10-letter words containing h, o, t, i
- ghostliest — Superlative form of ghostly.
- ghostwrite — (intransitive) To write under the name of another (especially literary works).
- gipsy moth — a European moth, Lymantria dispar, introduced into North America, where it is a serious pest of shade trees: family Lymantriidae (or Liparidae)
- give forth — to send forth; emit; issue
- go in with — share cost
- go without — be deprived of, not have
- goatfishes — Plural form of goatfish.
- goldsmiths — Plural form of goldsmith.
- goliathise — to play Goliath, exaggerate extravagantly
- goliathize — to exaggerate extravagantly
- good faith — accordance with standards of honesty, trust, sincerity, etc. (usually preceded by in): If you act in good faith, he'll have no reason to question your motives.
- good night — enjoyable evening, night
- good thing — (convention) (From the 1930 Sellar and Yeatman parody "1066 And All That") Often capitalised; always pronounced as if capitalised. 1. Self-evidently wonderful to anyone in a position to notice: "The Trailblazer's 19.2 Kbaud PEP mode with on-the-fly Lempel-Ziv compression is a Good Thing for sites relaying netnews". 2. Something that can't possibly have any ill side-effects and may save considerable grief later: "Removing the self-modifying code from that shared library would be a Good Thing". 3. When said of software tools or libraries, as in "Yacc is a Good Thing", specifically connotes that the thing has drastically reduced a programmer's work load. Opposite: Bad Thing, compare big win.
- good-night — a farewell or leave-taking: He said his good-nights before leaving the party.
- goodnights — Plural form of goodnight.
- gothically — In a gothic way.
- graphitoid — resembling graphite
- grouchiest — Superlative form of grouchy.
- groupthink — the practice of approaching problems or issues as matters that are best dealt with by consensus of a group rather than by individuals acting independently; conformity.
- grow light — a fluorescent light bulb designed to emit light of a wavelength conducive to plant growth.
- habilatory — relating to clothes or dressed in clothes
- habitation — a place of residence; dwelling; abode.
- hackintosh — 1. (jargon, computer) An Apple Lisa that has been hacked into emulating a Macintosh (also called a "Mac XL"). 2. (jargon, computer) A Macintosh assembled from parts theoretically belonging to different models in the line.
- haddington — former name of East Lothian.
- haematosis — Alternative form of hematosis.
- haemolytic — of or relating to the disintegration of red blood cells
- haemotoxic — destructive to red blood cells
- haemotoxin — a substance that destroys red blood cells
- hagiolatry — the worship of saints.
- hailstones — Plural form of hailstone.
- hailstorms — Plural form of hailstorm.
- halloysite — a refractory clay mineral similar in composition to kaolinite.
- halobionts — Plural form of halobiont.
- halobiotic — relating to habitation in the sea
- halophytic — Growing well under salty conditions.
- hand it to — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- haplobiont — an organism, esp a plant, that exists in either the diploid form or the haploid form (but never alternates between these forms) during its life cycle
- happi coat — a Japanese lounging jacket with wide, loose sleeves and often an overlapping front closure usually tied with a sash.
- harmonists — Plural form of harmonist.
- harrington — James. 1611–77, English republican and writer. He described his ideal form of government in Oceana (1656)
- hateration — (African American Vernacular English, slang) Hatred, hostility, animus.
- haustorium — a projection from the hypha of a fungus into the organic matter from which it absorbs nutrients.
- hectokilo- — one hundred thousand; the factor 105
- hectoliter — a unit of capacity equal to 100 liters, equivalent to 2.8378 U.S. bushels, or 26.418 U.S. gallons. Abbreviation: hl.
- hectolitre — a unit of capacity equal to 100 liters, equivalent to 2.8378 U.S. bushels, or 26.418 U.S. gallons. Abbreviation: hl.
- hectorship — the quality or character of a hector
- hedonistic — a person whose life is devoted to the pursuit of pleasure and self-gratification.
- hegemonist — the policy or practice of hegemony to serve national interests.
- hektoliter — a unit of capacity equal to 100 liters, equivalent to 2.8378 U.S. bushels, or 26.418 U.S. gallons. Abbreviation: hl.
- helicopter — any of a class of heavier-than-air craft that are lifted and sustained in the air horizontally by rotating wings or blades turning on vertical axes through power supplied by an engine.