10-letter words containing a, r, o, h
- heartworms — Plural form of heartworm.
- heatstroke — a disturbance of the temperature-regulating mechanisms of the body caused by overexposure to excessive heat, resulting in fever, hot and dry skin, and rapid pulse, sometimes progressing to delirium and coma.
- hebdomadar — (in Scottish universities and grammar schools) a name given to the member of staff whose weekly turn it is to supervise the behaviour of students
- hectograms — Plural form of hectogram.
- hectograph — a process for making copies of a letter, memorandum, etc., from a prepared gelatin surface to which the original writing has been transferred.
- hektograph — to copy with the hectograph.
- heliograph — a device for signaling by means of a movable mirror that reflects beams of light, especially sunlight, to a distance.
- heliolatry — worship of the sun.
- hemachrome — Alternative form of haemachrome.
- hematocrit — a centrifuge for separating the cells of the blood from the plasma.
- hemikaryon — a haploid nucleus.
- hemitropal — hemitropous
- hemorrhage — a profuse discharge of blood, as from a ruptured blood vessel; bleeding.
- hemothorax — (medicine) A condition resulting from accumulation of blood in the pleural cavity.
- heptachlor — a highly toxic, light-tan, waxy solid, C 10 H 5 Cl 7 , used as an insecticide: its manufacture and use are restricted in the U.S.
- heptachord — a musical scale of seven notes.
- heptameron — A literary work whose action covers a period of seven days.
- herakleion — a seaport in N Crete.
- herbaceous — of, relating to, or characteristic of an herb; herblike.
- herdswoman — The female equivalent of a herdsman.
- hereabouts — about this place; in this neighborhood.
- heriotable — liable for the payment of a heriot
- herniation — to protrude abnormally from an enclosed cavity or from the body so as to constitute a hernia.
- heroic age — one of the five periods in human history, when, according to Hesiod, gods and demigods performed heroic and glorious deeds.
- heroically — Also, heroical. of, relating to, or characteristic of a hero or heroine.
- hesitatory — Hesitating.
- heteroatom — an atom other than carbon in the ring structure of a heterocyclic compound.
- heterogamy — heterogamous state.
- hexachords — Plural form of hexachord.
- hexaemeron — the six days of the Creation.
- hexahedron — a solid figure having six faces, as a cube.
- hexamerous — consisting of or divided into six parts.
- hexandrous — (of a plant) having six stamen
- hibernator — Something that hibernates.
- hierocracy — rule or government by priests or ecclesiastics.
- hierograms — Plural form of hierogram.
- hierograph — sacred writing or characters
- hierolatry — worship or veneration of saints or sacred things.
- hieromancy — divination through studying objects offered in sacrifice
- hierophant — (in ancient Greece) an official expounder of rites of worship and sacrifice.
- hierophany — A physical manifestation of the holy or sacred, serving as a spiritual eidolon for emulation or worship.
- high board — a diving board three meters above the water.
- histograms — Plural form of histogram.
- historians — Plural form of historian.
- historical — of, pertaining to, treating, or characteristic of history or past events: historical records; historical research.
- hoarseness — having a vocal tone characterized by weakness of intensity and excessive breathiness; husky: the hoarse voice of the auctioneer.
- hofstadter — Richard, 1916–70, U.S. historian.
- hog badger — a SE Asian badger, Arctonyx collaris, with a piglike mobile snout
- hogarthian — William, 1697–1764, English painter and engraver.
- 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.