11-letter words containing r, h, a, e
- heracleides — ?390–?322 bc, Greek astronomer and philosopher: the first to state that the earth rotates on its axis
- heraclitean — of or relating to Heraclitus or his philosophy.
- herald moth — a noctuid moth, Scoliopteryx libatrix, having brownish cryptically mottled forewings and plain dull hind wings. The adult hibernates and has a prolonged life
- herb garden — where herbs are grown
- hercegovina — Herzegovina.
- hercogamous — (of flowers) incapable of self-fertilization
- herculaneum — an ancient city in SW Italy, on the Bay of Naples: buried along with Pompeii by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in a.d. 79; partially excavated.
- here we are — You say 'here we are' when you have just found something that you have been looking for.
- hereditable — heritable.
- hereinabove — before in this document, statement, etc.
- hereinafter — afterward in this document, statement, etc.
- heresiarchs — Plural form of heresiarch.
- heretically — of, relating to, or characteristic of heretics or heresy.
- hermit crab — any of numerous crabs, especially of the genera Pagurus and Eupagurus, that protect their soft uncovered abdomen by occupying the castoff shell of a univalve mollusk.
- heroization — to make a hero of: a war film that heroizes the warrior.
- herzegovina — a historic region in SE Europe: a former Turkish province; a part of Austria-Hungary 1878–1914; now part of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
- hetaerismic — of or relating to courtesans
- hetairismic — relating to hetairism, concubinage
- heteroatoms — Plural form of heteroatom.
- heteroauxin — indoleacetic acid.
- heterocarpy — the production of more than one kind of fruit in one plant.
- heterograft — xenograft.
- heterolayer — Any of a series of thin layers of different materials in a semiconductor (or similar) device.
- heteroplasm — (pathology) Tissue growing in a part of the body where it does not normally occur.
- heteropolar — polar (def 4).
- heteroscian — a name applied to the people who live in temperate zones, so given because in these areas shadows created by the sun at noon will fall in opposite directions
- heterotaxia — abnormal or irregular arrangement, as of parts of the body, geological strata, etc.
- heterotaxic — of, relating to, or characterized by heterotaxis.
- heterotaxis — abnormal or irregular arrangement, as of parts of the body, geological strata, etc.
- heterotopia — misplacement or displacement, as of an organ.
- heuristical — Of or pertaining to heuristics.
- hexahedrons — Plural form of hexahedron.
- hexahemeron — hexaemeron.
- hexahydrate — a hydrate that contains six molecules of water, as magnesium chloride, MgCl 2 ⋅6H 2 O.
- hexahydroxy — (of a molecule) containing six hydroxyl groups.
- hexametrist — a person who writes in hexameters
- hexametrize — to write or put into hexameters
- hexanitrate — any compound containing six nitrate groups.
- hexapartite — sexpartite.
- heyagashira — (sumo) the rikishi of highest rank in a particular heya.
- hibernacula — Plural form of hibernaculum.
- hibernating — Present participle of hibernate.
- hibernation — Zoology. to spend the winter in close quarters in a dormant condition, as bears and certain other animals. Compare estivate.
- hibernators — Plural form of hibernator.
- hierarchial — Alternative form of hierarchical.
- hierarchies — any system of persons or things ranked one above another.
- hierarchise — to arrange in a hierarchy.
- hierarchism — hierarchical principles, rule, or influence.
- hierarchist — hierarchical principles, rule, or influence.
- hierarchize — to arrange in a hierarchy.