10-letter words containing h, a, o
- hemostatic — arresting hemorrhage, as a drug; styptic.
- hemothorax — (medicine) A condition resulting from accumulation of blood in the pleural cavity.
- henchwoman — Feminine of henchman.
- hendecagon — a polygon having 11 angles and 11 sides.
- hepatocyte — a cell of the main tissue of the liver; liver cell.
- hepatolith — A gallstone in the biliary duct of the liver.
- hepatology — (medicine) The study or treatment of the liver, gallbladder, and pancreas.
- heptachlor — a highly toxic, light-tan, waxy solid, C 10 H 5 Cl 7 , used as an insecticide: its manufacture and use are restricted in the U.S.
- heptachord — a musical scale of seven notes.
- heptagonal — having seven sides or angles.
- heptameron — A literary work whose action covers a period of seven days.
- heptapodic — having seven metrical feet
- 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.
- herbaceous — of, relating to, or characteristic of an herb; herblike.
- herdswoman — The female equivalent of a herdsman.
- hereabouts — about this place; in this neighborhood.
- heriotable — liable for the payment of a heriot
- herniation — to protrude abnormally from an enclosed cavity or from the body so as to constitute a hernia.
- heroic age — one of the five periods in human history, when, according to Hesiod, gods and demigods performed heroic and glorious deeds.
- heroically — Also, heroical. of, relating to, or characteristic of a hero or heroine.
- hesitation — the act of hesitating; a delay due to uncertainty of mind or fear: His hesitation cost him the championship.
- hesitatory — Hesitating.
- heteroatom — an atom other than carbon in the ring structure of a heterocyclic compound.
- heterogamy — heterogamous state.
- hexachords — Plural form of hexachord.
- hexaemeron — the six days of the Creation.
- hexagynous — (of a plant) having six pistils
- hexahedron — a solid figure having six faces, as a cube.
- hexamerous — consisting of or divided into six parts.
- hexandrous — (of a plant) having six stamen
- hexaploidy — the condition of being a hexaploid
- hexapodous — (zoology) Having six feet; belonging to the Hexapoda.
- 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.
- hidalgoish — resembling a hidalgo
- hidalgoism — the position or practice of a hidalgo
- hierocracy — rule or government by priests or ecclesiastics.
- hierograms — Plural form of hierogram.
- hierograph — sacred writing or characters
- hierolatry — worship or veneration of saints or sacred things.
- 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.
- high board — a diving board three meters above the water.
- 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.