11-letter words containing l, h, r
- half an ear — If you listen to something or someone with only half an ear, you do not give your full attention to what is being said.
- half dollar — a silver or cupronickel coin of the U.S., equal to 50 cents.
- half gainer — a dive in which the diver takes off facing forward and performs a backward half-somersault, entering the water headfirst and facing the springboard.
- half relief — mezzo-relievo.
- half sister — sister (def 2).
- half-broken — past participle of break.
- half-buried — to put in the ground and cover with earth: The pirates buried the chest on the island.
- half-circle — one half of a circle
- half-dollar — a silver or cupronickel coin of the U.S., equal to 50 cents.
- half-formed — external appearance of a clearly defined area, as distinguished from color or material; configuration: a triangular form.
- half-frozen — extremely cold
- half-hunter — a watch with a hinged lid in which a small circular opening or crystal allows the approximate time to be read
- half-ruined — ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay: We visited the ruins of ancient Greece.
- half-sister — sister (def 2).
- half-yearly — Half-yearly means happening in the middle of a calendar year or a financial year.
- halfbrother — Alternative spelling of half brother.
- halfhearted — having or showing little enthusiasm: a halfhearted attempt to work.
- hall church — a Romanesque church in which the side aisles are equally high as the nave, and which has no clerestory, making the space rather dark.
- hall porter — concierge
- hallmarking — Present participle of hallmark.
- halocarbons — Plural form of halocarbon.
- halomorphic — containing or resulting from the presence of neutral salts or alkaline salts or the presence of both
- haloperidol — a major antipsychotic agent, C 21 H 23 ClFNO 2 , used in the management of schizophrenia, severe anxiety, and other behavioral disorders.
- halsingborg — a seaport in SW Sweden, opposite Helsingör.
- halterbreak — to get (an animal) used to wearing a halter
- hammer blow — a blow from a hammer
- hammer mill — a mill for breaking up ore or crushing coal.
- hammercloth — a cloth covering for the driver's seat on a horse-drawn carriage.
- hammerlocks — Plural form of hammerlock.
- hand scroll — a roll of parchment, paper, copper, or other material, especially one with writing on it: a scroll containing the entire Old Testament.
- hand-letter — to print by hand: She hand-lettered a “for sale” sign.
- hand-tailor — to produce (a garment or the like) by individual workmanship.
- handrailing — Handrail.
- handscrolls — Plural form of handscroll.
- hang glider — a kitelike glider consisting of a V -shaped wing underneath which the pilot is strapped: kept aloft by updrafts and guided by the pilot's shifting body weight.
- hang-glider — a kitelike glider consisting of a V -shaped wing underneath which the pilot is strapped: kept aloft by updrafts and guided by the pilot's shifting body weight.
- haphazardly — in a haphazard manner; at random.
- haplography — the accidental omission of a letter or letter group that should be repeated in writing, as in Missippi for Mississippi.
- haplogroups — Plural form of haplogroup.
- harassingly — in a harassing manner
- harbor seal — a small, spotted seal, Phoca vitulina, of the Atlantic coasts of North America and Europe and the Pacific coast of northern North America.
- harbourless — Without a harbour.
- hard labour — Hard labour is hard physical work which people have to do as punishment for a crime.
- hard launch — the general or official launch, esp of a website, after which all features, products, and services are understood to be available
- hard liquor — spirits, alcoholic drink
- hard palate — Anatomy. the roof of the mouth, consisting of an anterior bony portion (hard palate) and a posterior muscular portion (soft palate) that separate the oral cavity from the nasal cavity.
- hard-boiled — Cookery. (of an egg) boiled in the shell long enough for the yolk and white to solidify.
- hardly ever — rarely
- hariolation — the act of divining or prophesying
- harmfulness — causing or capable of causing harm; injurious: a harmful idea; a harmful habit.