10-letter words containing h, o, n, i, s
- hintermost — Most remote; closest to the outer edge or back.
- hippomanes — (formerly) a substance found on the forehead of a newborn foal or obtained from a mare in foal, thought to act as an aphrodisiac
- hippomenes — the successful suitor of Atalanta.
- hirudinous — leech-like
- hispaniola — an island in the West Indies, comprising the republic of Haiti and the Dominican Republic. 29,843 sq. mi. (77,293 sq. km).
- historians — Plural form of historian.
- histrionic — of or relating to actors or acting.
- hobgoblins — Plural form of hobgoblin.
- holstering — Present participle of holster.
- homeliness — lacking in physical attractiveness; not beautiful; unattractive: a homely child.
- homogenise — to form by blending unlike elements; make homogeneous.
- homolosine — (cartography) Being or employing a particular pseudocylindrical, equal-area, composite projection used for world maps.
- homoousian — a member of a 4th-century a.d. church party that maintained that the essence or substance of the Father and the Son is the same (opposed to Heteroousian).
- honoraries — Plural form of honorary.
- honorifics — Plural form of honorific.
- honorius i — died a.d. 638, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 625–638.
- hoofprints — Plural form of hoofprint.
- hopsacking — bagging made chiefly of hemp and jute.
- horridness — The quality of being horrid.
- hortensial — (obsolete) Fit for a garden.
- hostelling — Also called youth hostel. an inexpensive, supervised lodging place for young people on bicycle trips, hikes, etc.
- hostessing — a woman who receives and entertains guests in her own home or elsewhere.
- hot spring — a thermal spring having water warmer than 98°F (37°C): the water is usually heated by emanation from or passage near hot or molten rock.
- hothousing — Present participle of hothouse.
- hounsfield — ˈGodfrey Newˌbold (ˈnuˌboʊld ) ; no̅oˈbōldˌ) 1919-2004; Brit. engineer & inventor: developed the CAT scanner
- housatonic — a river flowing S from NW Massachusetts through SW Connecticut to Long Island Sound near Stratford, Connecticut. 148 miles (240 km) long.
- house wine — a wine sold unnamed by a restaurant, at a lower price than wines specified on the wine list
- houselling — administration of the Eucharist
- housetrain — To teach a house pet to urinate and defecate outside or in a designated location in the home.
- houstonian — a native or resident of Houston, Texas.
- houstonias — Plural form of houstonia.
- hutchinson — Anne Marbury [mahr-buh-ree] /ˈmɑr bə ri/ (Show IPA), 1591–1643, American religious liberal, born in England: banished from Massachusetts 1637.
- hymnodists — Plural form of hymnodist.
- hypersonic — noting or pertaining to speed that is at least five times that of sound in the same medium.
- hypnotised — Simple past tense and past participle of hypnotise.
- hypnotises — to put in the hypnotic state.
- hypnotists — Plural form of hypnotist.
- hypnotizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hypnotize.
- hypomnesia — Deficiency of the memory.
- hyson skin — the inferior leaves of a Chinese green tea
- idiophones — Plural form of idiophone.
- in cahoots — go cahoots, to share equally; become partners: They went cahoots in the establishment of the store. Also, go in cahoot with, go in cahoots.
- in fashion — a prevailing custom or style of dress, etiquette, socializing, etc.: the latest fashion in dresses.
- incohesive — Not cohesive.
- infosphere — electronic communication and networking as a whole
- ingenhousz — Jan (jɑn). 1730–99, Dutch plant physiologist and physician, who discovered photosynthesis
- inhabitors — Plural form of inhabitor.
- inhalators — Plural form of inhalator.
- inheritors — a person who inherits; heir.
- inhibitors — Plural form of inhibitor.