10-letter words containing r, h, n, e, a, l
- herakleion — a seaport in N Crete.
- hexangular — having six angles.
- hibernacle — a protective case or covering, especially for winter, as of an animal or a plant bud.
- highlander — a Gael inhabiting the Highlands of Scotland.
- hildebrand — Saint (Hildebrand) c1020–85, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1073–85.
- hinderland — a type of linen cloth from Europe
- hinderlans — the buttocks
- hinterland — Often, hinterlands. the remote or less developed parts of a country; back country: The hinterlands are usually much more picturesque than the urban areas.
- honourable — (British spelling) Alternative form of honorable.
- hortensial — (obsolete) Fit for a garden.
- hour angle — the angle, measured westward through 360°, between the celestial meridian of an observer and the hour circle of a celestial body.
- hydroplane — a seaplane.
- hyperplane — a subspace of a vector space that has dimension one less than the dimension of the vector space.
- inthralled — to captivate or charm: a performer whose grace, skill, and virtuosity enthrall her audiences.
- lagerphone — (Australia) A generally homemade percussion instrument consisting of crown cap beer bottle tops loosely nailed to a pole (often a broom handle) and a board mounted cross-ways on the pole (the head of the broom), and played by striking the pole on the ground or with a stick, by drawing the serrated stick across the pole, or by shaking the instrument. (From 1952.).
- lake huron — a member of an Indian tribe, the northwestern member of the Iroquoian family, living west of Lake Huron.
- lancashire — a county in NW England. 1174 sq. mi. (3040 sq. km).
- landholder — a holder, owner, or occupant of land.
- languisher — One who languishes.
- law french — Anglo-French as used in legal proceedings and lawbooks in England from the Norman Conquest to the 17th century, some terms of which are still in use.
- leathering — Present participle of leather.
- leatherman — A member of a homosexual male subculture that grew out of male-only motorcycle clubs formed by homosexual veterans returning from World War II, stressing masculinity in contradiction to androgynous and effeminate gay stereotypes, characterized by a fetish for leather gear and wear, a sense of hierarchy, and a fraternal, militaristic code of protocol and behavior, often involving BDSM practices.
- lefthander — Alternative spelling of left-hander.
- legharness — armor for the leg, sometimes including that for the foot.
- leprechaun — a dwarf or sprite.
- lighterman — a person who navigates a lighter.
- loch raven — a town in central Maryland, near Baltimore.
- longhaired — Having long hair.
- lunchbreak — A period of rest from work for the purpose of eating lunch.
- menarcheal — the first menstrual period; the establishment of menstruation.
- motherland — one's native land.
- nalorphine — a white, crystalline, water-soluble powder, C 1 9 H 2 1 NO 3 , used to nullify respiratory depression due to narcotics and for the diagnosis of addiction to narcotics.
- nephralgia — kidney pain.
- nephridial — Of or pertaining to a nephridium.
- nonthermal — Not thermal; not produced by heat.
- oil-harden — to quench (steel) in a bath of oil.
- overhandle — to handle, or mention, too much
- overlaunch — (in shipbuilding) to overlap planks
- panhandler — to accost passers-by on the street and beg from them.
- pharyngeal — of, relating to, or situated near the pharynx.
- pheromonal — relating to or constituting a pheromone
- phrensical — frenzical; frenzied
- pre-launch — preparatory to launch, as of a spacecraft.
- ranshackle — to ransack
- re-hauling — to pull or draw with force; move by drawing; drag: They hauled the boat up onto the beach.
- rehandling — a part of a thing made specifically to be grasped or held by the hand.
- rhizoplane — the part of the root of a plant that is near the soil surface
- shetlander — a native or inhabitant of Shetland
- slathering — to spread or apply thickly: to slather butter on toast.
- sutherland — Earl Wilbur, Jr. 1915–74, U.S. biochemist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1971.