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11-letter words containing h, a, t, s

  • high-stakes — A high-stakes game or contest is one in which the people involved can gain or lose a great deal.
  • hindoostani — 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.
  • hinterlands — Plural form of hinterland.
  • hippeastrum — any plant of the South American amaryllidaceous genus Hippeastrum: cultivated for their large funnel-shaped typically red flowers
  • hippiatrics — the study of the diseases of horses
  • hippiatrist — someone who treats the diseases of horses
  • hippocrates — ("Father of Medicine") c460–c377 b.c, Greek physician.
  • hippodamist — a horse-tamer
  • hispanicist — Hispanist.
  • histaminase — an enzyme that catalyzes the decomposition of histamine, used in treating allergies.
  • histography — a treatise on or description of organic tissues.
  • historiated — (especially of initial letters on an illuminated manuscript) decorated with animals, flowers, or other designs that have a narrative or symbolic purpose.
  • hit batsman — a batter who, having been struck by a pitch, is awarded first base.
  • hitherwards — (archaic) Toward this place.
  • holoblastic — (of certain eggs) undergoing total cleavage, resulting in equal blastomeres.
  • holocaustic — a great or complete devastation or destruction, especially by fire.
  • home waters — territorial waters
  • homeostases — Plural form of homeostasis.
  • homeostasis — the tendency of a system, especially the physiological system of higher animals, to maintain internal stability, owing to the coordinated response of its parts to any situation or stimulus that would tend to disturb its normal condition or function.
  • homeostatic — the tendency of a system, especially the physiological system of higher animals, to maintain internal stability, owing to the coordinated response of its parts to any situation or stimulus that would tend to disturb its normal condition or function.
  • homesteaded — a dwelling with its land and buildings, occupied by the owner as a home and exempted by a homestead law from seizure or sale for debt.
  • homesteader — the owner or holder of a homestead.
  • homoblastic — (of a plant or plant part) showing no difference in form between the juvenile and the adult structures
  • homogenates — Plural form of homogenate.
  • homoplastic — correspondence in form or structure, owing to a similar environment.
  • homopterans — Plural form of homopteran.
  • honesty bar — an unattended area in a hotel, resort, etc, where patrons may serve themselves drinks and are expected to leave money to pay for them
  • honeyeaters — Plural form of honeyeater.
  • horizontals — Plural form of horizontal.
  • horrisonant — Having an unpleasant sound.
  • horse-trade — to bargain or trade shrewdly.
  • horsetrader — (literally) A person who buys and sells horses, especially one who makes such transactions in a clever or skillful manner.
  • hospitalise — (British spelling) alternative spelling of hospitalize.
  • hospitalism — hospital conditions having an adverse effect on patients.
  • hospitalist — a physician who specializes in treating hospitalized patients; a specialist in inpatient medicine.
  • hospitality — the friendly reception and treatment of guests or strangers.
  • hospitalize — to place in a hospital for medical care or observation: The doctor hospitalized grandfather as soon as she checked his heart.
  • hospitaller — 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.
  • hospitalman — an enlisted person working as a hospital assistant; corpsman.
  • host family — family one lodges with
  • hotel staff — employees of a hotel
  • house agent — a real-estate agent.
  • house party — the guests at such an affair or party: The house party goes sailing today.
  • house plant — an ornamental plant that is grown indoors or adapts well to indoor culture.
  • house-craft — skill in domestic management
  • house-train — to housebreak.
  • houseboater — One who lives in a houseboat.
  • housefather — a man responsible for a group of young people, as students, living in a dormitory, hostel, etc.
  • housemaster — a man who is in charge of a house or a dormitory in a private school for boys.
  • houseparent — one of a married couple responsible for a group of young people, as students, living in a dormitory, hostel, etc., sometimes acting solely as an advisor, but often serving as host or hostess, chaperon, housekeeper, etc.
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