11-letter words containing a, i, s, h
- holy island — Also called Lindisfarne. an island off the E coast of Northumberland, England. 3 miles (4.8 km) long.
- homeoplasia — the formation, as in healing, of new tissue that is similar to the existing tissue.
- homeostasis — the tendency of a system, especially the physiological system of higher animals, to maintain internal stability, owing to the coordinated response of its parts to any situation or stimulus that would tend to disturb its normal condition or function.
- homeostatic — the tendency of a system, especially the physiological system of higher animals, to maintain internal stability, owing to the coordinated response of its parts to any situation or stimulus that would tend to disturb its normal condition or function.
- homoblastic — (of a plant or plant part) showing no difference in form between the juvenile and the adult structures
- homoiousian — a member of a 4th-century a.d. church party that maintained that the essence of the Son is similar to, but not the same as, that of the Father.
- homoplastic — correspondence in form or structure, owing to a similar environment.
- honorariums — Plural form of honorarium.
- hooliganism — a ruffian or hoodlum.
- horizontals — Plural form of horizontal.
- horrisonant — Having an unpleasant sound.
- horseracing — Alternative form of horse racing.
- horseradish — a cultivated plant, Armoracia rusticana, of the mustard family, having small, white flowers.
- hospitalise — (British spelling) alternative spelling of hospitalize.
- hospitalism — hospital conditions having an adverse effect on patients.
- hospitalist — a physician who specializes in treating hospitalized patients; a specialist in inpatient medicine.
- hospitality — the friendly reception and treatment of guests or strangers.
- hospitalize — to place in a hospital for medical care or observation: The doctor hospitalized grandfather as soon as she checked his heart.
- hospitaller — a member of the religious and military order (Knights Hospitalers or Knights of St. John of Jerusalem) originating about the time of the first Crusade (1096–99) and taking its name from a hospital at Jerusalem.
- hospitalman — an enlisted person working as a hospital assistant; corpsman.
- host family — family one lodges with
- house-train — to housebreak.
- hsinhailien — Xinhailian.
- hsuan chiao — Taoism (def 2).
- hudibrastic — of, relating to, or resembling the style of Samuel Butler's Hudibras (published 1663–78), a mock-heroic poem written in tetrameter couplets.
- humidistats — Plural form of humidistat.
- husbandlike — resembling a husband
- hyattsville — a city in central Maryland.
- hydrostatic — of or relating to hydrostatics.
- hylopathism — the theory that understands matter as conscious or receptive to feeling
- hylopathist — an adherent of hylopathism
- hyoscyamine — a poisonous alkaloid, C 17 H 23 NO 3 , obtained from henbane and other solanaceous plants, used as a sedative, analgesic, mydriatic, and antispasmodic.
- hyperacusis — (medicine) A heightened sensitivity to some sounds.
- hypermnesia — the condition of having an unusually vivid or precise memory.
- hyperplasia — abnormal multiplication of cells.
- hyperplasic — Relating to hyperplasia.
- hypersaline — Having an abnormally high salinity.
- hypersomnia — a tendency to sleep excessively.
- hyperstatic — redundant (def 5b).
- hypesthesia — an abnormally weak sense of pain, heat, cold, or touch.
- hypoblastic — Of, or relating to the hypoblast.
- hypogastric — of, relating to, or situated in the hypogastrium.
- hypohalites — Plural form of hypohalite.
- hypokinesia — abnormally diminished muscular function or mobility.
- hypophysial — pituitary gland.
- hypoplastic — Pathology. abnormal deficiency of cells or structural elements.
- hypospadias — (medicine) A birth defect of the male urethra that involves an abnormally placed urinary meatus.
- hypostasize — to assume the reality of (an idea, proposition, etc.); hypostatize.
- hypostatise — to treat or regard (a concept, idea, etc.) as a distinct substance or reality.
- hypostatize — to treat or regard (a concept, idea, etc.) as a distinct substance or reality.