10-letter words containing h, i, e
- henry viii — ("Defender of the Faith") 1491–1547, king of England 1509–47 (son of Henry VII).
- hentaigana — (Japanese) a variant form of a hiragana or katakana character.
- heparinize — Add heparin to (blood or a container about to be filled with blood) to prevent it from coagulating.
- hepatolith — A gallstone in the biliary duct of the liver.
- heptapodic — having seven metrical feet
- heptastich — a strophe, stanza, or poem consisting of seven lines or verses.
- heptatonic — (of a musical scale) comprising seven notes
- heraclidae — a drama (429? b.c.) by Euripides.
- heraclitus — ("the Obscure") c540–c470 b.c, Greek philosopher.
- herakleion — a seaport in N Crete.
- heraldship — the office or position of a herald
- herb paris — a European plant, Paris quadrifolia, of the lily family, formerly used in medicine.
- herbalists — Plural form of herbalist.
- herbariums — Plural form of herbarium.
- herbicidal — Of, or relating to herbicides.
- herbicides — Plural form of herbicide.
- herbivores — Plural form of herbivore.
- here sb is — You say 'here we are' or 'here you are' when the statement that you are making about someone's character or situation is unexpected.
- hereditary — passing, or capable of passing, naturally from parent to offspring through the genes: Blue eyes are hereditary in our family. Compare congenital.
- heredities — Plural form of heredity.
- hereditist — hereditarian.
- heresiarch — a leader in heresy; the leader of a heretical sect.
- heresimach — a person engaged in combating heresy and heretics.
- hereticate — to declare as heresy or as a heretic
- heriotable — liable for the payment of a heriot
- hermatypic — reef-building coral.
- hermetical — made airtight by fusion or sealing.
- hermitages — Plural form of hermitage.
- hermitical — a person who has withdrawn to a solitary place for a life of religious seclusion.
- hermitlike — Resembling or characteristic of a hermit.
- hermosillo — a state in NW Mexico. 70,484 sq. mi. (182,555 sq. km). Capital: Hermosillo.
- herniation — to protrude abnormally from an enclosed cavity or from the body so as to constitute a hernia.
- herniotomy — correction of a hernia by a cutting procedure.
- heroic age — one of the five periods in human history, when, according to Hesiod, gods and demigods performed heroic and glorious deeds.
- heroically — Also, heroical. of, relating to, or characteristic of a hero or heroine.
- heroicized — heroize.
- heroicness — Also, heroical. of, relating to, or characteristic of a hero or heroine.
- heroicomic — blending heroic and comic elements: a heroicomic poem.
- 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
- herpangina — an infectious disease, especially of children, characterized by a sudden occurrence of fever, loss of appetite, and throat ulcerations, caused by a Coxsackie virus.
- herskowitz — Melville (Jean) 1895–1963, American anthropologist.
- herstories — Plural form of herstory.
- hesitantly — hesitating; undecided, doubtful, or disinclined.
- hesitating — to be reluctant or wait to act because of fear, indecision, or disinclination: She hesitated to take the job.
- hesitation — the act of hesitating; a delay due to uncertainty of mind or fear: His hesitation cost him the championship.
- hesitative — characterized by hesitation; hesitating.
- hesitatory — Hesitating.
- hesperides — Classical Mythology. (used with a plural verb) nymphs, variously given as three to seven in number, who guarded with the dragon Ladon the golden apples that were the wedding gift of Gaea to Hera. (used with a singular verb) the garden where the golden apples were grown. (used with a plural verb) Islands of the Blessed.
- hesperidin — a crystallizable, bioflavinoid glycoside, C 28 H 34 O 15 , occurring in most citrus fruits, especially in the spongy envelope of oranges and lemons.