10-letter words containing h, o, l, e, n
- helmswomen — Plural form of helmswoman.
- hemelytron — one of the forewings of a true bug, having a hard, thick basal portion and a thinner, membranous apex.
- hemiglobin — methemoglobin.
- hemoglobin — the oxygen-carrying pigment of red blood cells that gives them their red color and serves to convey oxygen to the tissues: occurs in reduced form (deoxyhemoglobin) in venous blood and in combination with oxygen (oxyhemoglobin) in arterial blood. Symbol: Hb.
- hemolysins — Plural form of hemolysin.
- heptagonal — having seven sides or angles.
- heptathlon — an athletic contest for women comprising seven different track-and-field events and won by the contestant amassing the highest total score.
- herakleion — a seaport in N Crete.
- heronsbill — any of a genus (Erodium) of plants of the geranium family, with fine leaves and yellow, white, or reddish flowers
- herrenvolk — master race.
- hollowness — having a space or cavity inside; not solid; empty: a hollow sphere.
- holoenzyme — an enzyme complete in both its apoenzyme and coenzyme components.
- holofernes — (in the Book of Judith) a general, serving Nebuchadnezzar, who was killed by Judith.
- holohedron — a holohedral form or crystal
- holstering — Present participle of holster.
- holystoned — Simple past tense and past participle of holystone.
- holystones — Plural form of holystone.
- home-alone — (esp of a young child) left in a house, flat, etc unattended
- homeliness — lacking in physical attractiveness; not beautiful; unattractive: a homely child.
- homolosine — (cartography) Being or employing a particular pseudocylindrical, equal-area, composite projection used for world maps.
- honourable — (British spelling) Alternative form of honorable.
- honourless — Without honour; dishonourable or dishonoured.
- hornblende — a dark-green to black mineral of the amphibole group, calcium magnesium iron and hydroxyl aluminosilicate.
- hornblower — One who, or that which, blows a horn.
- horned owl — any large owl of the genus Bubo, having prominent ear tufts: family Strigidae
- hortensial — (obsolete) Fit for a garden.
- hostelling — Also called youth hostel. an inexpensive, supervised lodging place for young people on bicycle trips, hikes, etc.
- hounsfield — ˈGodfrey Newˌbold (ˈnuˌboʊld ) ; no̅oˈbōldˌ) 1919-2004; Brit. engineer & inventor: developed the CAT scanner
- hour angle — the angle, measured westward through 360°, between the celestial meridian of an observer and the hour circle of a celestial body.
- houseclean — to subject (a house, room, etc.) to housecleaning.
- houselling — administration of the Eucharist
- houseplant — an ornamental plant that is grown indoors or adapts well to indoor culture.
- hucklebone — hipbone.
- huddleston — (Ernest Urban) Trevor, 1913–1998, English Anglican archbishop and antiapartheid activist in Africa.
- hyalophane — a variety of orthoclase in which some of the potassium is replaced by barium.
- hydroplane — a seaplane.
- iconophile — a connoisseur of icons or images.
- inchoately — not yet completed or fully developed; rudimentary.
- indophenol — a quinonimine derivative that is the parent substance of the blue and green indophenol dyes.
- isohalines — a line on a map of the ocean connecting all points of equal salinity.
- john locke — Alain LeRoy [al-in luh-roi,, lee-roi] /ˈæl ɪn ləˈrɔɪ,, ˈli rɔɪ/ (Show IPA), 1886–1954, U.S. educator and author.
- john rolfe — John, 1585–1622, English colonist in Virginia (husband of Pocahontas).
- john tyler — John, 1790–1862, 10th president of the U.S. 1841–45.
- kalanchoes — Plural form of kalanchoe.
- kenilworth — a town in central Warwickshire, in central England, SE of Birmingham.
- keogh plan — a pension plan for an unincorporated business entity or self-employed person.
- korn shell — (ksh) A command interpreter for Unix.
- lagerphone — (Australia) A generally homemade percussion instrument consisting of crown cap beer bottle tops loosely nailed to a pole (often a broom handle) and a board mounted cross-ways on the pole (the head of the broom), and played by striking the pole on the ground or with a stick, by drawing the serrated stick across the pole, or by shaking the instrument. (From 1952.).
- lake huron — a member of an Indian tribe, the northwestern member of the Iroquoian family, living west of Lake Huron.
- landholder — a holder, owner, or occupant of land.