10-letter words containing a, s, h, i, n
- hantavirus — any of several viruses of the family Bunyaviridae, spread chiefly by wild rodents, that cause acute respiratory illness, kidney failure, and other syndromes.
- happenings — something that happens; occurrence; event.
- harbingers — Plural form of harbinger.
- hard lines — bad luck
- hardliners — Plural form of hardliner.
- harlequins — Plural form of harlequin.
- harmonicas — Plural form of harmonica.
- harmonious — marked by agreement in feeling, attitude, or action: a harmonious group.
- harmonised — Simple past tense and past participle of harmonise.
- harmoniser — (British spelling) alternative spelling of harmonizer.
- harmonises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of harmonise.
- harmonists — Plural form of harmonist.
- harmoniums — Plural form of harmonium.
- harmonizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of harmonize.
- harnessing — the combination of straps, bands, and other parts forming the working gear of a draft animal. Compare yoke1 (def 1).
- harvesting — Also, harvesting. the gathering of crops.
- hatchlings — Plural form of hatchling.
- hawfinches — Plural form of hawfinch.
- headliners — Plural form of headliner.
- headspring — the fountainhead or source of a stream.
- heartiness — warm-hearted; affectionate; cordial; jovial: a hearty welcome.
- heathenish — of or relating to heathens: heathenish practices of idolatry.
- heathenism — a belief or practice of heathens; idolatry.
- heidenstam — Verner von [ver-nuh r fawn] /ˈvɛr nər fɔn/ (Show IPA), 1859–1940, Swedish poet and novelist: Nobel Prize 1916.
- helianthus — any composite plant of the genus Helianthus, comprising the sunflowers.
- hesitantly — hesitating; undecided, doubtful, or disinclined.
- hesitating — to be reluctant or wait to act because of fear, indecision, or disinclination: She hesitated to take the job.
- hesitation — the act of hesitating; a delay due to uncertainty of mind or fear: His hesitation cost him the championship.
- hetmanship — the position of a hetman
- hexokinase — an enzyme that catalyzes the phosphorylation of hexose sugars.
- hexosamine — any hexose derivative in which a hydroxyl group is replaced by an amino group.
- hibernates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hibernate.
- hijackings — Plural form of hijacking.
- hinayanist — a Buddhist of the Hinayana school.
- hind shank — Anatomy. the part of the lower limb in humans between the knee and the ankle; leg.
- hindbrains — Plural form of hindbrain.
- hinderlans — the buttocks
- hindrances — Plural form of hindrance.
- hindustani — 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.
- hippomanes — (formerly) a substance found on the forehead of a newborn foal or obtained from a mare in foal, thought to act as an aphrodisiac
- hispanidad — hispanism, especially as directed toward political objectives.
- hispaniola — an island in the West Indies, comprising the republic of Haiti and the Dominican Republic. 29,843 sq. mi. (77,293 sq. km).
- histamines — Plural form of histamine.
- histaminic — Biochemistry, Physiology. a heterocyclic amine, C 5 H 9 N 3 , released by mast cells when tissue is injured or in allergic and inflammatory reactions, causing dilation of small blood vessels and smooth muscle contraction.
- historians — Plural form of historian.
- homoousian — a member of a 4th-century a.d. church party that maintained that the essence or substance of the Father and the Son is the same (opposed to Heteroousian).
- honoraries — Plural form of honorary.
- hopsacking — bagging made chiefly of hemp and jute.
- hortensial — (obsolete) Fit for a garden.
- housatonic — a river flowing S from NW Massachusetts through SW Connecticut to Long Island Sound near Stratford, Connecticut. 148 miles (240 km) long.