12-letter words containing h, o, a, r, e, d
- half-covered — to be or serve as a covering for; extend over; rest on the surface of: Snow covered the fields.
- half-drowned — to die under water or other liquid of suffocation.
- hall bedroom — a small bedroom off a corridor, esp. a small bedroom formed by partitioning off the end of an upstairs corridor
- handypersons — Plural form of handyperson.
- harbour dues — the fees or charges paid for using a harbour
- hard done by — If you feel hard done by, you feel that you have not been treated fairly.
- hard-favored — South Midland U.S. (of a person) hard-featured.
- hard-mouthed — of or relating to a horse not sensitive to the pressure of a bit.
- harper woods — a city in SE Michigan, near Detroit.
- harrison red — a pigment consisting of a paratoluidine toner, characterized by its brilliant red color and tendency to bleed.
- head for sth — If you a have a head for something, you can deal with it easily. For example, if you have a head for figures, you can do arithmetic easily, and if you have a head for heights, you can climb to a great height without feeling afraid.
- headforemost — headfirst (def 1).
- headstrongly — In a headstrong manner.
- heliographed — Simple past tense and past participle of heliograph.
- hemichordate — belonging or pertaining to the chordates of the phylum Hemichordata, comprising small, widely distributed, marine animals, as the acorn worms.
- hemodialyzer — artificial kidney.
- hemorrhoidal — 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)
- henceforward — from now on; from this point forward.
- henry howard — Earl of (Henry Howard) 1517?–47, English poet.
- heptahedrons — Plural form of heptahedron.
- here and now — in this place; in this spot or locality (opposed to there): Put the pen here.
- heroic drama — Restoration tragedy, especially that popular in England c1660–1700, using highly rhetorical language and written in heroic couplets.
- heterodactyl — having the first and fourth toes directed backward, and the second and third forward, as in trogons.
- hexachloride — a chloride containing six atoms of chlorine.
- hexafluoride — a fluoride containing six atoms of fluorine.
- hide or hair — the pelt or skin of one of the larger animals (cow, horse, buffalo, etc.), raw or dressed.
- hit the road — a long, narrow stretch with a smoothed or paved surface, made for traveling by motor vehicle, carriage, etc., between two or more points; street or highway.
- hoary-headed — having the gray or white hair of advanced age.
- holidaymaker — vacationer.
- home address — the address of one's house or flat
- home and dry — If you say that someone is, in British English home and dry, or in American English home free, you mean that they have been successful or that they are certain to be successful.
- homesteaders — Plural form of homesteader.
- honey badger — ratel.
- horatian ode — an ode consisting of several stanzas all of the same form.
- horse around — a large, solid-hoofed, herbivorous quadruped, Equus caballus, domesticated since prehistoric times, bred in a number of varieties, and used for carrying or pulling loads, for riding, and for racing.
- horse guards — the mounted squadrons supplied by the Household Cavalry for ceremonial duties
- horse trader — a person who is shrewd and clever at bargaining.
- horse-dealer — a person who buys and sells horses as a profession
- horse-trader — a person who buys and sells horses
- house wizard — (Probably from ad-agency tradetalk, "house freak") A hacker occupying a technical-specialist, R&D, or systems position at a commercial shop. A really effective house wizard can have influence out of all proportion to his/her ostensible rank and still not have to wear a suit. Used especially of Unix wizards. The term "house guru" is equivalent.
- housetrained — Simple past tense and past participle of housetrain.
- how dare you — You say 'how dare you' when you are very shocked and angry about something that someone has done.
- hydnocarpate — a salt or ester of hydnocarpic acid.
- hydrobromate — (chemistry) hydrobromide.
- hydrocephaly — an accumulation of serous fluid within the cranium, especially in infancy, due to obstruction of the movement of cerebrospinal fluid, often causing great enlargement of the head; water on the brain.
- hydrocracker — a high-pressure processing unit used for hydrocracking.
- hydroelastic — undergoing a change in elasticity as a result of the flow of water or another fluid
- hydrogenated — to combine or treat with hydrogen, especially to add hydrogen to the molecule of (an unsaturated organic compound).
- hydrogenates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hydrogenate.
- hydrographer — the science of the measurement, description, and mapping of the surface waters of the earth, with special reference to their use for navigation.