11-letter words containing h, e, r, a, l
- halberstadt — a town in central Germany, in Saxony-Anhalt: industrial centre noted for its historic buildings. Pop: 40 014 (2003 est)
- half an ear — If you listen to something or someone with only half an ear, you do not give your full attention to what is being said.
- half gainer — a dive in which the diver takes off facing forward and performs a backward half-somersault, entering the water headfirst and facing the springboard.
- half relief — mezzo-relievo.
- half sister — sister (def 2).
- half-broken — past participle of break.
- half-buried — to put in the ground and cover with earth: The pirates buried the chest on the island.
- half-circle — one half of a circle
- half-formed — external appearance of a clearly defined area, as distinguished from color or material; configuration: a triangular form.
- half-frozen — extremely cold
- half-hunter — a watch with a hinged lid in which a small circular opening or crystal allows the approximate time to be read
- half-ruined — ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay: We visited the ruins of ancient Greece.
- half-sister — sister (def 2).
- half-yearly — Half-yearly means happening in the middle of a calendar year or a financial year.
- halfbrother — Alternative spelling of half brother.
- halfhearted — having or showing little enthusiasm: a halfhearted attempt to work.
- hall porter — concierge
- haloperidol — a major antipsychotic agent, C 21 H 23 ClFNO 2 , used in the management of schizophrenia, severe anxiety, and other behavioral disorders.
- halterbreak — to get (an animal) used to wearing a halter
- hammer blow — a blow from a hammer
- hammer mill — a mill for breaking up ore or crushing coal.
- hammercloth — a cloth covering for the driver's seat on a horse-drawn carriage.
- hammerlocks — Plural form of hammerlock.
- hand-letter — to print by hand: She hand-lettered a “for sale” sign.
- hang glider — a kitelike glider consisting of a V -shaped wing underneath which the pilot is strapped: kept aloft by updrafts and guided by the pilot's shifting body weight.
- hang-glider — a kitelike glider consisting of a V -shaped wing underneath which the pilot is strapped: kept aloft by updrafts and guided by the pilot's shifting body weight.
- harbor seal — a small, spotted seal, Phoca vitulina, of the Atlantic coasts of North America and Europe and the Pacific coast of northern North America.
- harbourless — Without a harbour.
- hard palate — Anatomy. the roof of the mouth, consisting of an anterior bony portion (hard palate) and a posterior muscular portion (soft palate) that separate the oral cavity from the nasal cavity.
- hard-boiled — Cookery. (of an egg) boiled in the shell long enough for the yolk and white to solidify.
- hardly ever — rarely
- harmfulness — causing or capable of causing harm; injurious: a harmful idea; a harmful habit.
- harpy eagle — a large, powerful eagle, Harpia harpyja, of tropical America: an endangered species.
- harrow hell — to enter hell and rescue the righteous
- harvest fly — cicada
- harvestable — Also, harvesting. the gathering of crops.
- hassle-free — without problems or bother
- haute-loire — a department in central France. 1931 sq. mi. (5000 sq. km). Capital: Le Puy.
- hawser-laid — cablelaid (def 1).
- hazel crest — a town in NE Illinois.
- hazel grove — a plantation of hazel trees
- head collar — the part of a bridle that fits round a horse's head
- health card — an identity card required to obtain public health insurance services
- health care — the field concerned with the maintenance or restoration of the health of the body or mind.
- health farm — A health farm is a hotel where people go to get fitter or lose weight by exercising and eating special food.
- health risk — something that could cause harm to people's health
- heart block — a defect in the electrical impulses of the heart resulting in any of various arrhythmias or irregularities in the heartbeat.
- heart shell — any of numerous bivalve mollusks, especially of the families Cardiidae and Carditidae, having a heart-shaped shell.
- heart-whole — not in love.
- heartfeltly — In a heartfelt manner.