10-letter words containing l, i, h, u
- dust whirl — dust devil.
- echinulate — (of a plant or animal) having a covering of prickles or small spines.
- epithelium — The thin tissue forming the outer layer of a body’s surface and lining the alimentary canal and other hollow structures.
- euchlorine — an explosive gaseous mixture of chlorine and chlorine dioxide
- euphonical — (archaic) euphonious; pleasing to the ear.
- europhilia — The love of Europe, Europeans, or European culture.
- euryhaline — (of certain aquatic animals) able to tolerate a wide range of salinity
- faithfully — strict or thorough in the performance of duty: a faithful worker.
- fish flour — powdered fish, high in protein, used as an ingredient in other foods.
- fish louse — any of numerous small crustaceans, especially certain copepods, parasitic on the skin and gills of fish.
- flash unit — an electronic flash and its power supply in a compact unit.
- flaunching — The sloped mortar fillet around the base of a chimney pot, which serves to hold the pot in position and allow rainwater to run off.
- flexihours — hours of work under flexitime
- flourished — to be in a vigorous state; thrive: a period in which art flourished.
- flourisher — One who flourishes.
- flourishes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of flourish.
- fluid head — The fluid head is the pressure which is measured by the height to which fluid that is being pumped can be raised by the pressure.
- flunkeyish — resembling a flunkey
- fluohydric — (chemistry) hydrofluoric.
- flush girt — a girt running parallel to joists and at the same level.
- frightfull — Archaic form of frightful.
- galumphing — to move along heavily and clumsily.
- gaultheria — (botany) Any of the genus Gaultheria of evergreen ericaceous shrubs.
- geophilous — Zoology. terrestrial, as certain snails.
- ghoulishly — In a ghoulish manner.
- gill pouch — branchial pouch.
- glochidium — glochid.
- gnaphalium — Any of the genus Gnaphalium of flowering plants, the cudweeds.
- guildhalls — Plural form of guildhall.
- guilloches — Plural form of guilloche.
- habitually — of the nature of a habit; fixed by or resulting from habit: habitual courtesy.
- half-quire — 12 uniform sheets of paper.
- halieutics — (literature) A treatise upon fish or the art of fishing.
- halleluiah — an exclamation of “hallelujah!”.
- harlequins — Plural form of harlequin.
- hauntingly — remaining in the consciousness; not quickly forgotten: haunting music; haunting memories.
- helianthus — any composite plant of the genus Helianthus, comprising the sunflowers.
- heliopause — the boundary of the heliosphere.
- hellacious — remarkable; astonishing: They're raising a hellacious amount of money in taxes.
- hemophilus — a genus of rod-shaped, parasitic, hemophilic bacteria, certain species of which, as H. influenzae or H. suis, are pathogenic for humans and animals.
- heraclitus — ("the Obscure") c540–c470 b.c, Greek philosopher.
- herophilus — died ?280 bc, Greek anatomist in Alexandria. He was the first to distinguish sensory from motor nerves
- heulandite — a white or transparent, colorless mineral of the zeolite family, hydrous calcium aluminum silicate, CaAl 2 Si 7 O 18 ⋅6H 2 O, occurring in basic volcanic rocks in the form of crystals with a pearly luster.
- hippolytus — Also, Hippolytos [hi-pol-i-tuh s, -tos] /hɪˈpɒl ɪ təs, -ˌtɒs/ (Show IPA). Classical Mythology. the son of Theseus who was falsely accused by his stepmother, Phaedra, of raping her after he had rejected her advances and who was killed by Poseidon in response to the plea of Theseus.
- hirtellous — minutely hirsute.
- holodiscus — a genus of flowering deciduous shrubs of the family Rosaceae
- home-built — built at home
- hoodlumish — like a hoodlum
- hoodlumism — Behavior characteristic of a hoodlum.
- horologium — a building supporting or containing a timepiece, as a clock tower.