10-letter words containing h, a, o
- hack board — Falconry. a board or platform at which hawks being flown at hack are fed.
- hack house — Falconry. a shed where young hawks are kept and fed while at hack.
- hackamores — Plural form of hackamore.
- hacked off — (jargon) (Analogous to "pissed off") Said of system administrators who have become annoyed, upset, or touchy owing to suspicions that their sites have been or are going to be victimised by crackers, or used for inappropriate, technically illegal, or even overtly criminal activities. For example, having unreadable files in your home directory called "worm", "lockpick", or "goroot" would probably be an effective (as well as impressively obvious and stupid) way to get your sysadmin hacked off at you.
- hackerazzo — a person who hacks into the computer or phone of a celebrity in order to gain information about him or her
- hackintosh — 1. (jargon, computer) An Apple Lisa that has been hacked into emulating a Macintosh (also called a "Mac XL"). 2. (jargon, computer) A Macintosh assembled from parts theoretically belonging to different models in the line.
- had sooner — would rather; would prefer to
- haddington — former name of East Lothian.
- hadrosaurs — Plural form of hadrosaur.
- haemagogue — promoting the flow of blood
- haematomas — Plural form of haematoma.
- haematosis — Alternative form of hematosis.
- haemocoels — Plural form of haemocoel.
- haemoconia — the small particles of matter, thought to be particles of the structure of red blood cells, that are present in blood that is flowing around the body
- haemolymph — the blood-like fluid of invertebrates
- haemolyses — Plural form of haemolysis.
- haemolysin — Alternative spelling of hemolysin.
- haemolysis — Alternative spelling of hemolysis.
- haemolytic — of or relating to the disintegration of red blood cells
- haemometer — A hemadynamometer.
- haemophile — a haemophilic bacterium
- haemotoxic — destructive to red blood cells
- haemotoxin — a substance that destroys red blood cells
- hagerstown — a city in NW Maryland.
- hagiocracy — government by a body of persons esteemed as holy.
- hagiolatry — the worship of saints.
- hagiologic — Synonym of hagiological.
- hagioscope — squint (def 13).
- hailstones — Plural form of hailstone.
- hailstorms — Plural form of hailstorm.
- hairy frog — a W African frog, Astylosternus robustus, the males of which have glandular hairlike processes on the flanks
- halcyonian — calm; peaceful; tranquil: halcyon weather.
- half board — demi-pension (def 1).
- half crown — a former silver or cupronickel coin of Great Britain equal to two shillings and sixpence: use phased out after decimalization in 1971.
- half story — a usable living space within a sloping roof, usually having dormer windows for lighting.
- half-blood — the relation between persons having only one common parent.
- half-board — demi-pension (def 1).
- half-bound — bound in half binding.
- half-crown — a former silver or cupronickel coin of Great Britain equal to two shillings and sixpence: use phased out after decimalization in 1971.
- half-dozen — one half of a dozen; six.
- half-grown — advanced in growth: a grown boy.
- half-pound — a unit of weight equal to 8 ounces avoirdupois (0.227 kilogram) or 6 ounces troy or apothecaries' weight (0.187 kilogram).
- half-round — semicircular in cross section, as a molding or piece of type.
- halfcocked — Simple past tense and past participle of halfcock.
- halfhourly — half-hour (def 3).
- haligonian — of or relating to Halifax, Nova Scotia, or to Halifax, England.
- hall-jones — Sir William. 1851–1936, New Zealand statesman, born in England: prime minister of New Zealand (1906)
- hallowe'en — the evening of October 31; the eve of All Saints' Day; Allhallows Eve: observed especially by children in costumes who solicit treats, often by threatening minor pranks.
- halloysite — a refractory clay mineral similar in composition to kaolinite.
- halobionts — Plural form of halobiont.