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14-letter words containing h, s, i, a

  • hellaciousness — Quality of being hellacious.
  • hello, sailor! — (jargon)   Occasional West Coast equivalent of hello, world; seems to have originated at SAIL, later associated with the game Zork (which also included "hello, aviator" and "hello, implementor"). Originally from the traditional hooker's greeting to a swabbie fresh off the boat, of course.
  • hemerocallises — Plural form of hemerocallis.
  • hemimetabolism — incomplete metamorphosis.
  • hemimetabolous — incomplete metamorphosis.
  • hemingwayesque — of, relating to, or characteristic of Ernest Hemingway or his works.
  • henry j kaiser — Henry J(ohn) 1882–1967, U.S. industrialist.
  • hepatectomised — Alt form hepatectomized.
  • hepaticologist — a person who studies hepaticology
  • heracliteanism — the philosophy of Heraclitus, maintaining the perpetual change of all things, the only abiding thing being the logos, or orderly principle, according to which the change takes place.
  • herald's trick — a conventional method of indicating a tincture, as by printing or carving without color.
  • hereditariness — (rare) The property of being hereditary.
  • heresiographer — a person who writes about heresy
  • hermaphrodites — Plural form of hermaphrodite.
  • hermaphroditus — a son of Hermes and Aphrodite who merged with the nymph Salmacis to form one body
  • herniated disk — an abnormal protrusion of a spinal disk between vertebrae, most often in the lumbar region of the spine, causing pain due to pressure on spinal nerves.
  • hertzian waves — radio waves or other electromagnetic radiation resulting from the oscillations of electricity in a conductor
  • heterographies — Plural form of heterography.
  • heterokaryosis — condition in which a binucleate or multinucleate cell contains genetically dissimilar nuclei.
  • heteroplasties — Plural form of heteroplasty.
  • hexosaminidase — the enzymes that catalyse the metabolism of gangliosides
  • high as a kite — very drunk
  • highhandedness — The property of being highhanded.
  • highland dress — the historical costume, including the plaid, kilt or filibeg, and bonnet, as worn by Highland clansmen and soldiers
  • highland games — a meeting in which competitions in sport, piping, and dancing are held: originating in the Highlands of Scotland
  • highs and lows — If you refer to the highs and lows of someone's life or career, you are referring to both the successful or happy times, and the unsuccessful or bad times.
  • hippopotamuses — Plural form of hippopotamus.
  • histologically — In an histological manner.
  • histopathology — the science dealing with the histological structure of abnormal or diseased tissue; pathological histology.
  • histoplasmosis — an infectious disease of the reticuloendothelial system, caused by the fungus Histoplasma capsulatum and characterized by fever, anemia, and emaciation.
  • historicalness — The quality of being historical.
  • historiography — the body of literature dealing with historical matters; histories collectively.
  • histrionically — of or relating to actors or acting.
  • holiday resort — self-contained vacation spot
  • holiday season — period: November to January
  • holland finish — an oil and sizing or starch finish applied to cotton fabrics to increase their opacity and strength.
  • holometabolism — The complete metamorphosis of an insect.
  • home insurance — Home insurance is insurance coverage for your home, its contents, and your possessions.
  • homogenisation — Alternative spelling of homogenization.
  • horizontalness — The property of being horizontal.
  • horse vaulting — gymnastics performed on horseback
  • horsehair worm — any long, slender worm of the phylum Nematomorpha, developing parasitically on insects and crustaceans, and free-living as adults in streams and ponds.
  • horsetail tree — beefwood (def 1).
  • hospitableness — The quality of being hospitable.
  • hospital board — the group of people responsible for the safe and efficient running of a hospital
  • hospital drama — a TV programme or series based on events in a hospital
  • hospital light — hopper casement.
  • hospital nurse — a hospital nurse works in a hospital, rather than with a general practitioner, in the army, etc
  • hospital train — a military train equipped to transport wounded troops to a hospital.
  • house-cleaning — the act of cleaning a house, room, etc., and its furnishings, especially the act of cleaning thoroughly and completely.
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