10-letter words containing d, i, a, t
- headwaiter — a person in charge of waiters, busboys, etc., in a restaurant or dining car.
- hearthside — fireside.
- heat devil — a wavering, shimmering disturbance of air above or around a hot surface.
- heat index — a number representing the effect of temperature and humidity on humans by combining the two variables into an “apparent” temperature, introduced as a replacement for the temperature-humidity index: a temperature of 90° and relative humidity of 65 percent combine to produce a heat index of 102. Abbreviation: H.I.
- heatshield — A system designed to protect what is behind it against heat.
- heidenstam — Verner von [ver-nuh r fawn] /ˈvɛr nər fɔn/ (Show IPA), 1859–1940, Swedish poet and novelist: Nobel Prize 1916.
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- heptapodic — having seven metrical feet
- hereditary — passing, or capable of passing, naturally from parent to offspring through the genes: Blue eyes are hereditary in our family. Compare congenital.
- 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.
- hibernated — Simple past tense and past participle of hibernate.
- hidden tax — any tax paid by a manufacturer, supplier, or seller that is added on to the price the consumer pays.
- hightailed — Simple past tense and past participle of hightail.
- 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.
- hinterland — Often, hinterlands. the remote or less developed parts of a country; back country: The hinterlands are usually much more picturesque than the urban areas.
- hit parade — a listing or category of popular songs ranked according to their popularity with listeners, usually as shown by sales of records.
- hitherward — hither.
- humidistat — an instrument for measuring and controlling humidity.
- humiliated — to cause (a person) a painful loss of pride, self-respect, or dignity; mortify.
- hybrid tea — a type of cultivated rose originally produced chiefly by crossing the tea rose and the hybrid perpetual.
- hydrastine — an alkaloid, C 21 H 21 NO 6 , that is extracted from the roots of goldenseal and forms prismatic crystals: used as an astringent and to inhibit uterine bleeding.
- hydriodate — (obsolete, inorganic chemistry) iodide.
- hydrotaxis — oriented movement toward or away from water.
- ideal type — a construct abstracted from experience in which individual elements are combined to form a whole that is conceptually independent of empirical factors or variables, but against which particular examples of the appropriate class found in life can be measured.
- idealistic — of or relating to idealism or idealists.
- idealities — Plural form of ideality.
- ideational — of, relating to, or involving ideas or concepts.
- idioblasts — Plural form of idioblast.
- idiocratic — idiosyncrasy.
- idiolectal — Of or relating to an idiolect.
- idiopathic — of unknown cause, as a disease.
- idiot card — cue card.
- idiot tape — an input tape for a typesetting machine that contains text only, the typographical instructions being supplied by the typesetting machine itself
- idolatress — A female idolater.
- idolatries — Plural form of idolatry.
- idolatrize — (transitive) To make an idol of; to idolize.
- idolatrous — worshiping idols.
- idoloclast — a breaker of idols; iconoclast
- illtreated — Simple past tense and past participle of illtreat.
- imbricated — Overlapping, like scales or roof-tiles; intertwined.
- immigrated — Simple past tense and past participle of immigrate.
- immoderate — not moderate; exceeding just or reasonable limits; excessive; extreme.
- implicated — to show to be also involved, usually in an incriminating manner: to be implicated in a crime.
- imprecated — Simple past tense and past participle of imprecate.
- in-and-out — in or participating in a particular job, investment, etc., for a short time and then out, especially after realizing a quick profit.
- inadaptive — characterized by the failure to adapt
- inadequate — not adequate or sufficient; inept or unsuitable.
- inaffected — (obsolete) unaffected.
- inanimated — Inanimate; not alive.
- inaptitude — lack of aptitude; unfitness.