11-letter words containing r, o, d
- hard labour — Hard labour is hard physical work which people have to do as punishment for a crime.
- hard liquor — spirits, alcoholic drink
- hard porn's — hard-core pornography.
- hard sector — (storage) An archaic floppy disk format employing multiple synchronisation holes in the media to define the sectors.
- hard-bodied — a person who is muscular and physically fit.
- hard-boiled — Cookery. (of an egg) boiled in the shell long enough for the yolk and white to solidify.
- hard-coated — having a coarsely textured coat, as a dog.
- hard-fought — firmly or passionately contested or struggled for
- hardmouthed — of or relating to a horse not sensitive to the pressure of a bit.
- hardworking — industrious; zealous: a hardworking family man.
- harmolodics — the technique of each musician in a group simultaneously improvising around the melodic and rhythmic patterns in a tune, rather than one musician improvising on its underlying harmonic pattern while the others play an accompaniment
- harold holt — Harold Edward, 1908–67, Australian political leader: prime minister 1966–67.
- harpsichord — a keyboard instrument, precursor of the piano, in which the strings are plucked by leather or quill points connected with the keys, in common use from the 16th to the 18th century, and revived in the 20th.
- hazardously — In a hazardous manner.
- head collar — the part of a bridle that fits round a horse's head
- head doctor — chief medical officer
- headborough — the official in charge of a tithing
- header bond — a brickwork bond composed entirely of overlapping headers.
- hearing dog — a dog that has been trained to alert a hearing-impaired person to sounds, as a telephone ringing or dangerous noises.
- hebdomadary — Roman Catholic Church. a member of a church or monastery appointed for one week to sing the chapter Mass and lead in the recitation of the breviary.
- hederaceous — (rare) Of, pertaining to, or resembling ivy.
- heldentenor — a tenor having a brilliant, powerful voice suited to singing heroic roles, as in Wagnerian opera.
- hell around — the place or state of punishment of the wicked after death; the abode of evil and condemned spirits; Gehenna or Tartarus.
- hemorrhaged — a profuse discharge of blood, as from a ruptured blood vessel; bleeding.
- hemorrhoids — Usually, hemorrhoids. Pathology. an abnormally enlarged vein mainly due to a persistent increase in venous pressure, occurring inside the anal sphincter of the rectum and beneath the mucous membrane (internal hemorrhoid) or outside the anal sphincter and beneath the surface of the anal skin (external hemorrhoid)
- hemosiderin — a yellowish-brown protein containing iron, derived chiefly from hemoglobin and found in body tissue and phagocytes, especially as the result of disorders in iron metabolism and the breakdown of red blood cells.
- henry fonda — Henry, 1905–82, U.S. actor.
- heptahedron — a solid figure having seven faces.
- heptandrous — (of a flower) having seven stamens
- 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 doctor — a person who practices healing by the use of herbs.
- herding dog — one of any of several breeds of dogs used originally for herding livestock, including the Belgian sheepdog, collie, German shepherd, and Old English sheepdog.
- heterodoxly — In a heterodox manner.
- heterodyned — Simple past tense and past participle of heterodyne.
- heteroploid — (biology) Having a chromosome number that is neither the haploid nor the diploid number normal in the species.
- hexahedrons — Plural form of hexahedron.
- hexahydroxy — (of a molecule) containing six hydroxyl groups.
- hierodeacon — a monk who is also a deacon.
- high ground — a position of moral or ethical superiority: The candidate has claimed the moral high ground.
- hipped roof — a roof having sloping ends and sides
- hippodromed — Simple past tense and past participle of hippodrome.
- hippodromes — Plural form of hippodrome.
- hippodromic — of or relating to a hippodrome
- historiated — (especially of initial letters on an illuminated manuscript) decorated with animals, flowers, or other designs that have a narrative or symbolic purpose.
- hod carrier — a mason's assistant whose work is to carry hods of materials to the mason.
- holiday rep — A holiday rep is someone employed by a holiday company to help look after people when they are on holiday.
- holographed — to make by the use of holography.
- holy orders — (used with a singular verb) the rite or sacrament of ordination.
- home ground — an area, locality, or subject with which one is intimately familiar: When you see those familiar mountains appear on the horizon, you'll know you are back on home ground. Baseball and football are home ground for this sports-loving community.
- homebuilder — a person whose occupation is homebuilding.