11-letter words containing r, h, i
- green-light — to give permission to proceed; authorize: The renovation project was green-lighted by the board of directors.
- greenschist — schist colored green by an abundance of chlorite, epidote, or actinolite.
- grey knight — an ambiguous intervener in a takeover battle, who makes a counterbid for the shares of the target company without having made his intentions clear
- grey-haired — having grey hair
- grind house — a burlesque house, especially one providing continuous entertainment at reduced prices.
- grind-house — a burlesque house, especially one providing continuous entertainment at reduced prices.
- grouchiness — The characteristic or quality of being grouchy.
- ground itch — a disease of the skin of the feet, caused by penetration of hookworm larvae, characterized by a blisterlike eruption and itching.
- ground-fish — bottom-fish.
- growth ring — annual ring.
- growthiness — the quality of being growthy
- guide right — a command to a marching formation to align itself with a guide marching at the right side of the formation.
- gymnasiarch — (in ancient Greece) a magistrate who superintended the gymnasia and public games in certain cities.
- gymnorhinal — (of a bird) having the nostrils exposed, not covered by feathers.
- h-r diagram — Hertzsprung-Russell diagram.
- habilitator — to clothe or dress.
- hack writer — a writer of undistinguished literary work produced to order
- hackberries — Plural form of hackberry.
- hacking run — (jargon) (Analogy with "bombing run" or "speed run") A hack session extended long outside normal working times, especially one longer than 12 hours. May cause you to "change phase the hard way".
- hadrian iii — Saint, Italian ecclesiastic: pope a.d. 884–885.
- hadrosaurid — (zoology) Any of the family Hadrosauridae of duck-billed dinosaurs; a hadrosaur.
- haematocrit — Alternative spelling of hematocrit.
- haemorrhoid — (UK) alternative spelling of hemorrhoid.
- hagiographa — the third of the three Jewish divisions of the Old Testament, variously arranged, but usually comprising the Psalms, Proverbs, Job, Song of Solomon, Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, Esther, Daniel, Ezra, Nehemiah, and Chronicles.
- hagiography — the writing and critical study of the lives of the saints; hagiology.
- hair colour — the colour or shade of someone's hair
- hair roller — a small Velcro cylinder used for rolling up and curling or styling the hair
- hair stroke — a fine line in writing or printing.
- hair-curler — a cylindrical device, usually electronic and heated, used to curl the hair
- hair-raiser — a story, experience, etc., that is terrifying or thrilling.
- hairbrained — giddy; reckless.
- hairbreadth — a very small space or distance: We escaped an accident by a hairsbreadth.
- hairbrushes — Plural form of hairbrush.
- haircutting — an act or instance of cutting the hair.
- hairdresser — a person who arranges or cuts hair.
- hairsprings — Plural form of hairspring.
- hairstreaks — Plural form of hairstreak.
- hairstyling — a person who designs and arranges hair styles.
- hairstylist — A person who cuts and styles people's hair professionally.
- hairweaving — the attachment of matching hair to a base of nylon thread interwoven with a person's own hair, as to cover a bald area or to add length: Three of the makeovers involved hairweaving.
- hairy vetch — a plant, Vicia villosa, of the legume family, native to Eurasia, having hairy stems and violet and white flowers, widely grown as forage and as a cover crop.
- hairy-faced — having a face covered with hair.
- halberdiers — Plural form of halberdier.
- half gainer — a dive in which the diver takes off facing forward and performs a backward half-somersault, entering the water headfirst and facing the springboard.
- half relief — mezzo-relievo.
- half sister — sister (def 2).
- half-buried — to put in the ground and cover with earth: The pirates buried the chest on the island.
- half-circle — one half of a circle
- half-ruined — ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay: We visited the ruins of ancient Greece.
- half-sister — sister (def 2).