10-letter words containing h
- areography — the description of the physical features, such as the surface, atmosphere, etc, of the planet Mars
- arimathaea — a town in ancient Palestine. Matt. 27:57.
- arithmancy — divination by the use of numbers, especially by the number of letters in names.
- arithmatic — Misspelling of arithmetic.
- arithmetic — Arithmetic is the part of mathematics that is concerned with the addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division of numbers.
- arms cache — a hidden store of weapons
- arrhythmia — any variation from the normal rhythm in the heartbeat
- arrhythmic — having irregular rhythm
- arrowheads — Plural form of arrowhead.
- arrowsmith — a novel (1925) by Sinclair Lewis.
- art school — tertiary level college for students of art
- artemether — An antimalarial derived from artemisinin, and used to treat multiply drug-resistant strains of falciparum malaria.
- arthralgia — pain in a joint
- arthralgic — Of, pertaining to, or suffering from arthralgia.
- arthritics — Plural form of arthritic.
- arthrodial — a joint, as in the carpal articulations, in which the surfaces glide over each other in movement.
- arthrodire — any of numerous fishes of the extinct order Arthrodira, widely distributed during the Devonian Period, having the anterior part of the body covered by a shield of bony plates.
- arthrogram — an x-ray photograph produced by arthrography.
- arthromere — any of the segments of the body of an arthropod
- arthropoda — the phylum comprising the arthropods.
- arthropods — any invertebrate of the phylum Arthropoda, having a segmented body, jointed limbs, and usually a chitinous shell that undergoes moltings, including the insects, spiders and other arachnids, crustaceans, and myriapods.
- arthrotome — (surgery) A strong scalpel used in the dissection of joints.
- arthrotomy — (medicine) The surgical incision of a joint.
- artichokes — Plural form of artichoke.
- as a whole — If you refer to something as a whole, you are referring to it generally and as a single unit.
- as much as — You use as much as before an amount to suggest that it is surprisingly large.
- asantehene — the ruler of the Ashanti people of Ghana
- ash blonde — pale, grayish blond: ash-blond hair.
- ashkenazic — of or relating to the Ashkenazi Jews
- aspen hill — a city in central Maryland.
- asphaltene — any of the constituents of a bitumen, as asphalt, that are insoluble in pentane, hexane, or naphthalene.
- asphalting — any of various dark-colored, solid, bituminous substances, native in various areas of the earth and composed mainly of hydrocarbon mixtures.
- asphaltite — any of various naturally occurring hydrocarbons that resemble asphalt but have a higher melting point
- aspherical — (of a reflecting surface or lens) deviating slightly from a perfectly spherical shape and relatively free from aberrations.
- asphyxiant — causing asphyxia
- asphyxiate — If someone is asphyxiated, they die or lose consciousness because they are unable to breathe properly.
- assythment — the recompense or redress made for wrongs or damage committed
- asthenopia — a strained condition of the eyes, often with headache, dizziness, etc.
- asthmatics — Plural form of asthmatic.
- astonished — If you are astonished by something, you are very surprised about it.
- astonishes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of astonish.
- astrakhans — Plural form of astrakhan.
- astrograph — a navigational device for projecting altitude curves of the stars and planets onto charts or plotting sheets.
- astrophoto — (astronomy, photography) An image of one or more celestial objects made using techniques of astrophotography.
- asynchrony — a lack of synchronism or coincidence in time.
- at a pinch — If you say that something is possible at a pinch, or in American English if you say that something is possible in a pinch, you mean that it would be possible if it was necessary, but it might not be very comfortable or convenient.
- at a whack — at one time and quickly or without pausing
- at home in — familiar or conversant with
- athabascan — a family of languages spoken by American Indians in most of inland northwest Canada and Alaska, in coastal Oregon and California, and in Arizona and the Rio Grande basin, and including especially Navajo, Apache, and Chipewyan. Compare family (def 14).
- athabaskan — a family of North American Indian languages, including Chipewyan, Hupa, and Navajo