11-letter words containing i, n, h
- hornblendic — Of or pertaining to hornblende.
- horripilant — causing horripilation, ie goose flesh, or the flesh to creep
- horrisonant — Having an unpleasant sound.
- horrisonous — sounding dreadful
- horseracing — Alternative form of horse racing.
- hospitalman — an enlisted person working as a hospital assistant; corpsman.
- hot springs — city in central Ark., adjoining a national park: the park has 47 hot mineral springs: pop. 36,000
- hot working — Hot working is a process in which a metal is shaped under pressure at a fairly high temperature.
- hot-desking — the practice of not assigning permanent desks in a workplace, so that employees may work at any available desk
- hot-dogging — to perform unusual or very intricate maneuvers in a sport, especially surfing or skiing.
- hot-selling — (of a good or product) that sells in large numbers
- hot-tubbing — a wooden tub, usually large enough to accommodate several persons, that is filled with hot aerated water and often equipped with a thermostat and whirlpool: used for recreation or physical therapy and often placed out of doors, as on a porch.
- hotel chain — a group of hotels which belong to the same company or owner, or are associated in some way
- house finch — a small common finch, Carpodacus mexicanus, originally of the western U.S. and Mexico and now widely distributed: the males have a red forehead, throat, breast, and rump.
- house-train — to housebreak.
- howe, denis — Denis Howe
- hsing sheng — the process by which many Chinese characters were formed through the combination of two symbols, one phonographic and one logographic, into a single character.
- hsinhailien — Xinhailian.
- hsuan chiao — Taoism (def 2).
- huckstering — Present participle of huckster.
- huffishness — The quality of being huffish.
- human being — any individual of the genus Homo, especially a member of the species Homo sapiens.
- humectation — A moistening.
- humidifying — Present participle of humidify.
- humiliating — lowering the pride, self-respect, or dignity of a person; mortifying: Such a humiliating defeat was good for his overblown ego.
- humiliation — an act or instance of humiliating or being humiliated.
- humming top — a top that hums as it spins
- hummingbird — a very small nectar-sipping New World bird of the family Trochilidae, characterized by the brilliant, iridescent plumage of the male, a slender bill, and narrow wings, the extremely rapid beating of which produces a humming sound: noted for their ability to hover and to fly upward, downward, and backward in a horizontal position.
- humperdinck — Engelbert [eng-uh l-bert;; English eng-guh l-burt] /ˈɛŋ əlˌbɛrt;; English ˈɛŋ gəlˌbɜrt/ (Show IPA), 1854–1921, German composer.
- hurriedness — The state of being hurried.
- husbandlike — resembling a husband
- husking bee — a gathering of farm families or friends to husk corn, usually as part of a celebration or party.
- hyacinthine — of or like the hyacinth.
- hybernating — Present participle of hybernate.
- hybernation — Obsolete spelling of hibernation.
- hybrid corn — a crossbred corn, especially the grain of corn developed by hybridization of repeatedly self-pollinated, and therefore genetically pure, varieties.
- hybridizing — Present participle of hybridize.
- hydnocarpic — of or relating to hydnocarpic acid
- hydralazine — a white crystalline powder, C 8 H 8 N 4 , that dilates blood vessels and is used in the treatment of hypertension.
- hydrocyanic — of or derived from hydrocyanic acid.
- hydrogenize — hydrogenate.
- hydrolyzing — Present participle of hydrolyze.
- hydronation — (chemistry) The formation of a complex with hydrogen.
- hydroponics — the cultivation of plants by placing the roots in liquid nutrient solutions rather than in soil; soilless growth of plants. Compare aeroculture, geoponics (def 2).
- hydroxonium — (chemistry) The cation obtained by reacting a proton with water - H3O+; hydronium.
- hydroxyzine — an antihistaminic compound, C 21 H 27 ClN 2 O 2 , used in the treatment of allergy, nausea, and anxiety.
- hylogenesis — the formation or coming into being of matter
- hymnologist — A composer or compiler of hymns; one versed in hymnology.
- hyoscyamine — a poisonous alkaloid, C 17 H 23 NO 3 , obtained from henbane and other solanaceous plants, used as a sedative, analgesic, mydriatic, and antispasmodic.
- hypercapnia — Excessive carbon dioxide in the bloodstream, typically caused by inadequate respiration.