13-letter words containing o, l, d, h
- goodhumoredly — In a good-humored manner.
- grandmotherly — of or characteristic of a grandmother.
- haemodialyses — Plural form of haemodialysis.
- haemodialysis — (medicine) the use of dialysis to remove waste products from the blood in the case of kidney failure.
- haemodialyzer — a piece of equipment used in haemodialysis to screen the blood to remove unwanted substances
- haemodilution — an increase in the fluid content of blood leading to a lower concentration of red blood cells
- hand controls — a set of controls in some cars, operated by hand, that have the same function as the accelerator, brake, and clutch pedals
- hand in glove — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- hand-in-glove — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- handsome lake — 1735-1815; Seneca prophet, social reformer, & founder of a North American Indian religion named after him
- hard shoulder — The hard shoulder is the area at the side of a motorway or other road where you are allowed to stop if your car breaks down.
- harold burton — Harold Hitz [hits] /hɪts/ (Show IPA), 1888–1964, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1945–58.
- heavenly body — celestial object: star, planet, etc.
- heli-boarding — the sport of snowboarding on mountains or glaciers accessible only by helicopter or skiplane
- helicoid cyme — an inflorescence, or cyme, in which each flowering branch gives rise to one lateral branch that is coiled snail-like and then expanded.
- hexadactylous — hexadactylic
- high holidays — either of two holy days of special significance, Rosh Hashanah or Yom Kippur.
- high holy day — either of two holy days of special significance, Rosh Hashanah or Yom Kippur.
- high old time — an enjoyable and exciting time
- high-coloured — (of the complexion) deep red or purplish; florid
- histodialysis — histolysis.
- hold a grudge — be resentful
- hold in leash — to control; curb; restrain
- hold the fort — a strong or fortified place occupied by troops and usually surrounded by walls, ditches, and other defensive works; a fortress; fortification.
- hold the line — a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface: a line down the middle of the page.
- hold together — not fall apart
- holiday-maker — vacationer.
- holidaymakers — Plural form of holidaymaker.
- hollow-ground — ground so as to produce a concave surface or surfaces behind a cutting edge: the hollow-ground blade of an ice skate.
- hollywood bed — a bed consisting of a metal frame, box spring, mattress, and headboard, but lacking a footboard.
- holy saturday — the Saturday in Holy Week.
- holy thursday — Ascension Day.
- holyroodhouse — a royal palace in Edinburgh in Scotland: official residence of the Queen when in Scotland; begun in 1501 by James IV of Scotland; scene of the murder of David Rizzio in 1566
- home delivery — delivery to one's home
- homestead law — any law exempting homesteads from seizure or sale for debt.
- honey gilding — gilding of ceramics with a mixture of gold leaf and honey, later fired to fix the gold.
- hoodman-blind — blindman's buff.
- 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.
- horned scully — a tapered block of concrete with projecting steel rails, placed under water to tear holes in the bottoms of boats.
- housebuilding — The trade or activity of building houses.
- household art — any of the skills necessary to the efficient running of a household, as cooking or keeping a family budget.
- household god — a god presiding over and protecting the home, especially in the religion of ancient Rome.
- humboldt peak — a mountain in S Colorado, in the Sangre de Cristo range. 14,064 feet (4290 meters).
- hunting lodge — a house or hut in the country or in the mountains where people stay on holiday when they want to go hunting
- hyaluronidase — Biochemistry. a mucolytic enzyme found in the testes, in snake venom, and in hemolytic streptococci and certain other bacteria, that decreases the viscosity of the intercellular matrix by breaking down hyaluronic acid.
- hydroairplane — a hydroplane.
- hydrocephalic — of or relating to hydrocephalus.
- hydrocephalus — an accumulation of serous fluid within the cranium, especially in infancy, due to obstruction of the movement of cerebrospinal fluid, often causing great enlargement of the head; water on the brain.
- hydrochloride — a salt, especially of an alkaloid, formed by the direct union of hydrochloric acid with an organic base that makes the organic constituent more soluble.
- hydrocolloids — Plural form of hydrocolloid.