10-letter words containing h, e, d, r, o
- headstrong — determined to have one's own way; willful; stubborn; obstinate: a headstrong young man.
- hebdomadar — (in Scottish universities and grammar schools) a name given to the member of staff whose weekly turn it is to supervise the behaviour of students
- hemerobiid — (zoology) Any insect of the brown lacewing family, Hemerobiidae.
- hemihedron — a substance of hemihedral type
- hemorrhoid — Usually, hemorrhoids. Pathology. an abnormally enlarged vein mainly due to a persistent increase in venous pressure, occurring inside the anal sphincter of the rectum and beneath the mucous membrane (internal hemorrhoid) or outside the anal sphincter and beneath the surface of the anal skin (external hemorrhoid)
- henry ford — Elizabeth Bloomer ("Betty") 1918–2011, U.S. First Lady 1974–77 (wife of Gerald R. Ford).
- heptachord — a musical scale of seven notes.
- herdswoman — The female equivalent of a herdsman.
- herdswomen — Plural form of herdswoman.
- heroicized — heroize.
- heterodont — (of most mammals) having teeth of different types
- heterodoxy — heterodox state or quality.
- heterodyne — noting or pertaining to a method of changing the frequency of an incoming radio signal by adding it to a signal generated within the receiver to produce fluctuations or beats of a frequency equal to the difference between the two signals.
- hexachords — Plural form of hexachord.
- hexahedron — a solid figure having six faces, as a cube.
- hexandrous — (of a plant) having six stamen
- highbrowed — (of a person) highbrow; intellectual and cultured.
- hindermost — Hindmost.
- hippodrome — an arena or structure for equestrian and other spectacles.
- hipsterdom — The state of being a hipster.
- hofstadter — Richard, 1916–70, U.S. historian.
- hog badger — a SE Asian badger, Arctonyx collaris, with a piglike mobile snout
- hold water — a transparent, odorless, tasteless liquid, a compound of hydrogen and oxygen, H 2 O, freezing at 32°F or 0°C and boiling at 212°F or 100°C, that in a more or less impure state constitutes rain, oceans, lakes, rivers, etc.: it contains 11.188 percent hydrogen and 88.812 percent oxygen, by weight.
- hollywired — Siliwood
- holohedral — (of a crystal) having all the planes or faces required by the maximum symmetry of the system to which it belongs.
- holohedron — a holohedral form or crystal
- holy bread — bread used in a Eucharistic service, both before and after consecration.
- home brand — an item packaged and marketed under the brand name of a particular retailer, usually a large supermarket chain, rather than that of the manufacturer
- home guard — a volunteer force used for meeting local emergencies when the regular armed forces are needed elsewhere.
- hoodiecrow — A hooded crow, Corvus cornix.
- hoodwinker — One who hoodwinks.
- hooked rug — a rug made by drawing loops of yarn or cloth through a foundation of burlap or the like, to form a pattern.
- hooktender — (in lumbering) the supervisor of a rigging crew.
- hoover dam — official name of Boulder Dam.
- hop garden — a field of hops
- hornblende — a dark-green to black mineral of the amphibole group, calcium magnesium iron and hydroxyl aluminosilicate.
- horned owl — any large owl of the genus Bubo, having prominent ear tufts: family Strigidae
- hornedness — The condition of being horned.
- hornrimmed — Alternative form of horn-rimmed.
- horrendous — shockingly dreadful; horrible: a horrendous crime.
- horridness — The quality of being horrid.
- horsedrawn — Alternative spelling of horse-drawn.
- horsehides — Plural form of horsehide.
- horserider — Someone who rides a horse.
- horseshoed — Simple past tense and past participle of horseshoe.
- hot dogger — a frankfurter.
- hot rodder — a driver or builder of hot rods.
- housedress — a relatively simple and inexpensive dress suitable for housework.
- houseproud — Alternative form of house-proud.
- hoverboard — (science fiction) A levitating board that can be ridden in the manner of a surfboard or skateboard.