10-letter words containing h, e, d, r, o
- echinoderm — any marine animal of the invertebrate phylum Echinodermata, having a radiating arrangement of parts and a body wall stiffened by calcareous pieces that may protrude as spines and including the starfishes, sea urchins, sea cucumbers, etc.
- editorship — the office or function of an editor.
- encroached — Simple past tense and past participle of encroach.
- endomorphs — Plural form of endomorph.
- endorhizal — (of an embryo) having the radical covered by the cotyledon
- endorphins — Plural form of endorphin.
- endosphere — (biology) All the endophytes of a plant.
- endotherms — Plural form of endotherm.
- endothermy — (biology) A form of thermoregulation in which heat is generated by the organism's metabolism.
- enshrouded — Simple past tense and past participle of enshroud.
- enthraldom — the condition of being enthralled
- fatherhood — the state of being a father.
- fingerhold — something onto which the fingers can hold
- flourished — to be in a vigorous state; thrive: a period in which art flourished.
- flowerhead — (botany) A short, compact cluster of flowers, such as those found in the composites.
- forehanded — forehand (def 1).
- foreshadow — to show or indicate beforehand; prefigure: Political upheavals foreshadowed war.
- foreshowed — Simple past tense and past participle of foreshow.
- freeholder — the owner of a freehold.
- fresherdom — the state of being a fresher
- friendhood — The state, quality, or condition of being a friend or friends.
- fundholder — (British) a general practitioner who manages his own budget, purchasing healthcare from one or more hospital trusts.
- furloughed — Simple past tense and past participle of furlough.
- gardenhood — The state of being a garden; the status, respect, or appearance befitting a proper garden.
- gas holder — A gas holder is a large, low-pressure container for gas.
- gasholders — Plural form of gasholder.
- godbrother — The son of one's godparent.
- godfathers — Plural form of godfather.
- godmothers — Plural form of godmother.
- goldthread — a white-flowered plant, Coptis trifolia, of the buttercup family, having a slender, yellow root that is sometimes used as a tonic.
- good cheer — cheerful spirits; courage: to be of good cheer.
- gopherwood — yellowwood.
- greyhounds — Plural form of greyhound.
- grindhouse — a burlesque house, especially one providing continuous entertainment at reduced prices.
- guardhouse — a building used for housing military personnel on guard duty.
- had sooner — would rather; would prefer to
- hand mower — a lawn mower that is pushed by hand (distinguished from power mower).
- handstroke — the downward movement of the bell rope as the bell swings around allowing the ringer to grasp and pull it
- harborside — bordering a harbor.
- hard money — (in the US) money given directly to a candidate in an election to assist his or her campaign
- hard power — the ability to achieve one's goals by force, esp military force
- hard-coded — (jargon) (By analogy with "hard-wired") Said of a data value or behaviour written directly into a program, possibly in multiple places, where it cannot be easily modified. There are several alternatives, depending on how often the value is likely to change. It may be replaced with a compile-time constant, such as a C "#define" macro, in which case a change will still require recompilation; or it may be read at run time from a profile, resource (see de-rezz), or environment variable that a user can easily modify; or it may be read as part of the program's input data. To change something hard-coded requires recompilation (if using a compiled language of course) but, more seriously, it requires sufficient understanding of the implementation to be sure that the change will not introduce inconsistency and cause the program to fail. For example, "The line terminator is hard-coded as newline; who in their right mind would use anything else?" See magic number.
- hard-nosed — hardheaded or tough; unsentimentally practical: a hard-nosed labor leader.
- hardboiled — Alternative spelling of hard-boiled.
- hardcovers — Plural form of hardcover.
- harden off — to accustom (a cultivated plant) or (of such a plant) to become accustomed to outdoor conditions by repeated exposure
- harmonised — Simple past tense and past participle of harmonise.
- harmonized — Add notes to (a melody) to produce harmony.
- headboards — Plural form of headboard.
- headcollar — A bitless headpiece for leading or tying up a horse.