10-letter words containing h, a, l, o
- decathlons — Plural form of decathlon.
- demothball — to remove (naval or military equipment) from storage or reserve, usually for active duty; reactivate.
- diarrhoeal — Standard spelling of diarrheal.
- diplophase — the diploid part of an organism's life cycle.
- dochmiacal — of or relating to dochmiac verse
- dollarfish — butterfish.
- dollarship — the fact of being denominated in dollars
- doorhandle — A door handle.
- drosophila — a fly of the genus Drosophila, especially D. melanogaster, used in laboratory studies of genetics and development.
- dual-homed — (networking) A kind of connection to a FDDI network where a host is simultaneously connected to two separate devices in the same FDDI ring. One of the connections becomes active while the other one is automatically blocked. If the first connection fails, the backup link takes over with no perceptible delay. A dual-homed device can tolerate a fault in one of its "homes" whereas a dual-attached device can tolerate a fault in one of the rings.
- echo plate — (in sound recording or broadcasting) an electromechanical device for producing echo and reverberation effects
- echolocate — To locate by means of echolocation.
- edaphology — The ecological relationship of soil with plants, and land cultivation practices.
- encephalo- — indicating the brain
- encephalon — The brain.
- endorhizal — (of an embryo) having the radical covered by the cotyledon
- endothelia — Plural form of endothelium.
- enneathlon — an athletic contest in which each athlete competes in nine events
- enthraldom — the condition of being enthralled
- esophageal — Pertaining to the esophagus.
- ethambutol — a compound used in the treatment of tuberculosis
- ethanediol — (organic compound) ethylene glycol.
- ethylation — (organic chemistry) Any reaction that introduces an ethyl group into a molecule.
- euphonical — (archaic) euphonious; pleasing to the ear.
- europhilia — The love of Europe, Europeans, or European culture.
- exhalation — The process or action of exhaling.
- exothermal — Exothermic.
- face cloth — washcloth.
- facecloths — Plural form of facecloth.
- fall short — not be satisfactory
- falsehoods — Plural form of falsehood.
- fathomable — a unit of length equal to six feet (1.8 meters): used chiefly in nautical measurements. Abbreviation: fath.
- fathomless — impossible to measure the depth of; bottomless.
- flash-lock — stanch1 (def 5).
- flashboard — a board, or one of a series of boards, as on a milldam, used to increase the depth of the impounded water.
- flashflood — Alternative spelling of flash flood.
- flashovers — Plural form of flashover.
- flashpoint — Also, flashing point. Physical Chemistry. the lowest temperature at which a liquid in a specified apparatus will give off sufficient vapor to ignite momentarily on application of a flame.
- fleahopper — either of two varieties of small, jumping insects which feed on crops and garden plants. The two main varieties are the garden fleahopper Halticus bractatus and the cotton fleahopper Pseudatomoscelis seriatus
- flow chart — Also called flow sheet. a detailed diagram or chart of the operations and equipment through which material passes, as in a manufacturing process.
- flowcharts — Plural form of flowchart.
- flowerhead — (botany) A short, compact cluster of flowers, such as those found in the composites.
- flushboard — Alternative form of flashboard.
- foodaholic — a person having an excessive, often uncontrollable craving for food.
- galsworthy — John, 1867–1933, English novelist and dramatist: Nobel Prize 1932.
- gargoylish — Of, pertaining to, or resembling a gargoyle.
- gas holder — A gas holder is a large, low-pressure container for gas.
- gasholders — Plural form of gasholder.
- gastrolith — a calculous concretion in the stomach.
- geothermal — of or relating to the internal heat of the earth.