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11-letter words containing r, h, a, d

  • chrysalides — the hard-shelled pupa of a moth or butterfly; an obtect pupa.
  • chrysomonad — any golden-yellow to brown freshwater algae of the class Chrysomonadales (phylum Chrysophyta), living singly or in colonies; blooms may color the water brown.
  • churchwards — in the direction of the church
  • churchyards — Plural form of churchyard.
  • clavichords — Plural form of clavichord.
  • clearheaded — having or indicating a clear mind; lucid; unconfused
  • cloth-eared — deaf
  • cold harbor — a locality in Virginia, NE of Richmond: Civil War battle in 1864.
  • coldhearted — lacking sympathy; unfeeling
  • comradeship — Comradeship is friendship between a number of people who are doing the same work or who share the same difficulties or dangers.
  • copperheads — Plural form of copperhead.
  • crack hardy — to disguise one's discomfort, etc; put on a bold front
  • crankhandle — a handle for starting a motor
  • cri du chat — cat's cry syndrome.
  • cross-heads — Printing. a title or heading filling a line or group of lines the full width of the column.
  • cryohydrate — a crystalline substance containing water and a salt in definite proportions at low temperatures: a eutectic crystallizing below the freezing point of water
  • cyanohydrin — any of a class of organic compounds containing a cyanide group and a hydroxyl group bound to the same carbon atom
  • dacryorrhea — excessive flow of tears.
  • dandy brush — a brush with stiff, short bristles that is used for grooming animals, especially horses.
  • dandy-brush — a stiff brush used for grooming a horse
  • dante chair — a chair of the Renaissance having two transverse pairs of curved legs crossing beneath the seat and rising to support the arms and back.
  • dark-haired — (of a person) having dark hair
  • dauerschlaf — a form of therapy, now rarely used, that involves the use of drugs to induce long periods of deep sleep.
  • dawn chorus — The dawn chorus is the singing of birds at dawn.
  • de la roche — Mazo [mey-zoh] /ˈmeɪ zoʊ/ (Show IPA), 1885–1961, Canadian novelist.
  • dealerships — Plural form of dealership.
  • dear-bought — having been purchased at great expense
  • death adder — a venomous Australian elapid snake, Acanthophis antarcticus, resembling an adder
  • death chair — electric chair.
  • death grant — (in the British National Insurance scheme) a grant payable to a relative, executor, etc, after the death of a person
  • death march — a long-distance forced march, usually undertaken by prisoners, on which a lot of the marchers die
  • deauthorize — to give authority for; formally sanction (an act or proceeding): Congress authorized the new tax on tobacco.
  • decahedrons — Plural form of decahedron.
  • decahydrate — a hydrate that contains ten molecules of water, as washing soda, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅10H 2 O.
  • deep throat — an anonymous source of secret information
  • dehortation — an exhortation against a course of action
  • dehortatory — intended to dissuade from a course of action
  • dehydrating — Present participle of dehydrate.
  • dehydration — the act or process of dehydrating.
  • dehydrators — Plural form of dehydrator.
  • demographer — the science of vital and social statistics, as of the births, deaths, diseases, marriages, etc., of populations.
  • demographic — Demographic means relating to or concerning demography.
  • dendrachate — a variety of agate with black or brown tree-like markings, caused by impurities
  • dermography — a type of marking on the skin, whether in the form of writing or pictures, supposedly of psychic origin, similar to stigmata except for being more short-lived
  • derrickhand — A derrickhand is a member of the drilling crew who works on a platform above the rig floor and handles the drillpipe.
  • deutschmark — the former standard monetary unit of Germany, divided into 100 pfennigs; replaced by the euro in 2002: until 1990 the standard monetary unit of West Germany
  • dharmashala — (in South Asia) a building devoted to religious or charitable purposes, especially a rest house for travelers.
  • diachronism — the passage of a geological formation across time planes, as occurs when a marine sediment laid down by an advancing sea is noticeably younger in the direction of advancement
  • diamorphine — heroin.
  • diaper rash — (in babies) any irritation to the skin around the genitals, anus, or buttocks, usually caused by contact with urine or excrement
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