12-letter words starting with ha
- harmonometer — the equipment used for measuring the harmonic relations of sounds
- harness race — a trotting or pacing race for Standardbred horses harnessed to sulkies.
- harold stark — Harold Raynsford [reynz-ferd] /ˈreɪnz fərd/ (Show IPA), 1880–1972, U.S. admiral.
- harper woods — a city in SE Michigan, near Detroit.
- harpsichords — Plural form of harpsichord.
- harquebusier — a soldier armed with a harquebus.
- harris tweed — a hand-woven tweed made only by residents in the Outer Hebrides from locally dyed and spun wool
- harrison red — a pigment consisting of a paratoluidine toner, characterized by its brilliant red color and tendency to bleed.
- harrisonburg — a city in N Virginia.
- harum-scarum — reckless; rash; irresponsible: He had a harum-scarum youth.
- harvest home — the bringing home of the harvest.
- harvest mite — chigger (def 1).
- harvest moon — the moon at and about the period of fullness that is nearest to the autumnal equinox.
- harvest tick — chigger (def 1).
- harvest time — season when crops are gathered
- has no equal — If you say that someone or something has no equal, you think that there is nothing that is as good as them or that reaches the same standard.
- hasenpfeffer — a stew of marinated rabbit meat garnished usually with sour cream.
- hash cookies — biscuits containing cannabis
- hash-slinger — a waiter or waitress, especially in a hash house.
- hasta manana — so long; (I'll) see you tomorrow
- hatchability — to bring forth (young) from the egg.
- hatchet face — a thin face with sharp features.
- hatchet-face — a face with narrow dimensions and sharp features
- hatelessness — the state or quality of being hateless
- haulage firm — a firm that transports goods by lorry
- hauraki gulf — an inlet of the Pacific Ocean, on the N coast of North Island, New Zealand.
- haussmannize — to rebuild in a similar fashion as Haussmann rebuilt Paris
- haute-savoie — a department in E France. 1775 sq. mi. (4595 sq. km). Capital: Annecy.
- haute-vienne — a department in central France. 2145 sq. mi. (5555 sq. km). Capital: Limoges.
- hautes-alpes — a department in SE France. 2179 sq. mi. (5645 sq. km). Capital: Gap.
- havana brown — a breed of medium-sized cat with large eyes, large ears, and a sleek brown coat
- havana cigar — any of various cigars hand rolled in Cuba, known esp for their high quality
- have a (good — to feel (strongly) inclined to
- have a go at — attack verbally
- have a heart — Anatomy. a hollow, pumplike organ of blood circulation, composed mainly of rhythmically contractile smooth muscle, located in the chest between the lungs and slightly to the left and consisting of four chambers: a right atrium that receives blood returning from the body via the superior and inferior vena cavae, a right ventricle that pumps the blood through the pulmonary artery to the lungs for oxygenation, a left atrium that receives the oxygenated blood via the pulmonary veins and passes it through the mitral valve, and a left ventricle that pumps the oxygenated blood, via the aorta, throughout the body.
- 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.
- have company — If you have company, you have a visitor or friend with you.
- have got sth — You use have got to say that someone has a particular thing, or to mention a quality or characteristic that someone or something has. In informal American English, people sometimes just use 'got'.
- have in mind — to remember
- have it away — to have sexual intercourse
- have it good — to be in comfortable circumstances
- have it made — simple past tense and past participle of make1 .
- have kittens — to react with disapproval, anxiety, etc
- have need to — to be compelled or required to; must
- have none of — If you say that someone will have none of something, or is having none of something, you mean that they refuse to accept it.
- have pity on — to have sympathy or show mercy for
- hawk's beard — any of various plants of the genus Crepis, of the daisy family, resembling the dandelion but having a branched stem with several flowers.
- hawk's-beard — any of various plants of the genus Crepis, of the daisy family, resembling the dandelion but having a branched stem with several flowers.
- hazard light — Usually, hazard lights. an indicator light on a vehicle that flashes to warn that it is unexpectedly slowing down, reversing, or not moving.
- hazel grouse — a European woodland grouse, Tetrastes bonasia, somewhat resembling the North American ruffed grouse.