10-letter words containing h, e, a, d, o
- head louse — See under louse (def 1).
- head money — a tax of so much per head or person.
- head voice — the high register of the human voice, in which the vibrations of sung notes are felt in the head
- head wound — a wound to the head
- headboards — Plural form of headboard.
- headcollar — A bitless headpiece for leading or tying up a horse.
- headphones — Audio. a headset designed for use with a stereo system.
- heads down — [Sun] Concentrating, usually so heavily and for so long that everything outside the focus area is missed. See also hack mode and larval stage, although this mode is hardly confined to fledgling hackers.
- headstocks — Plural form of headstock.
- headstones — Plural form of headstone.
- headstrong — determined to have one's own way; willful; stubborn; obstinate: a headstrong young man.
- healthfood — Alternative spelling of health food.
- heathendom — (in historical contexts) an individual of a people that do not acknowledge the God of the Bible; a person who is neither a Jew, Christian, nor Muslim; a pagan.
- heave down — to raise or lift with effort or force; hoist: to heave a heavy ax.
- hebdomadal — taking place, coming together, or published once every seven days; weekly: hebdomadal meetings; hebdomadal groups; hebdomadal journals.
- hebdomadar — (in Scottish universities and grammar schools) a name given to the member of staff whose weekly turn it is to supervise the behaviour of students
- helicoidal — coiled or curving like a spiral.
- heligoland — Helgoland.
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- hendecagon — a polygon having 11 angles and 11 sides.
- heptachord — a musical scale of seven notes.
- heptapodic — having seven metrical feet
- herdswoman — The female equivalent of a herdsman.
- hexachords — Plural form of hexachord.
- hexahedron — a solid figure having six faces, as a cube.
- hexandrous — (of a plant) having six stamen
- hexaploidy — the condition of being a hexaploid
- hexapodous — (zoology) Having six feet; belonging to the Hexapoda.
- hofstadter — Richard, 1916–70, U.S. historian.
- hog badger — a SE Asian badger, Arctonyx collaris, with a piglike mobile snout
- hog-backed — cambered, as the ridge of a roof, a hill, etc.
- hol hamoed — the period between the first and last two days of Passover or Sukkoth, consisting of four days during Passover and five days during Sukkoth and having less than full festival status.
- hold water — a transparent, odorless, tasteless liquid, a compound of hydrogen and oxygen, H 2 O, freezing at 32°F or 0°C and boiling at 212°F or 100°C, that in a more or less impure state constitutes rain, oceans, lakes, rivers, etc.: it contains 11.188 percent hydrogen and 88.812 percent oxygen, by weight.
- holohedral — (of a crystal) having all the planes or faces required by the maximum symmetry of the system to which it belongs.
- holy bread — bread used in a Eucharistic service, both before and after consecration.
- home brand — an item packaged and marketed under the brand name of a particular retailer, usually a large supermarket chain, rather than that of the manufacturer
- home guard — a volunteer force used for meeting local emergencies when the regular armed forces are needed elsewhere.
- home stand — a series of consecutive sports events, as baseball games, played in a team's own stadium.
- home-baked — baked at home; home-made
- homesteads — Plural form of homestead.
- hoover dam — official name of Boulder Dam.
- hop garden — a field of hops
- horsedrawn — Alternative spelling of horse-drawn.
- hot-headed — hot or fiery in spirit or temper; impetuous; rash: Hotheaded people shouldn't drive cars.
- housemaids — Plural form of housemaid.
- hoverboard — (science fiction) A levitating board that can be ridden in the manner of a surfboard or skateboard.
- hydathodes — Plural form of hydathode.
- hydra code — (humour, programming) Code that cannot be fixed because each time a bug is remove, two new bugs grow in its place. Named after the many-headed Hydra of Greek mythology.
- hydragogue — causing the discharge of watery fluid, as from the bowels.
- hydrazoate — a salt of hydrazoic acid; azide.