11-letter words containing h, i, d, r
- dishwashers — Plural form of dishwasher.
- disinherits — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disinherit.
- disk harrow — a harrow having a number of sharp-edged, concave disks set at such an angle that as the harrow is drawn along the ground they turn the soil, pulverize it, and destroy weeds.
- diskography — discography.
- dispatchers — Plural form of dispatcher.
- disthronize — to dethrone
- disulphuric — pyrosulphuric
- ditchdigger — a worker whose occupation is digging ditches, especially with pick and shovel.
- dithyrambic — of, relating to, or of the nature of a dithyramb, or an impassioned oration.
- dittography — reduplication of letters or syllables in writing, printing, etc., usually through error.
- do a perish — to die or come near to dying of thirst or starvation
- do up right — to do carefully or thoroughly
- dorsetshire — a county in S England. 1024 sq. mi. (2650 sq. km).
- downlighter — Downlight.
- dr. zhivago — a novel (1958) by Boris Pasternak.
- draft chair — a chair so designed as to fend off drafts from behind, as a wing chair.
- draughtiest — Superlative form of draughty.
- draw weight — the measured force, in foot-pounds, stored by an archery bow when fully drawn.
- dress shirt — a man's shirt worn for formal or semiformal evening dress, usually having French cuffs and a stiff or pleated front to be fastened with studs.
- drill chuck — a chuck for holding a drill bit.
- drive chain — a roller chain that transmits power from one toothed wheel to another
- drive shaft — a shaft for imparting torque from a power source or prime mover to machinery.
- dromophobia — an irrational fear of crossing roads
- dronishness — the quality or capacity to drone
- drop a hint — If you drop a hint, you give a hint or say something in a casual way.
- drop behind — a small quantity of liquid that falls or is produced in a more or less spherical mass; a liquid globule.
- drosophilas — Plural form of drosophila.
- drouthiness — the state or condition of being thirsty or dry
- dutch chair — a chair of c1700, derived from Dutch models, having curved uprights, a wide splat joined to the seat rail, and cabriole legs.
- dysharmonic — relating to abnormal bone development
- dyshidrosis — (medicine) A skin condition characterized by small blisters on the hands or feet.
- dysrhythmia — a disturbance of rhythm, as of speech or of brain waves recorded by an electroencephalograph.
- dysrhythmic — Having an unpleasing, irregular beat.
- dystrophies — Plural form of dystrophy.
- echinoderms — Plural form of echinoderm.
- edrophonium — a substance, C 10 H 16 BrNO, used to reverse certain muscle-relaxing agents, such as tubocurarine, in surgical procedures: also used in the diagnosis of myasthenia gravis.
- eichendorff — Joseph (ˈjoːzɛf), Freiherr von. 1788–1857, German poet and novelist, regarded as one of the greatest German romantic lyricists
- enchiridion — A book containing essential information on a subject.
- endomorphic — Of or pertaining to an endomorph.
- endothermic — (of a reaction or process) accompanied by or requiring the absorption of heat.
- endotrophic — obtaining nourishment from within another plant
- enshrouding — Present participle of enshroud.
- ephemerides — Plural form of ephemeris.
- epitrochoid — A geometric curve traced by a fixed point on one circle which rotates around the perimeter of another circle. Examples include the shape of the Wankel engine.
- ethelred ii — known as Ethelred the Unready. ?968–1016 ad, king of England (978–1016). He was temporarily deposed by the Danish king Sweyn (1013) but was recalled on Sweyn's death (1014)
- euhemerized — Simple past tense and past participle of euhemerize.
- exhilarated — Simple past tense and past participle of exhilarate.
- fair-haired — having light-colored hair.
- far-sighted — seeing objects at a distance more clearly than those near at hand; hyperopic.
- feral child — a neglected child who engages in lawless or anti-social behaviour