10-letter words containing l, o, i, s
- horologist — an expert in horology.
- horseflies — Plural form of horsefly.
- horsetails — Plural form of horsetail.
- hortensial — (obsolete) Fit for a garden.
- hospitable — receiving or treating guests or strangers warmly and generously: a hospitable family.
- hospitably — receiving or treating guests or strangers warmly and generously: a hospitable family.
- hospitaler — a member of the religious and military order (Knights Hospitalers or Knights of St. John of Jerusalem) originating about the time of the first Crusade (1096–99) and taking its name from a hospital at Jerusalem.
- hospitalet — a city in NE Spain, near Barcelona.
- hostelling — Also called youth hostel. an inexpensive, supervised lodging place for young people on bicycle trips, hikes, etc.
- hostelries — Plural form of hostelry.
- hosts file — (networking) A text file on a networked computer used to associate host names with IP addresses. A hosts file contains lines consisting of whitespace-separated fields giving an IP address followed by list of host names or aliases associated with that address. The name resolution library software can use this file to look up the IP address for a host name. The hosts file is "/etc/hosts" on Unix and "C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts" or "lmhosts" on Microsoft Windows, In most cases, hosts files have now been almost entirely replaced by DNS, in which distributed servers provide the same information. A hosts file can still be used to override DNS for testing purposes or other special situations.
- hotel ship — a ship which is moored and used as a hotel
- hounsfield — ˈGodfrey Newˌbold (ˈnuˌboʊld ) ; no̅oˈbōldˌ) 1919-2004; Brit. engineer & inventor: developed the CAT scanner
- houseflies — Plural form of housefly.
- houselight — One of the lights in an auditorium.
- houselling — administration of the Eucharist
- hoverflies — Plural form of hoverfly.
- humicolous — of or relating to organisms that live in or on soil.
- humoralism — a theory of the composition and workings of the human body, based on the idea that it was filled with four basic substances, or humours, adopted by Greek and Roman physicians and philosophers.
- humoralist — a person who believes in humoralism
- hydrofoils — Plural form of hydrofoil.
- hydrolysis — chemical decomposition in which a compound is split into other compounds by reacting with water.
- hydrosolic — of or relating to a hydrosol
- hylotheism — any philosophical doctrine identifying a god or gods with matter.
- hylotheist — an adherent of hylotheism
- hypoplasia — Pathology. abnormal deficiency of cells or structural elements.
- hystorical — Nonstandard spelling of historical.
- iconoclasm — the action or spirit of iconoclasts.
- iconoclast — a person who attacks cherished beliefs, traditional institutions, etc., as being based on error or superstition.
- idealogies — Misspelling of ideologies.
- ideologies — the body of doctrine, myth, belief, etc., that guides an individual, social movement, institution, class, or large group.
- ideologise — to render ideological
- ideologist — an expert in ideology.
- ideologues — Plural form of ideologue.
- idioblasts — Plural form of idioblast.
- idolatress — A female idolater.
- idolatries — Plural form of idolatry.
- idolatrous — worshiping idols.
- idoloclast — a breaker of idols; iconoclast
- ill-sorted — badly matched; poorly arranged.
- illinoisan — a native or inhabitant of Illinois.
- illuminous — (obsolete) bright; clear.
- illusional — of, relating to, or characterized by illusions; deceptive; misleading.
- illusioned — something that deceives by producing a false or misleading impression of reality.
- illusorily — causing illusion; deceptive; misleading.
- illustrous — (obsolete, rare) Without lustre.
- imbroglios — Plural form of imbroglio.
- immobilise — to make immobile or immovable; fix in place.
- immobilism — Deep-seated resistance to political change.
- immodestly — not modest in conduct, utterance, etc.; indecent; shameless.