10-letter words containing h, a, m, i
- himyaritic — of or relating to the Himyarites and to the remains of their civilization.
- hippocampi — Classical Mythology. a sea horse with two forefeet, and a body ending in the tail of a dolphin or fish.
- hippomanes — (formerly) a substance found on the forehead of a newborn foal or obtained from a mare in foal, thought to act as an aphrodisiac
- hippomania — A passion for horses.
- hippotamus — Obsolete spelling and common present-day misspelling of hippopotamus.
- histamines — Plural form of histamine.
- histaminic — Biochemistry, Physiology. a heterocyclic amine, C 5 H 9 N 3 , released by mast cells when tissue is injured or in allergic and inflammatory reactions, causing dilation of small blood vessels and smooth muscle contraction.
- histograms — Plural form of histogram.
- hobohemian — Of, or pertaining to, a hobohemia.
- homaloidal — (of a space or surface, etc) flat, in the form of a plane
- homemaking — the establishment or management of a home; duties of a homemaker.
- homoiousia — The doctrine of the homoiousians.
- homoousian — a member of a 4th-century a.d. church party that maintained that the essence or substance of the Father and the Son is the same (opposed to Heteroousian).
- homophilia — (dated) homosexuality.
- homophobia — unreasoning fear of or antipathy toward homosexuals and homosexuality.
- homorganic — (of two or more speech sounds) having the same place of articulation, as p, b, and m, which are all bilabial.
- homosocial — Pertaining to homosociality, to social interaction with the same sex.
- homotaxial — a similarity of arrangement, as of geologic strata or fossil assemblages that have the same relative position but are not necessarily contemporaneous.
- honorarium — a payment in recognition of acts or professional services for which custom or propriety forbids a price to be set: The mayor was given a modest honorarium for delivering a speech to our club.
- hormogonia — a portion of filament in blue-green algae that becomes detached and reproduces by cell division.
- housemaids — Plural form of housemaid.
- hu han-min — 1879–1936, Chinese nationalist revolutionary.
- humaniform — Like a human or that of a human in form, seeming, or appearance.
- humanising — Present participle of humanise.
- humanistic — a person having a strong interest in or concern for human welfare, values, and dignity.
- humanities — all human beings collectively; the human race; humankind.
- humanizing — Present participle of humanize.
- humic acid — a brown, melanin-tinted mixture of polymers, found in lignite, peat, and soils, where it acts as a cation exchange agent: used in drilling fluids and inks.
- humidistat — an instrument for measuring and controlling humidity.
- humiliated — to cause (a person) a painful loss of pride, self-respect, or dignity; mortify.
- humiliates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of humiliate.
- humiliator — to cause (a person) a painful loss of pride, self-respect, or dignity; mortify.
- humoralism — a theory of the composition and workings of the human body, based on the idea that it was filled with four basic substances, or humours, adopted by Greek and Roman physicians and philosophers.
- humoralist — a person who believes in humoralism
- hybridomas — Plural form of hybridoma.
- hydromania — an excessive craving or love for water
- hypanthium — a cup-shaped or tubular body formed by the conjoined sepals, petals, and stamens.
- hyperaemia — an abnormally large amount of blood in any part of the body.
- hypermania — excessive excitement or enthusiasm; craze: The country has a mania for soccer.
- hypermanic — pertaining to or affected by mania.
- hypermedia — hypertext
- hyperosmia — an abnormally acute sense of smell.
- hypolimnia — Plural form of hypolimnion.
- hypometria — Dysmetria in which the patient tends to undershoot the intended target.
- hypomnesia — Deficiency of the memory.
- hypothymia — a state of depression
- hypoxaemia — Alternative spelling of hypoxemia.
- hypoxaemic — Alternative form of hypoxemic.
- ice hammer — a form of ice axe in which one part of the head is shaped like a hammer
- ichinomiya — a city on central Honshu, in central Japan.