10-letter words containing h, a, t, i
- head-first — If you move head-first in a particular direction, your head is the part of your body that is furthest forward as you are moving.
- head-right — Law. a beneficial interest for each member of an Indian tribe in the tribal trust fund accruing from the lease of tribal oil, gas, and mineral rights, the sale of tribal lands, etc.
- headlights — a light or lamp, usually equipped with a reflector, on the front of an automobile, locomotive, etc.
- headstripe — A stripe of colored feathers on the head of a bird.
- headwaiter — a person in charge of waiters, busboys, etc., in a restaurant or dining car.
- healthiest — Superlative form of healthy.
- healthwise — With regard to health.
- heartening — to give courage or confidence to; cheer.
- hearthside — fireside.
- heartiness — warm-hearted; affectionate; cordial; jovial: a hearty welcome.
- heat devil — a wavering, shimmering disturbance of air above or around a hot surface.
- heat index — a number representing the effect of temperature and humidity on humans by combining the two variables into an “apparent” temperature, introduced as a replacement for the temperature-humidity index: a temperature of 90° and relative humidity of 65 percent combine to produce a heat index of 102. Abbreviation: H.I.
- heathenish — of or relating to heathens: heathenish practices of idolatry.
- heathenism — a belief or practice of heathens; idolatry.
- heathenize — to make heathen.
- heatshield — A system designed to protect what is behind it against heat.
- hebetating — to make dull or blunt.
- hebraistic — of or relating to Hebraists or characterized by Hebraism or Hebraisms.
- hectically — characterized by intense agitation, excitement, confused and rapid movement, etc.: The week before the trip was hectic and exhausting.
- heidenstam — Verner von [ver-nuh r fawn] /ˈvɛr nər fɔn/ (Show IPA), 1859–1940, Swedish poet and novelist: Nobel Prize 1916.
- helianthus — any composite plant of the genus Helianthus, comprising the sunflowers.
- heliolatry — worship of the sun.
- heliostats — Plural form of heliostat.
- heliotaxis — movement of an organism toward or away from sunlight.
- hematocrit — a centrifuge for separating the cells of the blood from the plasma.
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- hemiacetal — any of the class of organic chemical compounds having the general formula RCH(OH)OR, where R is an organic group.
- hemipteral — of or relating to a hemipterous insect
- hemipteran — hemipterous.
- hemitropal — hemitropous
- hemostasis — the stoppage of bleeding.
- hemostatic — arresting hemorrhage, as a drug; styptic.
- hentaigana — (Japanese) a variant form of a hiragana or katakana character.
- hepatolith — A gallstone in the biliary duct of the liver.
- heptapodic — having seven metrical feet
- heptastich — a strophe, stanza, or poem consisting of seven lines or verses.
- heptatonic — (of a musical scale) comprising seven notes
- heraclitus — ("the Obscure") c540–c470 b.c, Greek philosopher.
- herbalists — Plural form of herbalist.
- hereditary — passing, or capable of passing, naturally from parent to offspring through the genes: Blue eyes are hereditary in our family. Compare congenital.
- hereticate — to declare as heresy or as a heretic
- heriotable — liable for the payment of a heriot
- hermatypic — reef-building coral.
- hermetical — made airtight by fusion or sealing.
- hermitages — Plural form of hermitage.
- hermitical — a person who has withdrawn to a solitary place for a life of religious seclusion.
- herniation — to protrude abnormally from an enclosed cavity or from the body so as to constitute a hernia.
- hesitantly — hesitating; undecided, doubtful, or disinclined.
- hesitating — to be reluctant or wait to act because of fear, indecision, or disinclination: She hesitated to take the job.
- hesitation — the act of hesitating; a delay due to uncertainty of mind or fear: His hesitation cost him the championship.