10-letter words containing h, i, l, d
- hard light — directed light, especially light whose beams are relatively parallel, producing distinct shadows and a harsher modeling effect on the subject.
- hard lines — bad luck
- hard-liner — a person who adheres rigidly to a dogma, theory, or plan.
- hardboiled — Alternative spelling of hard-boiled.
- hardliners — Plural form of hardliner.
- hardwarily — /hard-weir'*-lee/ In a way pertaining to hardware. "The system is hardwarily unreliable." The adjective "hardwary" is *not* traditionally used, though it has recently been reported from the U.K. See softwarily.
- harelipped — Usually Offensive. cleft lip.
- harold iii — (Harold Hardrada) 1015–66, king of Norway 1045–66.
- headlights — a light or lamp, usually equipped with a reflector, on the front of an automobile, locomotive, etc.
- headliners — Plural form of headliner.
- headlining — a heading in a newspaper for any written material, sometimes for an illustration, to indicate subject matter, set in larger type than that of the copy and containing one or more words and lines and often several banks.
- heat devil — a wavering, shimmering disturbance of air above or around a hot surface.
- heatshield — A system designed to protect what is behind it against heat.
- heidelberg — a city in NW Baden-Württemberg, in SW Germany: university, founded 1386.
- helicoidal — coiled or curving like a spiral.
- heligoland — Helgoland.
- hemihedral — (of a crystal) having only half the planes or faces required by the maximum symmetry of the system to which it belongs.
- heraclidae — a drama (429? b.c.) by Euripides.
- heraldship — the office or position of a herald
- herbicidal — Of, or relating to herbicides.
- heulandite — a white or transparent, colorless mineral of the zeolite family, hydrous calcium aluminum silicate, CaAl 2 Si 7 O 18 ⋅6H 2 O, occurring in basic volcanic rocks in the form of crystals with a pearly luster.
- hexaploidy — the condition of being a hexaploid
- hidalgoish — resembling a hidalgo
- hidalgoism — the position or practice of a hidalgo
- hidey hole — a nook or cranny used as a hiding place.
- hidey-hole — a nook or cranny used as a hiding place.
- highballed — Simple past tense and past participle of highball.
- highlander — a Gael inhabiting the Highlands of Scotland.
- hightailed — Simple past tense and past participle of hightail.
- hildebrand — Saint (Hildebrand) c1020–85, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1073–85.
- hildegarde — a female given name: from Germanic words meaning “battle” and “protector.”.
- hildesheim — a city in N central Germany.
- hillingdon — a borough of Greater London, England.
- hinderland — a type of linen cloth from Europe
- hinderlans — the buttocks
- hinterland — Often, hinterlands. the remote or less developed parts of a country; back country: The hinterlands are usually much more picturesque than the urban areas.
- hold still — If you hold still, you do not move.
- hold tight — grasp firmly
- holidaying — a day fixed by law or custom on which ordinary business is suspended in commemoration of some event or in honor of some person.
- hollywired — Siliwood
- holodiscus — a genus of flowering deciduous shrubs of the family Rosaceae
- homaloidal — (of a space or surface, etc) flat, in the form of a plane
- home field — A sports team's home field is their own playing field, as opposed to that of other teams.
- hoodlumish — like a hoodlum
- hoodlumism — Behavior characteristic of a hoodlum.
- hotel-dieu — a hospital.
- hounsfield — ˈGodfrey Newˌbold (ˈnuˌboʊld ) ; no̅oˈbōldˌ) 1919-2004; Brit. engineer & inventor: developed the CAT scanner
- humiliated — to cause (a person) a painful loss of pride, self-respect, or dignity; mortify.
- hyalinised — to become hyaline.
- hyalinized — to become hyaline.