10-letter words containing h, a, n, o
- heave down — to raise or lift with effort or force; hoist: to heave a heavy ax.
- hegemonial — hegemonic, controlling, dominant
- heligoland — Helgoland.
- helmswoman — The female equivalent of a helmsman.
- hemangioma — See under angioma.
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- hematozoon — a parasitic protozoan that lives in the blood.
- hemianopia — any of several conditions in which there is blindness in half of the visual field, involving one or both eyes.
- hemianopic — having or relating to hemianopia
- hemikaryon — a haploid nucleus.
- hemocyanin — a blue, copper-containing respiratory pigment in the plasma of many invertebrates.
- henchwoman — Feminine of henchman.
- hendecagon — a polygon having 11 angles and 11 sides.
- heptagonal — having seven sides or angles.
- heptameron — A literary work whose action covers a period of seven days.
- heptathlon — an athletic contest for women comprising seven different track-and-field events and won by the contestant amassing the highest total score.
- heptatonic — (of a musical scale) comprising seven notes
- herakleion — a seaport in N Crete.
- herdswoman — The female equivalent of a herdsman.
- herniation — to protrude abnormally from an enclosed cavity or from the body so as to constitute a hernia.
- hesitation — the act of hesitating; a delay due to uncertainty of mind or fear: His hesitation cost him the championship.
- hexaemeron — the six days of the Creation.
- hexagynous — (of a plant) having six pistils
- hexahedron — a solid figure having six faces, as a cube.
- hexandrous — (of a plant) having six stamen
- hexokinase — an enzyme that catalyzes the phosphorylation of hexose sugars.
- hexosamine — any hexose derivative in which a hydroxyl group is replaced by an amino group.
- hibernator — Something that hibernates.
- 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.
- 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.
- hispaniola — an island in the West Indies, comprising the republic of Haiti and the Dominican Republic. 29,843 sq. mi. (77,293 sq. km).
- historians — Plural form of historian.
- hoabinhian — of, relating to, or typifying a middle to late Stone Age culture found in southeast Asia that is characterized chiefly by agricultural village settlements.
- hoarseness — having a vocal tone characterized by weakness of intensity and excessive breathiness; husky: the hoarse voice of the auctioneer.
- hobohemian — Of, or pertaining to, a hobohemia.
- hog heaven — heaven (def 6).
- hog peanut — a twining plant, Amphicarpaea bracteata, of the legume family, bearing pods that ripen in or on the ground.
- hogarthian — William, 1697–1764, English painter and engraver.
- hold hands — clasp each another's hand
- holdup man — a person who commits an armed robbery.
- holidaying — a day fixed by law or custom on which ordinary business is suspended in commemoration of some event or in honor of some person.
- home brand — an item packaged and marketed under the brand name of a particular retailer, usually a large supermarket chain, rather than that of the manufacturer
- home range — the area in which an animal normally lives.
- home stand — a series of consecutive sports events, as baseball games, played in a team's own stadium.
- home-alone — (esp of a young child) left in a house, flat, etc unattended
- homemaking — the establishment or management of a home; duties of a homemaker.
- homogenate — a mixture that has been homogenized.