12-letter words containing n, e, r, d
- handicappers — Plural form of handicapper.
- handicrafter — One who engages in handicrafts.
- handkerchief — a small piece of linen, silk, or other fabric, usually square, and used especially for wiping one's nose, eyes, face, etc., or for decorative purposes.
- handsbreadth — A small distance.
- handypersons — Plural form of handyperson.
- hard done by — If you feel hard done by, you feel that you have not been treated fairly.
- hard feeling — resentment; ill will
- hard science — any of the natural or physical sciences, as chemistry, biology, physics, or astronomy, in which aspects of the universe are investigated by means of hypotheses and experiments.
- hard-wearing — resistant to extensive wear; durable: a pair of hardwearing jeans.
- hare-brained — giddy; reckless.
- harlequinade — a pantomime, farce, or similar play in which Harlequin plays the principal part.
- harrison red — a pigment consisting of a paratoluidine toner, characterized by its brilliant red color and tendency to bleed.
- head sherang — the boss; person in authority
- headshrinker — shrink (def 9).
- headstrongly — In a headstrong manner.
- health drink — a drink that claims to be beneficial to health
- heartrending — causing or expressing intense grief, anguish, or distress.
- hedenbergite — a contact metamorphic mineral of the pyroxene family, calcium ferrous silicate, CaFe(SiO 3) 2 , that forms black prismatic crystals in crystalline limestone.
- heldentenors — Plural form of heldentenor.
- henceforward — from now on; from this point forward.
- henry howard — Earl of (Henry Howard) 1517?–47, English poet.
- hepadnavirus — Any member of the virus family Hepadnaviridae, capable of causing liver infections in humans and animals.
- heptahedrons — Plural form of heptahedron.
- here and now — in this place; in this spot or locality (opposed to there): Put the pen here.
- hereditament — any inheritable estate or interest in property.
- hereditarian — a person who believes that differences between individuals or groups, including moral and intellectual attributes, are predominantly determined by genetic factors (opposed to environmentalist).
- herringboned — Simple past tense and past participle of herringbone.
- heterodyning — Present participle of heterodyne.
- hidradenitis — (medicine) inflammation of the sweat glands.
- hindforemost — with the back part in the front place
- hindquarters — the posterior end of a halved carcass of beef, lamb, etc., sectioned usually between the twelfth and thirteenth ribs.
- hinterlander — One who lives in the hinterland.
- his and hers — (of paired objects) for a man and woman respectively
- 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.
- honey badger — ratel.
- horatian ode — an ode consisting of several stanzas all of the same form.
- horned poppy — any of several Eurasian papaveraceous plants of the genera Glaucium and Roemeria, having large brightly coloured flowers and long curved seed capsules
- horned viper — a highly venomous viper, Cerastes cerastes, of northern Africa and extreme southwestern Asia, having a process resembling a horn just above each eye.
- horned whiff — any of several flatfishes having both eyes on the left side of the head, of the genus Citharichthys, as C. cornutus (horned whiff) inhabiting Atlantic waters from New England to Brazil.
- hornswoggled — Simple past tense and past participle of hornswoggle.
- horrendously — shockingly dreadful; horrible: a horrendous crime.
- 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 riding — activity: riding on a horse
- housetrained — Simple past tense and past participle of housetrain.
- hudson river — Henry, died 1611? English navigator and explorer.
- hundred days — the period from March 20 to June 28, 1815, between the arrival of Napoleon in Paris, after his escape from Elba, and his abdication after the battle of Waterloo.
- hydnocarpate — a salt or ester of hydnocarpic acid.
- hydrastinine — a white, crystalline, poisonous alkaloid, C 11 H 13 NO 3 , synthesized from hydrastine: used to arrest bleeding, especially in the uterus.
- hydrocyclone — A hydrocyclone is a vessel used for separating two liquids with different densities, by the circular movement of fluid.
- hydrogen ion — ionized hydrogen of the form H + , found in aqueous solutions of all acids.