10-letter words containing a, b, i, h
- hairy ball — (topology) A result in topology stating that a continuous vector field on a sphere is always zero somewhere. The name comes from the fact that you can't flatten all the hair on a hairy ball, like a tennis ball, there will always be a tuft somewhere (where the tangential projection of the hair is zero). An immediate corollary to this theorem is that for any continuous map f of the sphere into itself there is a point x such that f(x)=x or f(x) is the antipode of x. Another corollary is that at any moment somewhere on the Earth there is no wind.
- halberdier — a soldier, guard, or attendant armed with a halberd.
- half-blind — unable to see; lacking the sense of sight; sightless: a blind man.
- halobionts — Plural form of halobiont.
- halobiotic — relating to habitation in the sea
- hand basin — sink for washing hands
- haplobiont — an organism, esp a plant, that exists in either the diploid form or the haploid form (but never alternates between these forms) during its life cycle
- harbingers — Plural form of harbinger.
- harborside — bordering a harbor.
- harbouring — a part of a body of water along the shore deep enough for anchoring a ship and so situated with respect to coastal features, whether natural or artificial, as to provide protection from winds, waves, and currents.
- hardboiled — Alternative spelling of hard-boiled.
- harrisburg — a state in the E United States. 45,333 sq. mi. (117,410 sq. km). Capital: Harrisburg. Abbreviation: PA (for use with zip code), Pa., Penn., Penna.
- hawksbills — Plural form of hawksbill.
- hebetating — to make dull or blunt.
- hebraistic — of or relating to Hebraists or characterized by Hebraism or Hebraisms.
- hemophobia — an abnormal fear of blood.
- herb paris — a European plant, Paris quadrifolia, of the lily family, formerly used in medicine.
- herbalists — Plural form of herbalist.
- herbariums — Plural form of herbarium.
- herbicidal — Of, or relating to herbicides.
- heriotable — liable for the payment of a heriot
- hibernacle — a protective case or covering, especially for winter, as of an animal or a plant bud.
- hibernated — Simple past tense and past participle of hibernate.
- hibernates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hibernate.
- hibernator — Something that hibernates.
- high beams — vehicle's strongest headlights
- high board — a diving board three meters above the water.
- high brass — brass containing 65 per cent copper and 35 per cent zinc, used for most applications
- high table — the table in the dining hall of a college, reserved for senior members of the college and distinguished guests.
- highballed — Simple past tense and past participle of highball.
- hildebrand — Saint (Hildebrand) c1020–85, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1073–85.
- hindbrains — Plural form of hindbrain.
- hirability — able to be hired; fit for hiring.
- histoblast — a cell or group of cells capable of forming tissue.
- hoabinhian — of, relating to, or typifying a middle to late Stone Age culture found in southeast Asia that is characterized chiefly by agricultural village settlements.
- hobohemian — Of, or pertaining to, a hobohemia.
- homophobia — unreasoning fear of or antipathy toward homosexuals and homosexuality.
- hospitable — receiving or treating guests or strangers warmly and generously: a hospitable family.
- hospitably — receiving or treating guests or strangers warmly and generously: a hospitable family.
- husbanding — a married man, especially when considered in relation to his partner in marriage.
- hybrid car — vehicle with combined power source
- hybrid tea — a type of cultivated rose originally produced chiefly by crossing the tea rose and the hybrid perpetual.
- hybridomas — Plural form of hybridoma.
- hyperbaric — (of an anesthetic) having a specific gravity greater than that of cerebrospinal fluid. Compare hypobaric.
- hyperbatic — relating to a hyperbaton
- ibn hanbal — Ahmad [ah-muh d] /ˈɑ məd/ (Show IPA), a.d. 780–855, Islamic legist and traditionist, founder of the Hanbali school of law, one of four such schools in Islam.
- in the bag — a container or receptacle of leather, plastic, cloth, paper, etc., capable of being closed at the mouth; pouch.
- inbreathed — Simple past tense and past participle of inbreathe.
- inhability — (obsolete) unsuitableness; inability.
- inhabitant — a person or animal that inhabits a place, especially as a permanent resident.