10-letter words containing a, h, o, l, d
- dual-homed — (networking) A kind of connection to a FDDI network where a host is simultaneously connected to two separate devices in the same FDDI ring. One of the connections becomes active while the other one is automatically blocked. If the first connection fails, the backup link takes over with no perceptible delay. A dual-homed device can tolerate a fault in one of its "homes" whereas a dual-attached device can tolerate a fault in one of the rings.
- edaphology — The ecological relationship of soil with plants, and land cultivation practices.
- endorhizal — (of an embryo) having the radical covered by the cotyledon
- endothelia — Plural form of endothelium.
- enthraldom — the condition of being enthralled
- ethanediol — (organic compound) ethylene glycol.
- falsehoods — Plural form of falsehood.
- flashboard — a board, or one of a series of boards, as on a milldam, used to increase the depth of the impounded water.
- flashflood — Alternative spelling of flash flood.
- flowerhead — (botany) A short, compact cluster of flowers, such as those found in the composites.
- flushboard — Alternative form of flashboard.
- foodaholic — a person having an excessive, often uncontrollable craving for food.
- gas holder — A gas holder is a large, low-pressure container for gas.
- gasholders — Plural form of gasholder.
- goldthread — a white-flowered plant, Coptis trifolia, of the buttercup family, having a slender, yellow root that is sometimes used as a tonic.
- goodlihead — goodness; good appearance
- half board — demi-pension (def 1).
- half-blood — the relation between persons having only one common parent.
- half-board — demi-pension (def 1).
- half-bound — bound in half binding.
- half-dozen — one half of a dozen; six.
- half-pound — a unit of weight equal to 8 ounces avoirdupois (0.227 kilogram) or 6 ounces troy or apothecaries' weight (0.187 kilogram).
- half-round — semicircular in cross section, as a molding or piece of type.
- halfcocked — Simple past tense and past participle of halfcock.
- hand towel — small towel for drying the hands
- handloomed — handwoven.
- handscroll — A traditional Asian scroll that unfolds horizontally so that the reader can view one section at a time while holding it in the hands.
- handsomely — in a handsome manner; pleasingly; successfully.
- hard labor — compulsory labor imposed upon criminals in addition to imprisonment, generally not exceeding ordinary labor in severity or amount.
- hardboiled — Alternative spelling of hard-boiled.
- harold iii — (Harold Hardrada) 1015–66, king of Norway 1045–66.
- head louse — See under louse (def 1).
- headcollar — A bitless headpiece for leading or tying up a horse.
- healthfood — Alternative spelling of health food.
- hebdomadal — taking place, coming together, or published once every seven days; weekly: hebdomadal meetings; hebdomadal groups; hebdomadal journals.
- helicoidal — coiled or curving like a spiral.
- heligoland — Helgoland.
- hexaploidy — the condition of being a hexaploid
- hidalgoish — resembling a hidalgo
- hidalgoism — the position or practice of a hidalgo
- hol hamoed — the period between the first and last two days of Passover or Sukkoth, consisting of four days during Passover and five days during Sukkoth and having less than full festival status.
- hold hands — clasp each another's hand
- hold water — a transparent, odorless, tasteless liquid, a compound of hydrogen and oxygen, H 2 O, freezing at 32°F or 0°C and boiling at 212°F or 100°C, that in a more or less impure state constitutes rain, oceans, lakes, rivers, etc.: it contains 11.188 percent hydrogen and 88.812 percent oxygen, by weight.
- holdup man — a person who commits an armed robbery.
- holidaying — a day fixed by law or custom on which ordinary business is suspended in commemoration of some event or in honor of some person.
- holohedral — (of a crystal) having all the planes or faces required by the maximum symmetry of the system to which it belongs.
- holy bread — bread used in a Eucharistic service, both before and after consecration.
- homaloidal — (of a space or surface, etc) flat, in the form of a plane
- hydrocoral — any colonial marine animal of the hydrozoan order Stylasterina having a calcareous skeleton resembling that of the true corals.
- hydrolases — Plural form of hydrolase.