10-letter words containing d, e, h, u
- figurehead — a person who is head of a group, company, etc., in title but actually has no real authority or responsibility: Most modern kings and queens are figureheads.
- flourished — to be in a vigorous state; thrive: a period in which art flourished.
- fluid head — The fluid head is the pressure which is measured by the height to which fluid that is being pumped can be raised by the pressure.
- fundholder — (British) a general practitioner who manages his own budget, purchasing healthcare from one or more hospital trusts.
- furloughed — Simple past tense and past participle of furlough.
- gazehounds — Plural form of gazehound.
- gesundheit — Used to wish good health to a person who has just sneezed.
- greyhounds — Plural form of greyhound.
- grindhouse — a burlesque house, especially one providing continuous entertainment at reduced prices.
- guardhouse — a building used for housing military personnel on guard duty.
- guide shoe — A guide shoe is a protective cap at the end of the casing string, which makes it easier to insert the string into the hole.
- habituated — to accustom (a person, the mind, etc.), as to a particular situation: Wealth habituated him to luxury.
- hand-me-up — something, such as an item of electronic equipment, that is passed from a younger to an older member of a family
- handcuffed — Simple past tense and past participle of handcuff.
- hard sauce — a mixture of butter and confectioners' sugar, often with flavoring and cream.
- harrumphed — to clear the throat audibly in a self-important manner: The professor harrumphed good-naturedly.
- haut monde — high society.
- head count — an inventory of people in a group taken by counting individuals.
- head louse — See under louse (def 1).
- head nurse — the chief nurse in a hospital; matron
- head wound — a wound to the head
- headhunted — Simple past tense and past participle of headhunt.
- headhunter — a person who engages in headhunting.
- headsquare — a scarf worn on the head
- heavy-duty — providing an unusual amount of power, durability, etc.: heavy-duty machinery; heavy-duty shoes.
- hedge fund — a mutual fund organized as a limited partnership and using high-risk, speculative methods to obtain large profits.
- hellhounds — Plural form of hellhound.
- 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.
- hexandrous — (of a plant) having six stamen
- hexapodous — (zoology) Having six feet; belonging to the Hexapoda.
- hiccoughed — Simple past tense and past participle of hiccough.
- hindenburg — Paul von [pawl von;; German poul fuh n] /pɔl vɒn;; German paʊl fən/ (Show IPA), (Paul von Beneckendorff und von Hindenburg) 1847–1934, German field marshal; 2nd president of Germany 1925–34.
- hirudinean — any annelid worm of the class Hirudinea, comprising the leeches.
- home guard — a volunteer force used for meeting local emergencies when the regular armed forces are needed elsewhere.
- home study — instruction in a subject given by mail and addressed to a student's home.
- honeyguide — any of a family (Indicatoridae) of small, heavily built, drab-colored piciform birds of Africa, Asia, and the East Indies: they are said to lead people or animals to bees' nests in order to eat the grubs and wax discarded by the people, etc. when they take the honeycombs
- hooked rug — a rug made by drawing loops of yarn or cloth through a foundation of burlap or the like, to form a pattern.
- horrendous — shockingly dreadful; horrible: a horrendous crime.
- hotel-dieu — a hospital.
- hounsfield — ˈGodfrey Newˌbold (ˈnuˌboʊld ) ; no̅oˈbōldˌ) 1919-2004; Brit. engineer & inventor: developed the CAT scanner
- house dick — house detective.
- housebound — restricted to the house, as by bad weather or illness.
- housedress — a relatively simple and inexpensive dress suitable for housework.
- households — Plural form of household.
- housemaids — Plural form of housemaid.
- houseproud — Alternative form of house-proud.
- huckstered — Simple past tense and past participle of huckster.
- huddleston — (Ernest Urban) Trevor, 1913–1998, English Anglican archbishop and antiapartheid activist in Africa.
- humberside — a county in NE England. 1356 sq. mi. (3525 sq. km).
- humdingers — Plural form of humdinger.