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13-letter words containing o, h, a, r

  • histogramming — (mathematics) The construction of histograms.
  • hockey player — sportsperson: plays hockey
  • hogarth chair — a Queen Anne chair having a solid splat and cabriole legs, all pieces having a cyma curve or outline.
  • hold a grudge — be resentful
  • holiday-maker — vacationer.
  • holidaymakers — Plural form of holidaymaker.
  • holy mackerel — astonishment
  • holy saturday — the Saturday in Holy Week.
  • holy thursday — Ascension Day.
  • homalographic — representing parts with like proportions.
  • home straight — the section of a racecourse forming the approach to the finish
  • homochromatic — of or relating to one hue; monochromatic.
  • homoiothermal — having a body temperature that is relatively constant and mostly independent of the temperature of the environment; warm-blooded (opposed to poikilothermic).
  • homolographic — representing parts with like proportions.
  • honey buzzard — a long-tailed Old World hawk, Pernis apivorus, that feeds on the larvae of bees as well as on small rodents, reptiles, and insects.
  • honorableness — The property of being honorable.
  • honorifically — In a honorific manner.
  • honoris causa — for the sake of honour
  • honors of war — special privileges granted to a defeated army, as that of continuing to bear arms
  • honourability — A state or condition or being honourable.
  • hoosier state — Indiana (used as a nickname).
  • horatio alger — of or characteristic of the heroes in the novels of Horatio Alger, who begin life in poverty and achieve success and wealth through honesty, hard work, and virtuous behavior: the Horatio Alger story of his rise in the business world.
  • horizontality — at right angles to the vertical; parallel to level ground.
  • horned lizard — an insectivorous iguanid lizard of the genus Phrynosoma, of western North America, having hornlike spines on the head and a flattened body covered with spiny scales.
  • horologically — of or relating to horology.
  • horrification — That which causes horror.
  • horripilation — a bristling of the hair on the skin from cold, fear, etc.; goose bumps.
  • horse gentian — any weedy North American plant of the genus Triosteum, of the honeysuckle family, especially T. perfoliatum, having stalkless leaves and purplish-brown flowers and bearing orange fruits.
  • horse trading — the act or fact of conducting a shrewd exchange or engaging in a horse trade; bargaining.
  • horse trailer — lorry for transporting a horse
  • horse-breaker — a person who breaks in a horse
  • horse-trading — to bargain or trade shrewdly.
  • horsefeathers — (used with a singular or plural verb) something not worth considering.
  • horseradishes — Plural form of horseradish.
  • horseshoe bat — any of numerous large-eared Old World insectivorous bats, mostly of the genus Rhinolophus, with a fleshy growth around the nostrils, used in echolocation: family Rhinolophidae
  • horticultural — the cultivation of a garden, orchard, or nursery; the cultivation of flowers, fruits, vegetables, or ornamental plants.
  • hospital care — medical treatment provided in a hospital
  • hot-water bag — a bag, usually of rubber, for holding hot water to apply warmth to some part of the body, as the feet.
  • hotel manager — sb who runs a hotel
  • house journal — a publication produced for the employees of a company or organization in order to keep them updated with news and events
  • house manager — a business manager responsible for managing a theater and its staff.
  • house painter — a person whose occupation is painting houses.
  • house sparrow — a small, hardy, buffy-brown and gray bird, Passer domesticus, of Europe, introduced into America, Australia, etc.
  • house trailer — a trailer fitted with accommodations for sleeping, eating, washing, etc.
  • house-raising — a gathering of persons in a rural community to help one of its members build a house.
  • house-trained — housebroken.
  • house-warming — a party to celebrate a person's or family's move to a new home.
  • housebreakers — Plural form of housebreaker.
  • housebreaking — to train (a pet) to excrete outdoors or in a specific place.
  • household art — any of the skills necessary to the efficient running of a household, as cooking or keeping a family budget.
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