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11-letter words containing h, i, e, r

  • high german — the group of West Germanic languages that in a.d. c400–c500 underwent the second consonant shift described by Grimm's Law. Abbreviation: HG.
  • high jumper — a participant in the high jump.
  • high priest — a chief priest.
  • high relief — sculptured relief in which volumes are strongly projected from the background.
  • high roller — a person who gambles for large stakes, as in a casino.
  • high street — town's main street
  • high summer — High summer is the middle of summer.
  • high-energy — possessing speed and energy beyond the classical laws of motion, esp of particles which have been accelerated in an accelerator
  • high-hatter — to snub or treat condescendingly.
  • high-priced — expensive; costly: a high-priced camera.
  • high-roller — a person who gambles for large stakes, as in a casino.
  • highbinders — Plural form of highbinder.
  • higher rate — (in Britain) a rate of income tax that is higher than the basic rate and becomes payable on taxable income in excess of a specified limit
  • higher self — a person's spiritual self, as the focus of many meditation techniques, as opposed to the physical body
  • highhearted — Alt form high-hearted.
  • highlanders — Plural form of highlander.
  • highlighter — a cosmetic used to emphasize some part of the face, as the eyes or the cheekbones.
  • highprofile — (rare) alternative spelling of high-profile.
  • hilary term — the spring term at Oxford University, the Inns of Court, and some other educational establishments
  • hill farmer — a farmer on a hill farm
  • hill walker — a person who takes part in hill walking
  • hinderances — Plural form of hinderance.
  • hinderingly — in a hindering manner, so as to hinder or obstruct
  • hinderlands — the buttocks
  • hinderlings — the buttocks or bottom
  • hindquarter — the posterior end of a halved carcass of beef, lamb, etc., sectioned usually between the twelfth and thirteenth ribs.
  • hinterlands — Plural form of hinterland.
  • hip huggers — trousers that begin at the hips instead of the waist
  • hip pointer — a painful bruise or torn muscle at the upper ridge of the pelvis
  • hip-huggers — (of a garment) having a close-fitting waistline placed at the hip rather than at the natural waist: hiphugger jeans.
  • hip-shooter — a person who acts or talks in a rash, impetuous way
  • hippeastrum — any plant of the South American amaryllidaceous genus Hippeastrum: cultivated for their large funnel-shaped typically red flowers
  • hipped roof — a roof having sloping ends and sides
  • hippocrates — ("Father of Medicine") c460–c377 b.c, Greek physician.
  • hippodromed — Simple past tense and past participle of hippodrome.
  • hippodromes — Plural form of hippodrome.
  • hipsterisms — a usually young person who is trendy, stylish, or progressive in an unconventional way; someone who is hip.
  • hircocervus — (in classical and medieval fable) a mythical creature that is half goat and half stag
  • hirsuteness — The characteristic of being hirsute; hairiness.
  • his-and-her — denoting two matching or identical items, one intended for use by a male and the other by a female: his-and-her towels in the bathroom; his-and-her sweatshirts.
  • historiated — (especially of initial letters on an illuminated manuscript) decorated with animals, flowers, or other designs that have a narrative or symbolic purpose.
  • historicise — to interpret something as a product of historical development.
  • historicize — to interpret something as a product of historical development.
  • historiette — a short historical story or anecdote
  • historyless — Lacking history.
  • hitchhikers — Plural form of hitchhiker.
  • hithersides — on the nearer side
  • hitherwards — (archaic) Toward this place.
  • hiv-related — related to the HIV virus
  • hod carrier — a mason's assistant whose work is to carry hods of materials to the mason.
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