11-letter words containing h, i, e
- heterotopia — misplacement or displacement, as of an organ.
- heterotrich — any ciliate of the suborder Heterotricha, having the body covered uniformly with short cilia.
- heterotypic — of or relating to the first or reductional division in meiosis.
- heuristical — Of or pertaining to heuristics.
- hexadecimal — Also, hex. of or relating to a numbering system that uses 16 as the radix, employing the numerals 0 through 9 and representing digits greater than 9 with the letters A through F.
- hexametrist — a person who writes in hexameters
- hexametrize — to write or put into hexameters
- hexanitrate — any compound containing six nitrate groups.
- hexapartite — sexpartite.
- hexastichal — of or pertaining to a hexastich
- hexastichon — hexastich.
- hexidecimal — (spelling) Mis-spelling of "hexadecimal".
- heyagashira — (sumo) the rikishi of highest rank in a particular heya.
- hib vaccine — a vaccine against meningitis, pneumonia, and other illnesses caused by the bacterium Haemophilus influenzae type b: usually administered during infancy.
- hibernacula — Plural form of hibernaculum.
- hibernating — Present participle of hibernate.
- hibernation — Zoology. to spend the winter in close quarters in a dormant condition, as bears and certain other animals. Compare estivate.
- hibernators — Plural form of hibernator.
- hibernicism — an idiom or characteristic peculiar to Irish English or to the Irish.
- hibernicize — to make Irish in character.
- hicky-horse — a seesaw.
- hidden flag — (scientific computation) An extra option added to a routine without changing the calling sequence. For example, instead of adding an explicit input variable to instruct a routine to give extra diagnostic output, the programmer might just add a test for some otherwise meaningless feature of the existing inputs, such as a negative mass. The use of hidden flags can make a program very hard to debug and understand, but is all too common wherever programs are hacked in a hurry.
- hidden hand — an unknown force or influence believed to be the cause of certain, often unfortunate, events
- hideki tojo — Hideki [hee-de-kee] /ˈhi dɛˌki/ (Show IPA), 1884–1948, Japanese general: executed for war crimes.
- hideousness — horrible or frightful to the senses; repulsive; very ugly: a hideous monster.
- hierarchial — Alternative form of hierarchical.
- hierarchies — any system of persons or things ranked one above another.
- hierarchise — to arrange in a hierarchy.
- hierarchism — hierarchical principles, rule, or influence.
- hierarchist — hierarchical principles, rule, or influence.
- hierarchize — to arrange in a hierarchy.
- hierodeacon — a monk who is also a deacon.
- hieroglyphs — Plural form of hieroglyph.
- hierography — a treatise on religion or sacred things
- hieronymite — a member of a congregation of hermits named after St. Jerome.
- hierophants — Plural form of hierophant.
- hierophobia — an irrational fear of sacred objects or people
- hierophobic — a person who suffers from hierophobia
- hierurgical — of or relating to sacred rites
- high blower — a horse that produces a blowing sound when exhaling.
- high comedy — comedy dealing with polite society, characterized by sophisticated, witty dialogue and an intricate plot.
- high german — the group of West Germanic languages that in a.d. c400–c500 underwent the second consonant shift described by Grimm's Law. Abbreviation: HG.
- high jumper — a participant in the high jump.
- high places — (in ancient Semitic religions) a place of worship, usually a temple or altar on a hilltop.
- high priest — a chief priest.
- high relief — sculptured relief in which volumes are strongly projected from the background.
- high roller — a person who gambles for large stakes, as in a casino.
- high season — period of greatest activity
- high street — town's main street
- high summer — High summer is the middle of summer.