10-letter words containing e, a, r, i, n
- 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.
- highlander — a Gael inhabiting the Highlands of Scotland.
- hildebrand — Saint (Hildebrand) c1020–85, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1073–85.
- hinderance — Archaic spelling of hindrance.
- hinderland — a type of linen cloth from Europe
- hinderlans — the buttocks
- hindrances — Plural form of hindrance.
- 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.
- hired hand — a hired laborer, especially on a farm or ranch; farm hand or ranch hand.
- hirudinean — any annelid worm of the class Hirudinea, comprising the leeches.
- honoraries — Plural form of honorary.
- hortensial — (obsolete) Fit for a garden.
- housetrain — To teach a house pet to urinate and defecate outside or in a designated location in the home.
- hovertrain — an experimental high-speed train that rides on a cushion of air over a concrete guide track in the shape of an inverted T and is propelled by one or more propellers or jet engines.
- hurricanes — Plural form of hurricane.
- 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.
- hypergiant — (star) A star that is extremely massive and even more luminous than a supergiant.
- hypermania — excessive excitement or enthusiasm; craze: The country has a mania for soccer.
- hypermanic — pertaining to or affected by mania.
- hypertonia — increased rigidity, tension, and spasticity of the muscles.
- iatrogenic — (of a medical disorder) caused by the diagnosis, manner, or treatment of a physician.
- ice anchor — a large, hooklike device for setting in ice to anchor a vessel or to provide a hold for a hawser in warping it along.
- ideamonger — a person who originates and promotes or deals in ideas.
- ignorances — the state or fact of being ignorant; lack of knowledge, learning, information, etc.
- ill nature — unkindly or unpleasant disposition.
- imipramine — a tricyclic antidepressant, C 19 H 24 N 2 , used for the symptomatic relief of depression.
- impairment — the state of being diminished, weakened, or damaged, especially mentally or physically: cognitive impairment in older adults.
- imparlance — an extension of time granted to one party in a lawsuit to plead or to settle the dispute amicably.
- impartance — Impartation.
- impartment — to make known; tell; relate; disclose: to impart a secret.
- impermeant — That cannot permeate through a specified semipermeable membrane.
- impersonal — not personal; without reference or connection to a particular person: an impersonal remark.
- importance — the quality or state of being important; consequence; significance.
- impregnant — (obsolete) Not pregnant; unfertilized or infertile.
- impregnate — to make pregnant; get with child or young.
- in a dream — If you say that you are in a dream, you mean that you do not concentrate properly on what you are doing because you are thinking about other things.
- in a trice — If someone does something in a trice, they do it very quickly.
- in arrears — in arrears, behind or late, especially in payment: She was three months in arrears on her mortgage and credit card payments. Also, Chiefly Law, in arrear.
- in battery — in firing position after recovery from the recoil of a previous discharge
- in earnest — If something is done or happens in earnest, it happens to a much greater extent and more seriously than before.
- in fear of — If you are in fear of doing or experiencing something unpleasant or undesirable, you are very worried that you might have to do it or experience it.
- in feather — feathered
- in general — of or relating to all persons or things belonging to a group or category: a general meeting of the employees.
- in harness — the combination of straps, bands, and other parts forming the working gear of a draft animal. Compare yoke1 (def 1).
- in plaster — If you have a leg or arm in plaster, you have a cover made of plaster of Paris around your leg or arm, in order to protect a broken bone and allow it to mend.
- in private — belonging to some particular person: private property.
- in reality — the state or quality of being real.
- in tatters — torn, in shreds