11-letter words containing h, i, e
- hardicanute — 1019?–42, king of Denmark 1035–42, king of England 1040–42 (son of Canute).
- hardwearing — resistant to extensive wear; durable: a pair of hardwearing jeans.
- harebrained — giddy; reckless.
- harmonizers — Plural form of harmonizer.
- haruspicate — of or relating to a haruspex
- harvestfish — a butterfish of the genus Peprilus, especially P. alepidotus of Atlantic waters.
- harvesttime — the time of year when a crop or crops are harvested, especially autumn.
- hatchelling — Present participle of hatchel.
- hatchetfish — any deep-sea fishes of the genera Argyropelicus, Sternoptyx, and related genera, of tropical and temperate waters, having a silvery, hatchet-shaped body.
- hatchettite — a soft yellowish mineral wax, C 38 H 78 , darkening on exposure: found in bogs and coal beds.
- hate-listen — to listen to a radio show, singer, etc., that one professes to dislike, often with the intention to mock or criticize: Why do I continue to hate-listen to his silly podcasts?
- hattiesburg — a city in SE Mississippi.
- haughtiness — disdainfully proud; snobbish; scornfully arrogant; supercilious: haughty aristocrats; a haughty salesclerk.
- haute-loire — a department in central France. 1931 sq. mi. (5000 sq. km). Capital: Le Puy.
- haute-piece — a standing flange fixed to or formed on a pauldron as a protection for one side of the neck.
- have a life — If you say that you have a life, you mean that you have interests and activities, particularly outside your work, which make your life enjoyable and worthwhile.
- have had it — Usually, haves. an individual or group that has wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have-not).
- have issues — If someone has issues with a particular aspect of their life, they have problems connected with it.
- have it bad — suffer disadvantage
- have it off — to have sexual intercourse
- have it out — Usually, haves. an individual or group that has wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have-not).
- hawaii time — Alaska-Hawaii time.
- hawkishness — resembling a hawk, as in appearance or behavior.
- hawser-laid — cablelaid (def 1).
- head height — head level
- head injury — wound to the head
- head margin — the empty space between the first line or other printed element on a page and the top of the page.
- head office — headquarters
- head waiter — a person in charge of waiters, busboys, etc., in a restaurant or dining car.
- head-strict — (theory) A head-strict function will not necessarily evaluate every cons cell of its (list) argument, but whenever it does evaluate a cons cell it will also evaluate the element in the head of that cell. An example of a head-strict function is beforeZero :: [Int] -> [Int] beforeZero [] = [] beforeZero (0:xs) = [] beforeZero (x:xs) = x : beforeZero xs which returns a list up to the first zero. This pattern of evaluation is important because it is common in functions which operate on a list of inputs. See also tail-strict, hyperstrict.
- head-waiter — a person in charge of waiters, busboys, etc., in a restaurant or dining car.
- headbanging — rhythmical moving of the head up and down in dancing to heavy metal
- headbutting — Present participle of headbutt.
- headhunting — a headhunting expedition: The men left the village to go on a headhunt.
- heading dog — a dog that heads off a flock of sheep or a single sheep
- headshaking — The act of shaking one's head, in disagreement or disapproval.
- headstripes — Plural form of headstripe.
- headwaiters — Plural form of headwaiter.
- health risk — something that could cause harm to people's health
- healthiness — possessing or enjoying good health or a sound and vigorous mentality: a healthy body; a healthy mind.
- hear things — a material object without life or consciousness; an inanimate object.
- hearing aid — a compact electronic amplifier worn to improve one's hearing, usually placed in or behind the ear.
- hearing dog — a dog that has been trained to alert a hearing-impaired person to sounds, as a telephone ringing or dangerous noises.
- heart river — a river in SW North Dakota, flowing E to the Missouri River. 180 miles (290 km) long.
- heartaching — emotional pain or distress; sorrow; grief; anguish.
- heartstring — Singular of heartstrings.
- heat engine — a mechanical device designed to transform part of the heat entering it into work.
- heat island — an urban area having higher average temperature than its rural surroundings owing to the greater absorption, retention, and generation of heat by its buildings, pavements, and human activities.
- heat shield — a coating or structure that surrounds part of the nose cone or other vulnerable surfaces of a spacecraft and, by heat absorption or ablation, protects them from excessive heating during reentry.
- heat-island — an urban area having higher average temperature than its rural surroundings owing to the greater absorption, retention, and generation of heat by its buildings, pavements, and human activities.