10-letter words containing h, a, t, i
- hesitative — characterized by hesitation; hesitating.
- hesitatory — Hesitating.
- hetmanship — the position of a hetman
- heulandite — a white or transparent, colorless mineral of the zeolite family, hydrous calcium aluminum silicate, CaAl 2 Si 7 O 18 ⋅6H 2 O, occurring in basic volcanic rocks in the form of crystals with a pearly luster.
- hexactinal — having six spicules
- hibernated — Simple past tense and past participle of hibernate.
- hibernates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hibernate.
- hibernator — Something that hibernates.
- hidden tax — any tax paid by a manufacturer, supplier, or seller that is added on to the price the consumer pays.
- hieratical — Also, hieratical. of or relating to priests or the priesthood; sacerdotal; priestly.
- hierolatry — worship or veneration of saints or sacred things.
- hierophant — (in ancient Greece) an official expounder of rites of worship and sacrifice.
- high altar — the principal altar of a church
- high table — the table in the dining hall of a college, reserved for senior members of the college and distinguished guests.
- high water — water at its greatest elevation, as in a river.
- hightailed — Simple past tense and past participle of hightail.
- hilarities — cheerfulness; merriment; mirthfulness.
- hill start — the act of starting a car or other vehicle on an incline
- himyaritic — of or relating to the Himyarites and to the remains of their civilization.
- hinayanist — a Buddhist of the Hinayana school.
- hindustani — a standard language and lingua franca of northern India based on a dialect of Western Hindi spoken around Delhi. Abbreviation: Hind. Compare Hindi (def 2), Urdu.
- hinterland — Often, hinterlands. the remote or less developed parts of a country; back country: The hinterlands are usually much more picturesque than the urban areas.
- hippiatric — relating or belonging to the treatment of disease in horses
- hippotamus — Obsolete spelling and common present-day misspelling of hippopotamus.
- hirability — able to be hired; fit for hiring.
- histamines — Plural form of histamine.
- histaminic — Biochemistry, Physiology. a heterocyclic amine, C 5 H 9 N 3 , released by mast cells when tissue is injured or in allergic and inflammatory reactions, causing dilation of small blood vessels and smooth muscle contraction.
- histoblast — a cell or group of cells capable of forming tissue.
- histograms — Plural form of histogram.
- historians — Plural form of historian.
- historical — of, pertaining to, treating, or characteristic of history or past events: historical records; historical research.
- hit parade — a listing or category of popular songs ranked according to their popularity with listeners, usually as shown by sales of records.
- hitherward — hither.
- hogarthian — William, 1697–1764, English painter and engraver.
- homotaxial — a similarity of arrangement, as of geologic strata or fossil assemblages that have the same relative position but are not necessarily contemporaneous.
- horizontal — at right angles to the vertical; parallel to level ground.
- horsetails — Plural form of horsetail.
- hortensial — (obsolete) Fit for a garden.
- hospitable — receiving or treating guests or strangers warmly and generously: a hospitable family.
- hospitably — receiving or treating guests or strangers warmly and generously: a hospitable family.
- hospitaler — a member of the religious and military order (Knights Hospitalers or Knights of St. John of Jerusalem) originating about the time of the first Crusade (1096–99) and taking its name from a hospital at Jerusalem.
- hospitalet — a city in NE Spain, near Barcelona.
- housatonic — a river flowing S from NW Massachusetts through SW Connecticut to Long Island Sound near Stratford, Connecticut. 148 miles (240 km) long.
- housetrain — To teach a house pet to urinate and defecate outside or in a designated location in the home.
- houstonian — a native or resident of Houston, Texas.
- houstonias — Plural form of houstonia.
- hovertrain — an experimental high-speed train that rides on a cushion of air over a concrete guide track in the shape of an inverted T and is propelled by one or more propellers or jet engines.
- hrotsvitha — c935–c1000, German nun, poet, and dramatist.
- hsiangt'an — a city in E Hunan, in S China.
- hula skirt — a skirt made of long stems of grass bound to a waistband, worn typically by a Hawaiian hula dancer.