10-letter words containing i, r, h, y, t
- hair style — a style of cutting, arranging, or combing the hair; hairdo; coiffure.
- hairstyles — Plural form of hairstyle.
- hairy tare — Vicia hirsuta, a vetch plant of Eurasia and N Africa
- heliolatry — worship of the sun.
- heliometry — The measurement of the diameters of heavenly bodies, their relative distances, etc.
- heliotropy — the growth of plants in a particular direction as a response to the stimulus of light, heliotropism
- hereditary — passing, or capable of passing, naturally from parent to offspring through the genes: Blue eyes are hereditary in our family. Compare congenital.
- hermatypic — reef-building coral.
- herniotomy — correction of a hernia by a cutting procedure.
- hesitatory — Hesitating.
- hierolatry — worship or veneration of saints or sacred things.
- himyaritic — of or relating to the Himyarites and to the remains of their civilization.
- hirability — able to be hired; fit for hiring.
- hybrid tea — a type of cultivated rose originally produced chiefly by crossing the tea rose and the hybrid perpetual.
- hydrastine — an alkaloid, C 21 H 21 NO 6 , that is extracted from the roots of goldenseal and forms prismatic crystals: used as an astringent and to inhibit uterine bleeding.
- hydriodate — (obsolete, inorganic chemistry) iodide.
- hydrolytic — producing, noting, or resulting in hydrolysis.
- hydrotaxis — oriented movement toward or away from water.
- hylotropic — (of a substance) capable of undergoing a change in phase, as from a liquid to a gas, with no change in the original proportions of its constituents.
- hyperbatic — relating to a hyperbaton
- hypergiant — (star) A star that is extremely massive and even more luminous than a supergiant.
- hyperlight — Faster than light speed.
- hypertonia — increased rigidity, tension, and spasticity of the muscles.
- hypertonic — Physiology. of or relating to hypertonia.
- hypertoxic — of, pertaining to, affected with, or caused by a toxin or poison: a toxic condition.
- hypnotizer — One who, or that which, hypnotizes.
- hypocretin — Either of the peptide hormones orexin.
- hypocrites — Plural form of hypocrite.
- hypocritic — Synonym of hypocritical.
- hypometria — Dysmetria in which the patient tends to undershoot the intended target.
- hypometric — Smaller than normally measured.
- hysteresis — the lag in response exhibited by a body in reacting to changes in the forces, especially magnetic forces, affecting it. Compare magnetic hysteresis.
- hysteretic — the lag in response exhibited by a body in reacting to changes in the forces, especially magnetic forces, affecting it. Compare magnetic hysteresis.
- hysterical — of, relating to, or characterized by hysteria.
- hystericky — prone to or characterized by hysteria
- hysteritis — an inflammation of the uterus
- hystorical — Nonstandard spelling of historical.
- hystricine — Like or pertaining to porcupines.
- inherently — existing in someone or something as a permanent and inseparable element, quality, or attribute; inhering: an inherent distrust of strangers.
- inhibitory — to restrain, hinder, arrest, or check (an action, impulse, etc.).
- interglyph — a surface between two grooves, as on a triglyph.
- irrhythmic — Having no rhythm.
- kshatriyas — Plural form of kshatriya.
- labyrinths — Plural form of labyrinth.
- lathyritic — Of or pertaining to lathyrism.
- leiotrichy — the condition of having straight hair
- light year — Astronomy. the distance traversed by light in one mean solar year, about 5.88 trillion mi. (9.46 trillion km): used as a unit in measuring stellar distances. Abbreviation: lt-yr.
- light-year — Astronomy. the distance traversed by light in one mean solar year, about 5.88 trillion mi. (9.46 trillion km): used as a unit in measuring stellar distances. Abbreviation: lt-yr.
- litholatry — the worship of stones
- lithotrity — the operation of crushing stone in the urinary bladder into particles small enough to be voided.