10-letter words containing e, n, h, y
- hieromancy — divination through studying objects offered in sacrifice
- hieronymic — of or relating to St. Jerome.
- hieronymus — Eusebius [yoo-see-bee-uh s] /yuˈsi bi əs/ (Show IPA), Jerome, Saint.
- hierophany — A physical manifestation of the holy or sacred, serving as a spiritual eidolon for emulation or worship.
- highwaymen — Plural form of highwayman.
- holoenzyme — an enzyme complete in both its apoenzyme and coenzyme components.
- holystoned — Simple past tense and past participle of holystone.
- holystones — Plural form of holystone.
- honey bear — a kinkajou.
- honeyberry — genip (defs 2, 3).
- honeybunch — honey (def 6, 7).
- honeybunny — A term of endearment; honey, sweetheart.
- honeycombs — Plural form of honeycomb.
- honeyeater — An Australasian songbird with a long brushlike tongue for feeding on nectar.
- 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
- honeymonth — a couple's honeymoon or their first month of marriage
- honeymoons — Plural form of honeymoon.
- hootenanny — a social gathering or informal concert featuring folk singing and, sometimes, dancing.
- hoydenhood — the condition of a rude, ill-bred or boisterous and noisy girl or woman, or a tomboy
- hush money — a bribe to keep someone silent about something, especially to keep the receiver from exposing a scandal.
- hy antigen — an antigen encoded by a gene on the Y (male) chromosome, active in the development of male structures.
- hyalinised — to become hyaline.
- hyalinized — to become hyaline.
- hyalophane — a variety of orthoclase in which some of the potassium is replaced by barium.
- hycanthone — A particular schistosomicide, a metabolite of lucanthone.
- hydrangeas — Plural form of hydrangea.
- 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.
- hydrogenic — (chemistry) hydrogen-like.
- hydrophane — a partly translucent variety of opal, which becomes more translucent or transparent when immersed in water.
- hydrophone — a device for locating sources of sound under water, as for detecting submarines by the noise of their engines.
- hydroplane — a seaplane.
- hygiaphone — a glass screen through which an employee may speak to members of the public, eg at a ticket office
- hygienical — conducive to good health; healthful; sanitary.
- hygienists — Plural form of hygienist.
- hymeneally — in a hymenean manner
- hymenotomy — incision of the hymen.
- hymn sheet — a sheet of paper with the words of hymns printed on it
- hyoid bone — the horseshoe-shaped bone that lies at the base of the tongue and above the thyroid cartilage or a corresponding bone or group of bones in other vertebrates
- hypaethron — a part of a building or court which is open to the sky
- hyperbaton — the use, especially for emphasis, of a word order other than the expected or usual one, as in “Bird thou never wert.”.
- hyperdense — (medicine) Extremely dense.
- hypergiant — (star) A star that is extremely massive and even more luminous than a supergiant.
- hyperlinks — Plural form of hyperlink.
- hypermania — excessive excitement or enthusiasm; craze: The country has a mania for soccer.
- hypermanic — pertaining to or affected by mania.
- hypernovae — Plural form of hypernova.
- hypernymic — Of or pertaining to hypernyms.
- hyperoodon — (zoology) A whale in the genus Hyperoodon of the order Cetacea, comprising both species of bottlenose whale.
- hyperplane — a subspace of a vector space that has dimension one less than the dimension of the vector space.
- hyperpneic — characterized by unusually fast breathing