12-letter words containing r, h, n, e
- hard done by — If you feel hard done by, you feel that you have not been treated fairly.
- hard feeling — resentment; ill will
- hard science — any of the natural or physical sciences, as chemistry, biology, physics, or astronomy, in which aspects of the universe are investigated by means of hypotheses and experiments.
- hard-wearing — resistant to extensive wear; durable: a pair of hardwearing jeans.
- hare krishna — a religious sect based on Vedic scriptures, whose followers engage in joyful congregational chanting of Krishna's name: founded in the U.S. in 1966.
- hare-brained — giddy; reckless.
- haricot bean — Haricot beans are small white beans that are eaten as a vegetable. They are often sold dried rather than fresh.
- harlequinade — a pantomime, farce, or similar play in which Harlequin plays the principal part.
- harmlessness — The characteristic of being harmless; the absence of harm.
- harmonizable — That can be harmonized.
- harmonometer — the equipment used for measuring the harmonic relations of sounds
- harness race — a trotting or pacing race for Standardbred horses harnessed to sulkies.
- harrison red — a pigment consisting of a paratoluidine toner, characterized by its brilliant red color and tendency to bleed.
- harvest moon — the moon at and about the period of fullness that is nearest to the autumnal equinox.
- hasenpfeffer — a stew of marinated rabbit meat garnished usually with sour cream.
- hash-slinger — a waiter or waitress, especially in a hash house.
- have a nerve — If you say that someone has a nerve or has the nerve to do something, you are criticizing them for doing something which you feel they had no right to do.
- head sherang — the boss; person in authority
- headshrinker — shrink (def 9).
- headstrongly — In a headstrong manner.
- health drink — a drink that claims to be beneficial to health
- hearing loss — diminished ability to hear
- hearing test — a test to establish whether someone's hearing is normal or whether they have suffered some degree of hearing loss
- hearken back — to go back in thought or speech; revert; hark back
- heart urchin — an echinoderm of the order Spatangoida, having an elongate, somewhat heart-shaped outer covering.
- heartburning — rankling discontent, especially from envy or jealousy; grudge.
- hearteningly — In a heartening way; cheeringly.
- heartfulness — The state or quality of being heartful.
- hearthstones — Plural form of hearthstone.
- heartrending — causing or expressing intense grief, anguish, or distress.
- heartstrings — (obsolete, anatomy) The tendons once thought to brace the heart. (15th-19th c.).
- heartwarming — gratifying; rewarding; satisfying: a heartwarming response to his work.
- hebephreniac — a person suffering from hebephrenia
- hedenbergite — a contact metamorphic mineral of the pyroxene family, calcium ferrous silicate, CaFe(SiO 3) 2 , that forms black prismatic crystals in crystalline limestone.
- heffelfinger — William Walter ("Pudge") 1867–1954, U.S. football player.
- heimskringla — a book of the 13th century narrating the history of the kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson.
- heldentenors — Plural form of heldentenor.
- heliocentric — measured or considered as being seen from the center of the sun.
- hell-raising — behaviour which causes trouble
- helleborines — Plural form of helleborine.
- helmet liner — a soft or padded lining for a helmet.
- helmspersons — Plural form of helmsperson.
- help screens — computer instructions displayed on a visual display unit
- helping verb — auxiliary verb.
- hemorrhaging — a profuse discharge of blood, as from a ruptured blood vessel; bleeding.
- henceforward — from now on; from this point forward.
- henley-shirt — a short- or long-sleeved pullover sport shirt, usually of cotton, with a round neckband and an often covered neckline placket.
- henry howard — Earl of (Henry Howard) 1517?–47, English poet.
- henry tanner — Henry Ossawa [os-uh-wuh] /ˈɒs ə wə/ (Show IPA), 1859–1937, U.S. painter, in France after 1891.
- hepadnavirus — Any member of the virus family Hepadnaviridae, capable of causing liver infections in humans and animals.