10-letter words containing a, t, u, e
- halieutics — (literature) A treatise upon fish or the art of fishing.
- hammer out — a tool consisting of a solid head, usually of metal, set crosswise on a handle, used for beating metals, driving nails, etc.
- hastefully — swiftness of motion; speed; celerity: He performed his task with great haste. They felt the need for haste.
- hatshepsut — 1495–75 b.c, queen of Egypt.
- haua fteah — a cave site in Cyrenaica that has produced archaeological evidence of the longest sequence of human habitation in northern Africa, extending to about 80,000 years b.p.
- haughtiest — disdainfully proud; snobbish; scornfully arrogant; supercilious: haughty aristocrats; a haughty salesclerk.
- haustellum — (in certain crustaceans and insects) an organ or part of the proboscis adapted for sucking blood or plant juices.
- haut monde — high society.
- head count — an inventory of people in a group taken by counting individuals.
- headhunted — Simple past tense and past participle of headhunt.
- headhunter — a person who engages in headhunting.
- heartfully — In a heartful manner.
- hearth rug — A hearth rug is a rug which is put in front of a fireplace.
- hearthrugs — Plural form of hearthrug.
- heavy-duty — providing an unusual amount of power, durability, etc.: heavy-duty machinery; heavy-duty shoes.
- helianthus — any composite plant of the genus Helianthus, comprising the sunflowers.
- hephaestus — the ancient Greek god of fire, metalworking, and handicrafts, identified by the Romans with Vulcan.
- heptateuch — the first seven books of the Old Testament.
- heraclitus — ("the Obscure") c540–c470 b.c, Greek philosopher.
- hereabouts — about this place; in this neighborhood.
- heulandite — a white or transparent, colorless mineral of the zeolite family, hydrous calcium aluminum silicate, CaAl 2 Si 7 O 18 ⋅6H 2 O, occurring in basic volcanic rocks in the form of crystals with a pearly luster.
- hog peanut — a twining plant, Amphicarpaea bracteata, of the legume family, bearing pods that ripen in or on the ground.
- house seat — one of a number of seats in a theater that the management reserves for special guests, friends of the producer or cast, etc.
- houseboats — Plural form of houseboat.
- housecoats — Plural form of housecoat.
- housemates — Plural form of housemate.
- houseplant — an ornamental plant that is grown indoors or adapts well to indoor culture.
- housetrain — To teach a house pet to urinate and defecate outside or in a designated location in the home.
- hugh capet — Hugh or Fr. Hugues [yg] /üg/ (Show IPA), a.d. 938?–996, king of France 987–996.
- humanities — all human beings collectively; the human race; humankind.
- humectants — Plural form of humectant.
- humiliated — to cause (a person) a painful loss of pride, self-respect, or dignity; mortify.
- humiliates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of humiliate.
- huntmaster — (chiefly, fantasy) The leader of a hunt.
- hyperacute — sharp or severe in effect; intense: acute sorrow; an acute pain.
- ill nature — unkindly or unpleasant disposition.
- illaqueate — to ensnare
- illuminate — to make lucid or clear; throw light on (a subject).
- illustrate — to furnish (a book, magazine, etc.) with drawings, pictures, or other artwork intended for explanation, elucidation, or adornment.
- image tube — an electron tube that receives a pattern of radiation, as infrared, ultraviolet, or x-ray, on a photosensitive surface and reproduces the pattern on a fluorescent screen.
- immaculate — free from spot or stain; spotlessly clean: immaculate linen.
- immaturely — not mature, ripe, developed, perfected, etc.
- imputative — to attribute or ascribe: The children imputed magical powers to the old woman.
- inaccurate — not accurate; incorrect or untrue.
- inadequate — not adequate or sufficient; inept or unsuitable.
- inaptitude — lack of aptitude; unfitness.
- inaugurate — to make a formal beginning of; initiate; commence; begin: The end of World War II inaugurated the era of nuclear power.
- incubative — Of or pertaining to incubation.
- inculcated — to implant by repeated statement or admonition; teach persistently and earnestly (usually followed by upon or in): to inculcate virtue in the young.
- inculcates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of inculcate.