10-letter words containing h, s, a
- 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
- hippotamus — Obsolete spelling and common present-day misspelling of hippopotamus.
- hispanidad — hispanism, especially as directed toward political objectives.
- hispaniola — an island in the West Indies, comprising the republic of Haiti and the Dominican Republic. 29,843 sq. mi. (77,293 sq. km).
- histamines — Plural form of histamine.
- histaminic — Biochemistry, Physiology. a heterocyclic amine, C 5 H 9 N 3 , released by mast cells when tissue is injured or in allergic and inflammatory reactions, causing dilation of small blood vessels and smooth muscle contraction.
- histoblast — a cell or group of cells capable of forming tissue.
- histograms — Plural form of histogram.
- historians — Plural form of historian.
- historical — of, pertaining to, treating, or characteristic of history or past events: historical records; historical research.
- hla system — human leucocyte antigen system; a group of the most important antigens responsible for tissue compatibility, together with the genes that encode them. For tissue and organ transplantation to be successful there needs to be a minimum number of HLA differences between the donor's and recipient's tissue
- hoarseness — having a vocal tone characterized by weakness of intensity and excessive breathiness; husky: the hoarse voice of the auctioneer.
- hofstadter — Richard, 1916–70, U.S. historian.
- hold hands — clasp each another's hand
- hollow sea — an ocean wave formation in which the rise from troughs to crests is very steep.
- 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.
- holophrase — a word functioning as a phrase or sentence, as the imperative Go!
- holy grass — any of several fragrant grasses of the genus Hierochloë, especially H. odorata, the vanilla grass.
- home sales — the sale of houses and flats; property sales
- home scrap — scrap steel reprocessed in the steel mill in which it was produced.
- home stand — a series of consecutive sports events, as baseball games, played in a team's own stadium.
- home state — the state where a person comes from, or where they live
- homemakers — Plural form of homemaker.
- homesteads — Plural form of homestead.
- homoblasty — the state of being homoblastic
- homogamous — Botany. having flowers or florets that do not differ sexually (opposed to heterogamous). having the stamens and pistils maturing simultaneously (opposed to dichogamous).
- homografts — Plural form of homograft.
- homographs — a word of the same written form as another but of different meaning and usually origin, whether pronounced the same way or not, as bear 1 “to carry; support” and bear 2 “animal” or lead 1 “to conduct” and lead 2 “metal.”.
- homoiousia — The doctrine of the homoiousians.
- 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).
- 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.
- honoraries — Plural form of honorary.
- hoop snake — any of several harmless snakes, as the mud snake and rainbow snake, fabled to take its tail in its mouth and roll along like a hoop.
- hopsacking — bagging made chiefly of hemp and jute.
- horse balm — a lemon-scented plant, Collinsonia canadensis, of eastern North America, having small yellow flowers.
- horse bean — fava bean.
- horse clam — gaper.
- horse race — a contest of speed among horses that either are ridden by jockeys or pull sulkies and their drivers.
- horse rake — a large-wheeled rake drawn by a horse.
- horse-race — a contest of speed among horses that either are ridden by jockeys or pull sulkies and their drivers.
- horsedrawn — Alternative spelling of horse-drawn.
- horselaugh — a loud, coarse laugh, especially of derision.
- horseraces — Plural form of horserace.
- horsetails — Plural form of horsetail.
- horsewoman — a woman who rides on horseback.
- hortensial — (obsolete) Fit for a garden.
- hospitable — receiving or treating guests or strangers warmly and generously: a hospitable family.