10-letter words containing h, s, a
- half story — a usable living space within a sloping roof, usually having dormer windows for lighting.
- half twist — Diving. a dive made by a half rotation of the body on its long axis. Compare full twist.
- half-arsed — incompetent; inept; badly organized
- half-assed — insufficient or haphazard; not fully planned or developed.
- half-caste — a contemptuous term used to refer to a person of mixed racial or ethnic descent.
- half-shaft — The half-shaft or half axle is the shaft in a vehicle along which power is sent from the final drive to one driven wheel or a pair of wheels.
- half-share — a share, as in profits, equal to one half.
- half-smile — a smile that is uncertain or short-lived
- half-staff — half-mast.
- half-stuff — (in a manufacturing process) any material half formed, especially partly prepared pulp for making paper.
- halieutics — (literature) A treatise upon fish or the art of fishing.
- hall-jones — Sir William. 1851–1936, New Zealand statesman, born in England: prime minister of New Zealand (1906)
- halloysite — a refractory clay mineral similar in composition to kaolinite.
- halobionts — Plural form of halobiont.
- haloclines — Plural form of halocline.
- halogenous — (chemistry)describes a compound containing a halogen as part of the molecule.
- halophiles — Plural form of halophile.
- halophytes — Plural form of halophyte.
- ham sth up — If actors or actresses ham it up, they exaggerate every emotion and gesture when they are acting, often deliberately because they think that the audience will be more amused.
- ham-fisted — clumsy, inept, or heavy-handed: a ham-handed approach to dealing with people that hurts a lot of feelings.
- hamadryads — Plural form of hamadryad.
- hamantasch — a small triangular cake often made with yeast and filled with a mixture of poppy seeds and honey or with prune paste, prepared especially for the festival of Purim.
- hamburgers — Plural form of hamburger.
- hamesucken — the offence of attacking a person in his or her own dwelling
- hammerfest — a seaport in N Norway: the northernmost town in Europe.
- hammerings — a series of punishments or beatings
- hammerkops — Plural form of hammerkop.
- hammerless — (of a firearm) having the hammer concealed within the receiver.
- hammertoes — Plural form of hammertoe.
- hamshackle — to hobble (a cow, horse, etc) by tying a rope around the head and one of the legs
- hamstrings — Plural form of hamstring.
- han cities — a group of three cities in E central China (Hanyang, Hankow, and Wuchang), in SE Hubei at the confluence of the Han and Yangtze Rivers; united in 1950 to form the conurbation of Wuhan, the capital of Hubei province
- hand basin — sink for washing hands
- hand glass — a small mirror with a handle.
- hand press — a printing press requiring hand operation.
- hand screw — a screw that can be tightened by the fingers, without the aid of a tool.
- hand-spike — a bar used as a lever.
- hand-spray — an attachment to a shower, sink unit, etc, that is not fixed in place but can instead be moved in order to aid washing
- handbasket — a small basket with a handle for carrying by hand.
- handbrakes — Plural form of handbrake.
- handclasps — Plural form of handclasp.
- handcrafts — Plural form of handcraft.
- handedness — a tendency to use one hand more than the other.
- handfasted — Simple past tense and past participle of handfast.
- handlebars — Usually, handlebars. the curved steering bar of a bicycle, motorcycle, etc., placed in front of the rider and gripped by the hands. handlebar moustache.
- handleless — a part of a thing made specifically to be grasped or held by the hand.
- handphones — Plural form of handphone.
- handpieces — Plural form of handpiece.
- handprints — Plural form of handprint.
- hands down — of, belonging to, using, or used by the hand.