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10-letter words containing l, h, e, r

  • flugelhorn — a brass wind instrument with three valves, usually pitched in B flat and used especially in military bands.
  • flycatcher — any of numerous Old World birds of the family Muscicapidae, that feed on insects captured in the air.
  • flypitcher — a person who has a flypitch
  • four-wheel — having four wheels.
  • freakishly — queer; odd; unusual; grotesque: a freakish appearance.
  • free lunch — food provided without charge in some bars and saloons to attract customers.
  • freeholder — the owner of a freehold.
  • freewheels — Plural form of freewheel.
  • fresh gale — a wind of 39–46 miles per hour (17–33 m/sec). Compare gale1 (def 2).
  • frightless — (obsolete) Free from fright; fearless.
  • full rhyme — rhyme in which the stressed vowels and all following consonants and vowels are identical, but the consonants preceding the rhyming vowels are different, as in chain, brain; soul, pole.
  • fundholder — (British) a general practitioner who manages his own budget, purchasing healthcare from one or more hospital trusts.
  • furloughed — Simple past tense and past participle of furlough.
  • gas holder — A gas holder is a large, low-pressure container for gas.
  • gasholders — Plural form of gasholder.
  • gaultheria — (botany) Any of the genus Gaultheria of evergreen ericaceous shrubs.
  • gearwheels — Plural form of gearwheel.
  • geothermal — of or relating to the internal heat of the earth.
  • glenrothes — a new town in E central Scotland, the administrative centre of Fife: founded in 1948. Pop: 38 679 (2001)
  • glory hole — Nautical. the quarters on a ship that are occupied by the stewards or stokers. lazaretto (def 3). any locker or enclosed space for loose gear.
  • gloryholes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gloryhole.
  • glucophore — a chemical group responsible for sweetness of taste
  • goldthread — a white-flowered plant, Coptis trifolia, of the buttercup family, having a slender, yellow root that is sometimes used as a tonic.
  • gonorrheal — Of, pertaining to, or afflicted with gonorrhoea.
  • grapholect — an established and standardized written language
  • gray whale — a grayish-black whalebone whale, Eschrichtius robustus, of the North Pacific, growing to a length of 50 feet (15.2 meters): now rare.
  • great helm — helm2 (def 1).
  • greencloth — the green covering of a billiard or gaming table
  • greenlight — (transitive) To approve; to permit to proceed.
  • grey whale — a large N Pacific whalebone whale, Eschrichtius glaucus, that is grey or black with white spots and patches: family Eschrichtidae
  • hair slide — a hinged clip with a tortoiseshell, bone, or similar back, used to fasten the hair
  • hair style — a style of cutting, arranging, or combing the hair; hairdo; coiffure.
  • hairstyles — Plural form of hairstyle.
  • halberdier — a soldier, guard, or attendant armed with a halberd.
  • halberstamDavid, 1934–2007, U.S. writer.
  • half frame — a photograph taking up half the normal area of a frame on a particular film, taken esp on 35-millimetre film
  • half rhyme — rhyme in which either the vowels or the consonants of stressed syllables are identical, as in eyes, light; years, yours.
  • half tiger — a five-rand coin
  • half-arsed — incompetent; inept; badly organized
  • half-breed — a contemptuous term used to refer to the offspring of parents of different racial origin, especially the offspring of an American Indian and a white person of European descent.
  • half-liter — a unit of capacity equal to 500 cubic centimeters.
  • half-miler — a half-mile race.
  • half-price — at a 50% reduction in cost
  • half-quire — 12 uniform sheets of paper.
  • half-rhyme — rhyme in which either the vowels or the consonants of stressed syllables are identical, as in eyes, light; years, yours.
  • half-share — a share, as in profits, equal to one half.
  • hallmarked — Simple past tense and past participle of hallmark.
  • halterneck — A single strap or material which runs from the front of the garment around the back of the wearer's neck, leaving most of the back uncovered, often used in swimsuits and women's dresses.
  • hammerless — (of a firearm) having the hammer concealed within the receiver.
  • hammerlock — a hold in which one arm of an opponent is twisted and forced upward behind his back.
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