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