14-letter words containing h, s, t, r
- heterostrophic — (of a shell) twisting or turning in a different direction
- heterozygosity — having dissimilar pairs of genes for any hereditary characteristic.
- high priestess — the female leader of a tribe, religion, or movement; a female high priest.
- histochemistry — the branch of science dealing with the chemical components of cellular and subcellular tissue.
- 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.
- hit the bricks — a block of clay hardened by drying in the sun or burning in a kiln, and used for building, paving, etc.: traditionally, in the U.S., a rectangle 2.25 × 3.75 × 8 inches (5.7 × 9.5 × 20.3 cm), red, brown, or yellow in color.
- hold to ransom — to keep (prisoners, property, etc) in confinement until payment for their release is made or received
- holiday resort — self-contained vacation spot
- holy sacrament — sacrament (def 2).
- holy scripture — Scripture (def 1).
- home secretary — the secretary of state for the Home Office.
- homotransplant — allograft.
- horizontalness — The property of being horizontal.
- horrorstricken — Alternative spelling of horror-stricken.
- hors de combat — disabled or injured
- horse chestnut — a tree, Aesculus hippocastanum, native to the Old World, having digitate leaves and upright clusters of white flowers.
- horse vaulting — gymnastics performed on horseback
- horse-chestnut — a tree, Aesculus hippocastanum, native to the Old World, having digitate leaves and upright clusters of white flowers.
- horsetail tree — beefwood (def 1).
- horticulturist — the cultivation of a garden, orchard, or nursery; the cultivation of flowers, fruits, vegetables, or ornamental plants.
- 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 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.
- household arts — activities such as sewing, cooking, etc, that are conducted in the running of a household
- housing market — property trade
- human interest — a quality of a story or report, as in a newspaper or on a newscast, that engages attention and sympathy by enabling one to identify readily with the people, problems, and situations described.
- humoristically — In a humoristic way.
- hundredweights — Plural form of hundredweight.
- hunter's sauce — chasseur (def 4).
- hybrid testing — (testing) A combination of top-down testing with bottom-up testing of prioritised or available components.
- hybristophilia — A paraphilia involving attraction to somebody who has committed a crime or outrage.
- hydroacoustics — the study of sound travelling through water
- hydrobiologist — someone who studies or specializes in hydrobiology
- hydrocortisone — Biochemistry. a steroid hormone, C 21 H 30 O 5 , of the adrenal cortex, active in carbohydrate and protein metabolism.
- hydromagnetics — magnetohydrodynamics.
- hydroscopicity — an optical device for viewing objects below the surface of water.
- hygroscopicity — absorbing or attracting moisture from the air.
- hyperacuteness — the state of being extremely acute or aware
- hyperaesthesia — an abnormally acute sense of pain, heat, cold, or touch; algesia.
- hyperaesthesic — relating to an extreme capacity for feeling
- hypercatalexis — the addition of one or more syllables after the final foot in a line of verse.
- hypercriticism — criticism that is carping or unduly harsh.
- hyperextension — the extension of a part of the body beyond normal limits.
- hyperhygienist — Being too hygienic.
- hyperkeratosis — Pathology. proliferation of the cells of the cornea. a thickening of the horny layer of the skin.
- hypermodernist — a person who adheres to hypermodernism
- hyperosteogeny — excessive bone development.