11-letter words containing h, o, a, r
- hard ground — an etching ground applied to the surface of a plate held over a small flame and spread by a dabber or brayer. Compare soft ground (def 1).
- hard labour — Hard labour is hard physical work which people have to do as punishment for a crime.
- hard liquor — spirits, alcoholic drink
- hard porn's — hard-core pornography.
- hard sector — (storage) An archaic floppy disk format employing multiple synchronisation holes in the media to define the sectors.
- hard-bodied — a person who is muscular and physically fit.
- hard-boiled — Cookery. (of an egg) boiled in the shell long enough for the yolk and white to solidify.
- hard-coated — having a coarsely textured coat, as a dog.
- hard-fought — firmly or passionately contested or struggled for
- hardmouthed — of or relating to a horse not sensitive to the pressure of a bit.
- hardworking — industrious; zealous: a hardworking family man.
- hare's-foot — a leguminous annual plant, Trifolium arvense, that grows on sandy soils in Europe and NW Asia and has downy heads of white or pink flowers
- hariolation — the act of divining or prophesying
- harmolodics — the technique of each musician in a group simultaneously improvising around the melodic and rhythmic patterns in a tune, rather than one musician improvising on its underlying harmonic pattern while the others play an accompaniment
- harmonicist — Someone who plays the harmonica.
- harmoniphon — an obsolete musical instrument consisting of a mouth tube and keyboard that acts on reeds which vibrate to give a sound similar to an oboe
- harmonising — Present participle of harmonise.
- harmonistic — pertaining to a harmonist or harmony.
- harmonizers — Plural form of harmonizer.
- harmonizing — Present participle of harmonize.
- harmonogram — the image produced by a harmonograph
- harnoncourt — Nikolaus. 1929–2016, Austrian conductor and cellist, noted for his performances using period instruments
- harold holt — Harold Edward, 1908–67, Australian political leader: prime minister 1966–67.
- harpoon gun — a small cannon for shooting harpoons.
- harpsichord — a keyboard instrument, precursor of the piano, in which the strings are plucked by leather or quill points connected with the keys, in common use from the 16th to the 18th century, and revived in the 20th.
- harrow hell — to enter hell and rescue the righteous
- harrowingly — extremely disturbing or distressing; grievous: a harrowing experience.
- hash browns — fried potato cake
- hatemongers — Plural form of hatemonger.
- haute-loire — a department in central France. 1931 sq. mi. (5000 sq. km). Capital: Le Puy.
- hazardously — In a hazardous manner.
- hazel grove — a plantation of hazel trees
- head collar — the part of a bridle that fits round a horse's head
- head doctor — chief medical officer
- headborough — the official in charge of a tithing
- header bond — a brickwork bond composed entirely of overlapping headers.
- hearing dog — a dog that has been trained to alert a hearing-impaired person to sounds, as a telephone ringing or dangerous noises.
- heart block — a defect in the electrical impulses of the heart resulting in any of various arrhythmias or irregularities in the heartbeat.
- heart-throb — a rapid beat or pulsation of the heart.
- heart-whole — not in love.
- heartbroken — crushed with sorrow or grief.
- hearthstone — a stone forming a hearth.
- heartthrobs — Plural form of heartthrob.
- heat source — sth that generates warmth
- heat stroke — a disturbance of the temperature-regulating mechanisms of the body caused by overexposure to excessive heat, resulting in fever, hot and dry skin, and rapid pulse, sometimes progressing to delirium and coma.
- heaven-born — of or as of heavenly origin: the heaven-born gods.
- hebdomadary — Roman Catholic Church. a member of a church or monastery appointed for one week to sing the chapter Mass and lead in the recitation of the breviary.
- hederaceous — (rare) Of, pertaining to, or resembling ivy.
- helicograph — an instrument for drawing helices.
- heliographs — Plural form of heliograph.