10-letter words containing a, d, e, s
- head louse — See under louse (def 1).
- head nurse — the chief nurse in a hospital; matron
- head start — an advantage given or acquired in any competition, endeavor, etc., as allowing one or more competitors in a race to start before the others.
- head-first — If you move head-first in a particular direction, your head is the part of your body that is furthest forward as you are moving.
- headboards — Plural form of headboard.
- headcheese — a seasoned loaf made of the head meat, sometimes including the tongue or brains, of a calf or pig and molded in the natural aspic of the head.
- headedness — The state or quality of having a particular type of head.
- headframes — Plural form of headframe.
- headlessly — In a headless way.
- headlights — a light or lamp, usually equipped with a reflector, on the front of an automobile, locomotive, etc.
- headliners — Plural form of headliner.
- headmaster — the person in charge of a private school.
- headphones — Audio. a headset designed for use with a stereo system.
- headpieces — Plural form of headpiece.
- heads down — [Sun] Concentrating, usually so heavily and for so long that everything outside the focus area is missed. See also hack mode and larval stage, although this mode is hardly confined to fledgling hackers.
- headsheets — the sheet of a foresail; foresheet
- headspring — the fountainhead or source of a stream.
- headsquare — a scarf worn on the head
- headstalls — (British) Plural form of headstall.
- headstands — Plural form of headstand.
- headstocks — Plural form of headstock.
- headstones — Plural form of headstone.
- headstream — a stream that is the source, or one of the sources, of a river.
- headstripe — A stripe of colored feathers on the head of a bird.
- headstrong — determined to have one's own way; willful; stubborn; obstinate: a headstrong young man.
- headwaters — The source of a river, the set of streams that feed into the river's beginning.
- hearthside — fireside.
- heartlands — Plural form of heartland.
- heathlands — Plural form of heathland.
- heatshield — A system designed to protect what is behind it against heat.
- heidenstam — Verner von [ver-nuh r fawn] /ˈvɛr nər fɔn/ (Show IPA), 1859–1940, Swedish poet and novelist: Nobel Prize 1916.
- heraldship — the office or position of a herald
- herdswoman — The female equivalent of a herdsman.
- hexachords — Plural form of hexachord.
- hexandrous — (of a plant) having six stamen
- hexapodous — (zoology) Having six feet; belonging to the Hexapoda.
- hinderlans — the buttocks
- hindrances — Plural form of hindrance.
- hofstadter — Richard, 1916–70, U.S. historian.
- home stand — a series of consecutive sports events, as baseball games, played in a team's own stadium.
- homesteads — Plural form of homestead.
- horsedrawn — Alternative spelling of horse-drawn.
- housemaids — Plural form of housemaid.
- husbandage — the fees and commissions of a ship's manager.
- husbandmen — Plural form of husbandman.
- hyalinised — to become hyaline.
- hydathodes — Plural form of hydathode.
- hydrangeas — Plural form of hydrangea.
- hydrastine — an alkaloid, C 21 H 21 NO 6 , that is extracted from the roots of goldenseal and forms prismatic crystals: used as an astringent and to inhibit uterine bleeding.
- hydrazides — Plural form of hydrazide.