11-letter words containing a, i, s, h
- heptastichs — Plural form of heptastich.
- heracleides — ?390–?322 bc, Greek astronomer and philosopher: the first to state that the earth rotates on its axis
- heresiarchs — Plural form of heresiarch.
- hesitations — Plural form of hesitation.
- hessian fly — a small fly, Phytophaga destructor, the larvae of which feed on the stems of wheat and other grasses.
- hetaerismic — of or relating to courtesans
- hetairismic — relating to hetairism, concubinage
- heteroscian — a name applied to the people who live in temperate zones, so given because in these areas shadows created by the sun at noon will fall in opposite directions
- heterotaxis — abnormal or irregular arrangement, as of parts of the body, geological strata, etc.
- heuristical — Of or pertaining to heuristics.
- hexametrist — a person who writes in hexameters
- hexastichal — of or pertaining to a hexastich
- hexastichon — hexastich.
- heyagashira — (sumo) the rikishi of highest rank in a particular heya.
- hibernators — Plural form of hibernator.
- hierarchies — any system of persons or things ranked one above another.
- hierarchise — to arrange in a hierarchy.
- hierarchism — hierarchical principles, rule, or influence.
- hierarchist — hierarchical principles, rule, or influence.
- hierophants — Plural form of hierophant.
- higashiyama — of or relating to the period of Japanese art history, especially during the second half of the 15th century, influenced by Zen Buddhism and characterized by architectural simplicity and monochrome painting.
- high places — (in ancient Semitic religions) a place of worship, usually a temple or altar on a hilltop.
- high season — period of greatest activity
- high-stakes — A high-stakes game or contest is one in which the people involved can gain or lose a great deal.
- highlanders — Plural form of highlander.
- hilariously — arousing great merriment; extremely funny: a hilarious story; a hilarious old movie.
- hinderances — Plural form of hinderance.
- hinderlands — the buttocks
- hindoostani — a standard language and lingua franca of northern India based on a dialect of Western Hindi spoken around Delhi. Abbreviation: Hind. Compare Hindi (def 2), Urdu.
- hinterlands — Plural form of hinterland.
- hippeastrum — any plant of the South American amaryllidaceous genus Hippeastrum: cultivated for their large funnel-shaped typically red flowers
- hippiatrics — the study of the diseases of horses
- hippiatrist — someone who treats the diseases of horses
- hippocampus — Classical Mythology. a sea horse with two forefeet, and a body ending in the tail of a dolphin or fish.
- hippocrates — ("Father of Medicine") c460–c377 b.c, Greek physician.
- hippodamist — a horse-tamer
- hippodamous — horse-taming
- his-and-her — denoting two matching or identical items, one intended for use by a male and the other by a female: his-and-her towels in the bathroom; his-and-her sweatshirts.
- hispanicism — an idiom peculiar to Spanish.
- hispanicist — Hispanist.
- hispanicize — to make Spanish or Latin American, as in character, custom, or style.
- histaminase — an enzyme that catalyzes the decomposition of histamine, used in treating allergies.
- histography — a treatise on or description of organic tissues.
- historiated — (especially of initial letters on an illuminated manuscript) decorated with animals, flowers, or other designs that have a narrative or symbolic purpose.
- hit batsman — a batter who, having been struck by a pitch, is awarded first base.
- hitherwards — (archaic) Toward this place.
- hollandaise — The hollandaise sauce.
- holoblastic — (of certain eggs) undergoing total cleavage, resulting in equal blastomeres.
- holocaustic — a great or complete devastation or destruction, especially by fire.
- holophrasis — the expression of the ideas of a phrase or sentence in one word; polysynthesis: a language characterized by holophrasis.