12-letter words containing r, h, o, d, a
- drapery shop — a shop selling fabrics and sewing materials
- draughtboard — checkerboard (def 1).
- draughtproof — That prevents the access of draughts.
- dreadnoughts — Plural form of dreadnought.
- drift anchor — a sea anchor or drag.
- drug holiday — a brief period during which a patient stops taking a prescribed medication, especially an antidepressant, to recover some normal functions, reduce side effects, or maintain sensitivity to the drug.
- dutch harbor — a U.S. naval base on Unalaska Island, in the Aleutian Islands.
- dysmenorrhea — painful menstruation.
- earth almond — chufa.
- echinodermal — (zoology) Relating or belonging to the echinoderms.
- edaphosaurus — Any of several dinosaurs of the family Edaphosauridae, from the Carboniferous and Permian periods, that had a distinctive dorsal sail or crest.
- emerald moth — any of various green geometrid moths, esp the large emerald (Geometra papilionaria) a handsome pale green moth with white wavy markings
- enarthrodial — Relating to an enarthrosis.
- endochondral — occurring, or present, in cartilage
- endotracheal — Situated or occurring within or performed by way of the trachea.
- erythroderma — An inflammatory skin disease with erythema and scaling that affects nearly the entire cutaneous surface.
- exheredation — A disinheriting; disherison.
- flash powder — powder that could be ignited to provide a bright light to take a photograph
- flashforward — a device in the narrative of a motion picture, novel, etc., by which a future event or scene is inserted into the chronological structure of the work.
- foolhardiest — Superlative form of foolhardy.
- forced march — any march that is longer than troops are accustomed to and maintained at a faster pace than usual, generally undertaken for a particular objective under emergency conditions.
- foreadmonish — (rare, transitive) To admonish beforehand, or before the act or event.
- foregathered — Simple past tense and past participle of foregather.
- forehandedly — Prudently, with thrift and foresight.
- foreshadowed — Simple past tense and past participle of foreshadow.
- foreshadower — One who or that which foreshadows.
- forked chain — branched chain.
- formaldehyde — a colorless, toxic, potentially carcinogenic, water-soluble gas, CH 2 O, having a suffocating odor, usually derived from methyl alcohol by oxidation: used chiefly in aqueous solution, as a disinfectant and preservative, and in the manufacture of various resins and plastics.
- forward push — A forward push is a feature of distillation columns (= tall vessels for distillation) in which zones that allow higher contact between substances are near the top of the column.
- four-in-hand — a long necktie to be tied in a slipknot with the ends left hanging.
- fourth grade — school year: age 9-10
- french broad — a river in W North Carolina and E Tennessee, flowing N and NW to join the Holston River at Knoxville to form the Tennessee River. 210 miles (338 km) long.
- go hard with — to cause pain or difficulty to (someone)
- goddaughters — Plural form of goddaughter.
- gold therapy — administration of gold salts as a treatment for disease, especially rheumatoid arthritis.
- golden share — a share in a company that controls at least 51% of the voting rights, esp one retained by the UK government in some privatization issues
- good-hearted — kind or generous; considerate; benevolent.
- grade school — an elementary school that has its pupils grouped or classified into grades.
- grandmothers — Plural form of grandmother.
- ground shark — any of various requiem sharks, especially of the genus Carcharhinus.
- hadrosaurine — Hadrosaurid.
- haemorrhoids — Plural form of haemorrhoid.
- haemosiderin — Alternative form of hemosiderin.
- half-covered — to be or serve as a covering for; extend over; rest on the surface of: Snow covered the fields.
- half-drowned — to die under water or other liquid of suffocation.
- half-forward — any of three forwards positioned between the centre line and the forward line
- hall bedroom — a small bedroom off a corridor, esp. a small bedroom formed by partitioning off the end of an upstairs corridor
- hammarskjold — Dag Hjalmar [dahg yahl-mahr] /dɑg ˈyɑl mɑr/ (Show IPA), 1905–61, Swedish statesman: Secretary General of the United Nations 1953–61; Nobel Peace Prize 1961.
- hand of writ — handwriting; penmanship.
- handypersons — Plural form of handyperson.