10-letter words containing h, e, l, i, o
- hepatolith — A gallstone in the biliary duct of the liver.
- herakleion — a seaport in N Crete.
- heriotable — liable for the payment of a heriot
- hermosillo — a state in NW Mexico. 70,484 sq. mi. (182,555 sq. km). Capital: Hermosillo.
- heroically — Also, heroical. of, relating to, or characteristic of a hero or heroine.
- heronsbill — any of a genus (Erodium) of plants of the geranium family, with fine leaves and yellow, white, or reddish flowers
- herophilus — died ?280 bc, Greek anatomist in Alexandria. He was the first to distinguish sensory from motor nerves
- heterophil — Also, heterophilic. Immunology. (of an antibody) having an affinity for an antigen other than its specific antigen.
- hexaploidy — the condition of being a hexaploid
- hidey hole — a nook or cranny used as a hiding place.
- hidey-hole — a nook or cranny used as a hiding place.
- hieroglyph — Also, hieroglyphical. designating or pertaining to a pictographic script, particularly that of the ancient Egyptians, in which many of the symbols are conventionalized, recognizable pictures of the things represented.
- hierolatry — worship or veneration of saints or sacred things.
- hilltopper — the top or summit of a hill.
- hippophile — one who loves horses.
- hirtellous — minutely hirsute.
- hollywired — Siliwood
- holosteric — (of an instrument or device) wholly constructed of solids, without any liquids
- holstering — Present participle of holster.
- holy bible — Bible (def 1).
- home field — A sports team's home field is their own playing field, as opposed to that of other teams.
- home-built — built at home
- homeliness — lacking in physical attractiveness; not beautiful; unattractive: a homely child.
- homiletics — the art of preaching; the branch of practical theology that treats of homilies or sermons.
- homoleptic — (chemistry) Describing an organometallic compound having a single type of ligand.
- homologies — the state of being homologous; homologous relation or correspondence.
- homologise — Alt form homologize.
- homologize — to make or show to be homologous.
- homolosine — (cartography) Being or employing a particular pseudocylindrical, equal-area, composite projection used for world maps.
- homophiles — Plural form of homophile.
- horseflies — Plural form of horsefly.
- horsetails — Plural form of horsetail.
- hortensial — (obsolete) Fit for a garden.
- hospitable — 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.
- hostelling — Also called youth hostel. an inexpensive, supervised lodging place for young people on bicycle trips, hikes, etc.
- hostelries — Plural form of hostelry.
- hosts file — (networking) A text file on a networked computer used to associate host names with IP addresses. A hosts file contains lines consisting of whitespace-separated fields giving an IP address followed by list of host names or aliases associated with that address. The name resolution library software can use this file to look up the IP address for a host name. The hosts file is "/etc/hosts" on Unix and "C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts" or "lmhosts" on Microsoft Windows, In most cases, hosts files have now been almost entirely replaced by DNS, in which distributed servers provide the same information. A hosts file can still be used to override DNS for testing purposes or other special situations.
- hotel limo — A hotel limo is a large and very comfortable car. Hotel limos usually have a driver and are hired to bring guests to and from the hotel.
- hotel ship — a ship which is moored and used as a hotel
- hotel-dieu — a hospital.
- hounsfield — ˈGodfrey Newˌbold (ˈnuˌboʊld ) ; no̅oˈbōldˌ) 1919-2004; Brit. engineer & inventor: developed the CAT scanner
- houseflies — Plural form of housefly.
- houselight — One of the lights in an auditorium.
- houselling — administration of the Eucharist
- hoverflies — Plural form of hoverfly.
- hydrolized — Simple past tense and past participle of hydrolize.
- hydrophile — (chemistry) Any hydrophilic substance.
- hylotheism — any philosophical doctrine identifying a god or gods with matter.