12-letter words containing h, i, s, t, a
- hearing test — a test to establish whether someone's hearing is normal or whether they have suffered some degree of hearing loss
- heartstrings — (obsolete, anatomy) The tendons once thought to brace the heart. (15th-19th c.).
- heat-seeking — A heat-seeking missile or device is one that is able to detect a source of heat.
- heavyweights — Plural form of heavyweight.
- helianthuses — Plural form of helianthus.
- hellgramites — Plural form of hellgramite.
- hemarthrosis — (pathology) bleeding in the joints.
- hematologist — the study of the nature, function, and diseases of the blood and of blood-forming organs.
- hemihydrates — Plural form of hemihydrate.
- hemiparasite — A plant that obtains or may obtain part of its food by parasitism, e.g., mistletoe, which also photosynthesizes.
- hepatotoxins — Plural form of hepatotoxin.
- hernioplasty — an operation for the repair of a hernia.
- hesitatingly — In a hesitating manner.
- hessian boot — a knee-high tasseled boot, fashionable in England in the early 19th century.
- heterauxesis — an unequal or asymmetrical growth of cells, parts of plants or animals
- heteroousian — a person who believes the Father and the Son to be unlike in substance or essence; an Arian (opposed to Homoousian).
- heteroplasia — the replacement of normal cells by abnormal cells, as in cancer.
- heterosocial — relating to or denoting mixed-sex social relationships
- heterotopias — Plural form of heterotopia.
- hibernations — Plural form of hibernation.
- hidradenitis — (medicine) inflammation of the sweat glands.
- hidrocystoma — An adenoma of the sweat glands.
- hierarchists — hierarchical principles, rule, or influence.
- high treason — treason against the sovereign or state.
- hill station — a village, post, or the like, especially in S Asia, at a high altitude where government officials and others can be stationed to escape the great heat of tropical summers.
- hindquarters — the posterior end of a halved carcass of beef, lamb, etc., sectioned usually between the twelfth and thirteenth ribs.
- hippophagist — a person who eats horseflesh.
- hippopotamus — a large herbivorous mammal, Hippopotamus amphibius, having a thick hairless body, short legs, and a large head and muzzle, found in and near the rivers, lakes, etc., of Africa, and able to remain under water for a considerable time.
- histiocytoma — A tumour consisting of histiocytes.
- histographic — a treatise on or description of organic tissues.
- histological — the branch of biology dealing with the study of tissues.
- historically — of, pertaining to, treating, or characteristic of history or past events: historical records; historical research.
- histrionical — (British) Alternative form of histrionic.
- hit and miss — unpredictable, unreliable
- hit the sack — a large bag of strong, coarsely woven material, as for grain, potatoes, or coal.
- hit-and-miss — sometimes successful or rewarding and sometimes not.
- hold against — resent sb for sth
- holistically — incorporating the concept of holism, or the idea that the whole is more than merely the sum of its parts, in theory or practice: holistic psychology.
- holophrastic — using or consisting of a single word that functions as a phrase or sentence.
- holothurians — Plural form of holothurian.
- home staging — the professional service of preparing homes for sale in such a way as to appeal to potential buyers and generate higher selling prices: Realtors who encourage sellers to invest in home staging are reporting substantial monetary returns—for both themselves and their clients.
- homeopathist — a person who practices or favors homeopathy.
- homesteading — a dwelling with its land and buildings, occupied by the owner as a home and exempted by a homestead law from seizure or sale for debt.
- homoeostasis — Alternative spelling of homeostasis.
- hootenannies — Plural form of hootenanny.
- horse trials — a competitive sporting event at which riders have to show their skill in dressage, show-jumping, and cross-country
- horse's tail — burro's tail.
- hospital bed — a bed having side rails that can be raised or lowered and a mattress base in three jointed sections so that the head, foot, or middle may be raised by a crank or motor, allowing a patient to lie in various positions, as a therapeutic aid or for comfort.
- hospitalised — to place in a hospital for medical care or observation: The doctor hospitalized grandfather as soon as she checked his heart.
- hospitalists — Plural form of hospitalist.