10-letter words containing h, a, o
- hard labor — compulsory labor imposed upon criminals in addition to imprisonment, generally not exceeding ordinary labor in severity or amount.
- hard money — (in the US) money given directly to a candidate in an election to assist his or her campaign
- hard power — the ability to achieve one's goals by force, esp military force
- hard-bound — hardcover
- hard-coded — (jargon) (By analogy with "hard-wired") Said of a data value or behaviour written directly into a program, possibly in multiple places, where it cannot be easily modified. There are several alternatives, depending on how often the value is likely to change. It may be replaced with a compile-time constant, such as a C "#define" macro, in which case a change will still require recompilation; or it may be read at run time from a profile, resource (see de-rezz), or environment variable that a user can easily modify; or it may be read as part of the program's input data. To change something hard-coded requires recompilation (if using a compiled language of course) but, more seriously, it requires sufficient understanding of the implementation to be sure that the change will not introduce inconsistency and cause the program to fail. For example, "The line terminator is hard-coded as newline; who in their right mind would use anything else?" See magic number.
- hard-knock — beset with hardship.
- hard-nosed — hardheaded or tough; unsentimentally practical: a hard-nosed labor leader.
- hardboiled — Alternative spelling of hard-boiled.
- hardcovers — Plural form of hardcover.
- harden off — to accustom (a cultivated plant) or (of such a plant) to become accustomed to outdoor conditions by repeated exposure
- harmonical — Alternative form of harmonic.
- harmonicas — Plural form of harmonica.
- harmonicon — harmonica (def 1).
- harmonious — marked by agreement in feeling, attitude, or action: a harmonious group.
- harmonised — Simple past tense and past participle of harmonise.
- harmoniser — (British spelling) alternative spelling of harmonizer.
- harmonises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of harmonise.
- harmonists — Plural form of harmonist.
- harmoniums — Plural form of harmonium.
- harmonized — Add notes to (a melody) to produce harmony.
- harmonizer — to bring into harmony, accord, or agreement: to harmonize one's views with the new situation.
- harmonizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of harmonize.
- harmsworth — Alfred Charles William, Viscount Northcliffe, 1865–1922, English journalist, publisher, and politician.
- harold iii — (Harold Hardrada) 1015–66, king of Norway 1045–66.
- harpooneer — A harpooner.
- harpooning — Present participle of harpoon.
- harpsicord — Dated form of harpsichord.
- harrington — James. 1611–77, English republican and writer. He described his ideal form of government in Oceana (1656)
- hartlepool — a seaport city in NE England.
- hary janos — an opera (1926) by Zoltán Kodály.
- hash house — an inexpensive restaurant, diner, or the like, that serves a limited number of short-order dishes: We stopped for lunch at a roadside hash house.
- hash-house — an inexpensive restaurant, diner, or the like, that serves a limited number of short-order dishes: We stopped for lunch at a roadside hash house.
- hashbrowns — Alternative spelling of hash browns.
- hatch boat — a small fishing vessel having covered wells for holding the catch.
- hatemonger — a person who kindles hatred, enmity, or prejudice in others.
- hateration — (African American Vernacular English, slang) Hatred, hostility, animus.
- hateworthy — Worthy of being hated, detestable, despicable.
- hatha yoga — (in Yoga) a method utilizing physical exercises to control the body and attain union of the self with the Supreme Being.
- hatha-yoga — (in Yoga) a method utilizing physical exercises to control the body and attain union of the self with the Supreme Being.
- haubergeon — a short, sleeveless coat of mail.
- haustorium — a projection from the hypha of a fungus into the organic matter from which it absorbs nutrients.
- haut monde — high society.
- have a cow — become angry or upset
- have to be — to be unquestionably or without doubt
- have to do — You use have to when you are saying that something is necessary or required, or must happen. If you do not have to do something, it is not necessary or required.
- hawseholes — Plural form of hawsehole.
- head count — an inventory of people in a group taken by counting individuals.
- head louse — See under louse (def 1).
- head money — a tax of so much per head or person.
- head voice — the high register of the human voice, in which the vibrations of sung notes are felt in the head