13,727 sq. km).
  • stylography — the art of writing, tracing, drawing, etc., with a style.
  • switch yard — a railroad yard in which rolling stock is distributed or made up into trains.
  • sympathizer — a person who sympathizes.
  • symposiarch — the president, director, or master of a symposium.
  • tacheometry — the measurement of distance, etc, using a tacheometer
  • tachycardia — excessively rapid heartbeat.
  • tachygraphy — shorthand, especially the ancient Greek and Roman handwriting used for rapid stenography and writing.
  • tachysterol — an isomer of ergosterol, C28H44O, formed during the production of calciferol by the irradiation of ergosterol
  • technocracy — a theory and movement, prominent about 1932, advocating control of industrial resources, reform of financial institutions, and reorganization of the social system, based on the findings of technologists and engineers.
  • teletherapy — treatment in which the source of therapy is some distance from the body, as certain radiation therapies.
  • tenorrhaphy — suture of a tendon.
  • tephromancy — the seeking of the future using ashes
  • tetrahydric — (especially of alcohols and phenols) tetrahydroxy.
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