10-letter words containing h, o, l, a
- heriotable — liable for the payment of a heriot
- heroically — Also, heroical. of, relating to, or characteristic of a hero or heroine.
- hexaploidy — the condition of being a hexaploid
- hidalgoish — resembling a hidalgo
- hidalgoism — the position or practice of a hidalgo
- hierolatry — worship or veneration of saints or sacred things.
- hispaniola — an island in the West Indies, comprising the republic of Haiti and the Dominican Republic. 29,843 sq. mi. (77,293 sq. km).
- histoblast — a cell or group of cells capable of forming tissue.
- historical — of, pertaining to, treating, or characteristic of history or past events: historical records; historical research.
- hol hamoed — the period between the first and last two days of Passover or Sukkoth, consisting of four days during Passover and five days during Sukkoth and having less than full festival status.
- hold hands — clasp each another's hand
- hold water — a transparent, odorless, tasteless liquid, a compound of hydrogen and oxygen, H 2 O, freezing at 32°F or 0°C and boiling at 212°F or 100°C, that in a more or less impure state constitutes rain, oceans, lakes, rivers, etc.: it contains 11.188 percent hydrogen and 88.812 percent oxygen, by weight.
- holdup man — a person who commits an armed robbery.
- 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.
- hollow sea — an ocean wave formation in which the rise from troughs to crests is very steep.
- hollowware — silver dishes, as serving dishes, having some depth (distinguished from flatware).
- holocarpic — (of a fungus) having the entire thallus converted into fruiting bodies.
- holocausts — Plural form of holocaust.
- hologamous — of or relating to an organism having reproductive cells similar in size and structure to the somatic cells.
- holographs — Plural form of holograph.
- holography — the process or technique of making holograms.
- holohedral — (of a crystal) having all the planes or faces required by the maximum symmetry of the system to which it belongs.
- holophotal — reflecting and redirecting all or a large amount of the light from a source
- holophrase — a word functioning as a phrase or sentence, as the imperative Go!
- holy bread — bread used in a Eucharistic service, both before and after consecration.
- holy grail — grail (def 1).
- holy grass — any of several fragrant grasses of the genus Hierochloë, especially H. odorata, the vanilla grass.
- holy place — somewhere sacred
- holy water — water blessed by a priest.
- homaloidal — (of a space or surface, etc) flat, in the form of a plane
- home leave — holiday time for a person who works abroad, during which they can go home
- home plate — the base at which the batter stands and which a base runner must reach safely in order to score a run, typically a five-sided slab of whitened rubber set at ground level at the front corner of the diamond.
- home sales — the sale of houses and flats; property sales
- home-alone — (esp of a young child) left in a house, flat, etc unattended
- homoblasty — the state of being homoblastic
- homocercal — having an equally divided tail, characteristic of adult modern bony fishes.
- homologate — to approve; confirm or ratify.
- homophilia — (dated) homosexuality.
- homosexual — Older Use: Sometimes Disparaging. sexually attracted to members of one's own sex: homosexual students.
- homosocial — Pertaining to homosociality, to social interaction with the same sex.
- homotaxial — a similarity of arrangement, as of geologic strata or fossil assemblages that have the same relative position but are not necessarily contemporaneous.
- homuncular — an artificially made dwarf, supposedly produced in a flask by an alchemist.
- honorarily — given for honor only, without the usual requirements, duties, privileges, emoluments, etc.: The university presented the new governor with an honorary degree.
- honourable — (British spelling) Alternative form of honorable.
- honourably — (British) In a honourable manner.
- horizontal — at right angles to the vertical; parallel to level ground.
- hormonally — In a hormonal way.
- horrifical — Of or pertaining to horror.
- horse balm — a lemon-scented plant, Collinsonia canadensis, of eastern North America, having small yellow flowers.
- horse clam — gaper.