10-letter words containing m, a, s, h
- haustorium — a projection from the hypha of a fungus into the organic matter from which it absorbs nutrients.
- headframes — Plural form of headframe.
- headmaster — the person in charge of a private school.
- headstream — a stream that is the source, or one of the sources, of a river.
- healthsome — healthy; salubrious
- heartworms — Plural form of heartworm.
- heathenism — a belief or practice of heathens; idolatry.
- hectograms — Plural form of hectogram.
- heidenstam — Verner von [ver-nuh r fawn] /ˈvɛr nər fɔn/ (Show IPA), 1859–1940, Swedish poet and novelist: Nobel Prize 1916.
- helmswoman — The female equivalent of a helmsman.
- hematocyst — a cyst containing blood.
- hemostasis — the stoppage of bleeding.
- hemostatic — arresting hemorrhage, as a drug; styptic.
- herbariums — Plural form of herbarium.
- herdswoman — The female equivalent of a herdsman.
- heresimach — a person engaged in combating heresy and heretics.
- hermitages — Plural form of hermitage.
- hetmanship — the position of a hetman
- hexamerous — consisting of or divided into six parts.
- hexameters — Plural form of hexameter.
- hexosamine — any hexose derivative in which a hydroxyl group is replaced by an amino group.
- hidalgoism — the position or practice of a hidalgo
- hierograms — Plural form of hierogram.
- high beams — vehicle's strongest headlights
- hippomanes — (formerly) a substance found on the forehead of a newborn foal or obtained from a mare in foal, thought to act as an aphrodisiac
- hippotamus — Obsolete spelling and common present-day misspelling of hippopotamus.
- histamines — Plural form of histamine.
- histaminic — Biochemistry, Physiology. a heterocyclic amine, C 5 H 9 N 3 , released by mast cells when tissue is injured or in allergic and inflammatory reactions, causing dilation of small blood vessels and smooth muscle contraction.
- histograms — Plural form of histogram.
- hla system — human leucocyte antigen system; a group of the most important antigens responsible for tissue compatibility, together with the genes that encode them. For tissue and organ transplantation to be successful there needs to be a minimum number of HLA differences between the donor's and recipient's tissue
- hologamous — of or relating to an organism having reproductive cells similar in size and structure to the somatic cells.
- home sales — the sale of houses and flats; property sales
- home scrap — scrap steel reprocessed in the steel mill in which it was produced.
- home stand — a series of consecutive sports events, as baseball games, played in a team's own stadium.
- home state — the state where a person comes from, or where they live
- homemakers — Plural form of homemaker.
- homesteads — Plural form of homestead.
- homoblasty — the state of being homoblastic
- homogamous — Botany. having flowers or florets that do not differ sexually (opposed to heterogamous). having the stamens and pistils maturing simultaneously (opposed to dichogamous).
- homografts — Plural form of homograft.
- homographs — a word of the same written form as another but of different meaning and usually origin, whether pronounced the same way or not, as bear 1 “to carry; support” and bear 2 “animal” or lead 1 “to conduct” and lead 2 “metal.”.
- homoiousia — The doctrine of the homoiousians.
- homoousian — a member of a 4th-century a.d. church party that maintained that the essence or substance of the Father and the Son is the same (opposed to Heteroousian).
- homosexual — Older Use: Sometimes Disparaging. sexually attracted to members of one's own sex: homosexual students.
- homosocial — Pertaining to homosociality, to social interaction with the same sex.
- horse balm — a lemon-scented plant, Collinsonia canadensis, of eastern North America, having small yellow flowers.
- horse clam — gaper.
- horsewoman — a woman who rides on horseback.
- house mark — a trademark that appears on and identifies all of a company's products.
- housemaids — Plural form of housemaid.