13-letter words containing h, a, r, i, s
- hieracosphinx — (in ancient Egyptian art) a hawk-headed sphinx
- hilariousness — The characteristic of being hilarious; hilarity.
- hilbert space — a complete infinite-dimensional vector space on which an inner product is defined.
- hippo zarytus — ancient name of Bizerte.
- hire purchase — buying sth by instalments
- hire-purchase — a system of payment for a commodity in regular installments while using it.
- histaminergic — releasing histamine
- histogramming — (mathematics) The construction of histograms.
- holidaymakers — Plural form of holidaymaker.
- home straight — the section of a racecourse forming the approach to the finish
- honoris causa — for the sake of honour
- hoosier state — Indiana (used as a nickname).
- horse gentian — any weedy North American plant of the genus Triosteum, of the honeysuckle family, especially T. perfoliatum, having stalkless leaves and purplish-brown flowers and bearing orange fruits.
- horse trading — the act or fact of conducting a shrewd exchange or engaging in a horse trade; bargaining.
- horse trailer — lorry for transporting a horse
- horse-trading — to bargain or trade shrewdly.
- horseradishes — Plural form of horseradish.
- hospital care — medical treatment provided in a hospital
- house painter — a person whose occupation is painting houses.
- house trailer — a trailer fitted with accommodations for sleeping, eating, washing, etc.
- house-raising — a gathering of persons in a rural community to help one of its members build a house.
- house-trained — housebroken.
- house-warming — a party to celebrate a person's or family's move to a new home.
- housebreaking — to train (a pet) to excrete outdoors or in a specific place.
- housepainters — Plural form of housepainter.
- housetraining — Present participle of housetrain.
- housewarmings — Plural form of housewarming.
- housing start — an instance of beginning the construction of a dwelling.
- hubristically — in a presumptuous or arrogant manner
- hudson strait — a strait connecting Hudson Bay and the Atlantic. 450 miles (725 km) long; 100 miles (160 km) wide.
- humanitarians — Plural form of humanitarian.
- hunter trials — a test for hunters held under the auspices of a hunt, in which the course is laid with obstacles to simulate actual hunting conditions.
- hyaluronidase — Biochemistry. a mucolytic enzyme found in the testes, in snake venom, and in hemolytic streptococci and certain other bacteria, that decreases the viscosity of the intercellular matrix by breaking down hyaluronic acid.
- hybridisation — Alternative form of hybridization.
- hydrarthrosis — a build-up of fluid or water in the cavity of a joint, esp the knee joint
- hydroaerobics — aerobic exercises performed in water, as in a swimming pool.
- hydrodynamics — the branch of fluid dynamics that deals with liquids, including hydrostatics and hydrokinetics.
- hydrostatical — Alternative form of hydrostatic.
- hyper-realism — interest in or concern for the actual or real, as distinguished from the abstract, speculative, etc.
- hyperadenosis — abnormal enlargement of the glands, especially of the lymph nodes.
- hypercautious — Especially or unreasonably cautious.
- hyperesthesia — an abnormally acute sense of pain, heat, cold, or touch; algesia.
- hyperparasite — an organism that is parasitic on or in another parasite.
- hyperphysical — being above or beyond the physical; immaterial; supernatural.
- hyperprosexia — a condition in which the whole attention is occupied by one object or idea to the exclusion of others
- hypersalinity — an excess of salt in a saline solution
- hypersarcosis — a fleshy outgrowth
- hyperurbanism — a pronunciation or grammatical form or usage produced by a speaker of one dialect according to an analogical rule formed by comparison of the speaker's own usage with that of another, more prestigious, dialect and often applied in an inappropriate context, especially in an effort to avoid sounding countrified, rural, or provincial, as in the pronunciation of the word two (to̅o̅) as (tyo̅o̅).
- hypsometrical — Of or pertaining to hypsometry.
- ibrahim pasha — 1789–1848, Egyptian general: governor of Syria 1833–40 (son of Mehemet Ali).