12-letter words containing r, a, y
- heliotherapy — treatment of disease by means of sunlight.
- hemihydrates — Plural form of hemihydrate.
- hemodialyzer — artificial kidney.
- henry howard — Earl of (Henry Howard) 1517?–47, English poet.
- henry tanner — Henry Ossawa [os-uh-wuh] /ˈɒs ə wə/ (Show IPA), 1859–1937, U.S. painter, in France after 1891.
- heptahydrate — a hydrate that contains seven molecules of water, as magnesium sulfate, MgSO 4 ⋅7H 2 O.
- heraldically — of, relating to, or characteristic of heralds or heraldry: heraldic form; heraldic images; heraldic history; a heraldic device.
- herbicidally — from a herbicidal point of view
- here to stay — If you say that something is here to stay, you mean that people have accepted it and it has become a part of everyday life.
- hereditarily — passing, or capable of passing, naturally from parent to offspring through the genes: Blue eyes are hereditary in our family. Compare congenital.
- heritability — capable of being inherited; inheritable; hereditary.
- hermetically — so as to be airtight: hermetically sealed.
- hernioplasty — an operation for the repair of a hernia.
- heteroblasty — the morphological changes that occur in plants between juvenility and adulthood
- heterodactyl — having the first and fourth toes directed backward, and the second and third forward, as in trogons.
- heterogamety — the condition or state of being heterogametic
- heterography — spelling different from that in current use.
- heterokaryon — a cell containing two or more nuclei of differing genetic constitutions.
- heteroplasty — the repair of lesions with tissue from another individual or species.
- heterothally — the condition of being heterothallic
- hexacarbonyl — (inorganic chemistry) Any compound having six carbonyl groups.
- hexahydrates — Plural form of hexahydrate.
- hidrocystoma — An adenoma of the sweat glands.
- hieratically — In a hieratic way.
- high and dry — having a great or considerable extent or reach upward or vertically; lofty; tall: a high wall.
- highly rated — generally considered to be of high quality
- hire company — a company that hires things out to people
- historically — of, pertaining to, treating, or characteristic of history or past events: historical records; historical research.
- hit pay dirt — to discover a source of wealth, success, etc.
- hoary marmot — a large marmot, Marmota caligata, living in mountainous areas of Siberia and northwestern North America and having a heavy, yellow-gray body, short black limbs, and black and white head and shoulders.
- hoary-headed — having the gray or white hair of advanced age.
- hobby farmer — a person who runs a farm as a hobby rather than a means of making a living
- holidaymaker — vacationer.
- 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.
- homeotherapy — therapy for a disease by means of an agent that is similar to but not identical with the causative agent of the disease.
- honey badger — ratel.
- honorability — (American spelling) Alternative form of honourability.
- hooray henry — a young upper-class man, often with affectedly hearty voice and manners
- horizontally — at right angles to the vertical; parallel to level ground.
- horrifically — causing horror.
- horseplayers — Plural form of horseplayer.
- how are you? — what is your state of health?
- how dare you — You say 'how dare you' when you are very shocked and angry about something that someone has done.
- 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.
- hyannis port — a town in SE Massachusetts, on Nantucket Sound: summer resort.
- hybrid basis — A hybrid basis is a system of accounting that combines some of the features of cost basis with some of the features of accrual basis.
- hydatidiform — like or resembling a hydatid
- hydnocarpate — a salt or ester of hydnocarpic acid.
- hydra-headed — containing many problems, difficulties, or obstacles.
- hydrargyrism — mercurialism.