10-letter words containing h, a, u
- hammer out — a tool consisting of a solid head, usually of metal, set crosswise on a handle, used for beating metals, driving nails, etc.
- han fei zu — died 233 bc, Chinese diplomat and philosopher of law
- hand cruft — (jargon) (After "hand craft") To write something by hand that would be better done automatically, e.g. writing assembly language instead of using a compiler (see hand hacking).
- hand truck — truck1 (def 3).
- hand-bound — (of books) bound by hand.
- hand-me-up — something, such as an item of electronic equipment, that is passed from a younger to an older member of a family
- handcuffed — Simple past tense and past participle of handcuff.
- hang about — to fasten or attach (a thing) so that it is supported only from above or at a point near its own top; suspend.
- hang it up — to fasten or attach (a thing) so that it is supported only from above or at a point near its own top; suspend.
- hang tough — to fasten or attach (a thing) so that it is supported only from above or at a point near its own top; suspend.
- hantavirus — any of several viruses of the family Bunyaviridae, spread chiefly by wild rodents, that cause acute respiratory illness, kidney failure, and other syndromes.
- haplogroup — Genetics. a set of similar haplotypes inherited together, or a group who shares a set of similar haplotypes, used to understand genetic lineages.
- happy dust — cocaine.
- happy hour — a cocktail hour or longer period at a bar, during which drinks are served at reduced prices or with free snacks: happy hour from 5 to 7 p.m.
- happy-dust — cocaine.
- haranguing — Present participle of harangue.
- harbourage — (British, nautical) A place for refuge for a vessel.
- harbourful — the amount that a harbour can hold
- harbouring — a part of a body of water along the shore deep enough for anchoring a ship and so situated with respect to coastal features, whether natural or artificial, as to provide protection from winds, waves, and currents.
- hard court — a tennis court having a concrete or asphalt surface.
- hard sauce — a mixture of butter and confectioners' sugar, often with flavoring and cream.
- hard stuff — strongly addictive drugs.
- hard-bound — hardcover
- harlequins — Plural form of harlequin.
- harmonious — marked by agreement in feeling, attitude, or action: a harmonious group.
- harmoniums — Plural form of harmonium.
- harquebuse — Alternative form of harquebus.
- harrisburg — a state in the E United States. 45,333 sq. mi. (117,410 sq. km). Capital: Harrisburg. Abbreviation: PA (for use with zip code), Pa., Penn., Penna.
- harrumphed — to clear the throat audibly in a self-important manner: The professor harrumphed good-naturedly.
- harrumpher — (informal) One who complains or moralizes.
- harthacnut — 1019?–42, king of Denmark 1035–42, king of England 1040–42 (son of Canute).
- haruspices — Plural form of haruspex.
- hash house — an inexpensive restaurant, diner, or the like, that serves a limited number of short-order dishes: We stopped for lunch at a roadside hash house.
- hash-house — an inexpensive restaurant, diner, or the like, that serves a limited number of short-order dishes: We stopped for lunch at a roadside hash house.
- hastefully — swiftness of motion; speed; celerity: He performed his task with great haste. They felt the need for haste.
- hatshepsut — 1495–75 b.c, queen of Egypt.
- haua fteah — a cave site in Cyrenaica that has produced archaeological evidence of the longest sequence of human habitation in northern Africa, extending to about 80,000 years b.p.
- haubergeon — a short, sleeveless coat of mail.
- haughtiest — disdainfully proud; snobbish; scornfully arrogant; supercilious: haughty aristocrats; a haughty salesclerk.
- haul queen — a young woman who displays her recent shopping purchases in films uploaded to video-sharing websites, and is paid according to the advertising revenue those videos generate
- haulageway — a passageway by which coal, ore, etc., is hauled to the surface from an underground mine.
- hauntingly — remaining in the consciousness; not quickly forgotten: haunting music; haunting memories.
- hausfrauen — a housewife.
- haustellum — (in certain crustaceans and insects) an organ or part of the proboscis adapted for sucking blood or plant juices.
- haustorium — a projection from the hypha of a fungus into the organic matter from which it absorbs nutrients.
- haut monde — high society.
- head count — an inventory of people in a group taken by counting individuals.
- head louse — See under louse (def 1).
- head nurse — the chief nurse in a hospital; matron
- head wound — a wound to the head