10-letter words containing n, e, d, h
- headstones — Plural form of headstone.
- headstrong — determined to have one's own way; willful; stubborn; obstinate: a headstrong young man.
- heartlands — Plural form of heartland.
- heat index — a number representing the effect of temperature and humidity on humans by combining the two variables into an “apparent” temperature, introduced as a replacement for the temperature-humidity index: a temperature of 90° and relative humidity of 65 percent combine to produce a heat index of 102. Abbreviation: H.I.
- heathendom — (in historical contexts) an individual of a people that do not acknowledge the God of the Bible; a person who is neither a Jew, Christian, nor Muslim; a pagan.
- heathlands — Plural form of heathland.
- heave down — to raise or lift with effort or force; hoist: to heave a heavy ax.
- heavenward — Also, heavenwards. toward heaven.
- hedge fund — a mutual fund organized as a limited partnership and using high-risk, speculative methods to obtain large profits.
- hedonistic — a person whose life is devoted to the pursuit of pleasure and self-gratification.
- heidenstam — Verner von [ver-nuh r fawn] /ˈvɛr nər fɔn/ (Show IPA), 1859–1940, Swedish poet and novelist: Nobel Prize 1916.
- heightened — to increase the height of; make higher.
- heligoland — Helgoland.
- hellbender — a large salamander, Cryptobranchus alleganiensis, of rivers and streams in eastern North America, having a flat, stout body and broad head.
- hellhounds — Plural form of hellhound.
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- hemihedron — a substance of hemihedral type
- hen-pecked — browbeaten, bullied, or intimidated by one's wife, girlfriend, etc.: a henpecked husband who never dared to contradict his wife.
- hendecagon — a polygon having 11 angles and 11 sides.
- henry dale — Sir Henry Hallett [hal-it] /ˈhæl ɪt/ (Show IPA), 1875–1968, English physiologist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1936.
- henry ford — Elizabeth Bloomer ("Betty") 1918–2011, U.S. First Lady 1974–77 (wife of Gerald R. Ford).
- herdswoman — The female equivalent of a herdsman.
- herdswomen — Plural form of herdswoman.
- hesperidin — a crystallizable, bioflavinoid glycoside, C 28 H 34 O 15 , occurring in most citrus fruits, especially in the spongy envelope of oranges and lemons.
- heterodont — (of most mammals) having teeth of different types
- heterodyne — noting or pertaining to a method of changing the frequency of an incoming radio signal by adding it to a signal generated within the receiver to produce fluctuations or beats of a frequency equal to the difference between the two signals.
- 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.
- hexahedron — a solid figure having six faces, as a cube.
- hexandrian — (of a plant) having six stamens
- hexandrous — (of a plant) having six stamen
- hibernated — Simple past tense and past participle of hibernate.
- hidden tax — any tax paid by a manufacturer, supplier, or seller that is added on to the price the consumer pays.
- hiddenmost — most hidden or concealed
- hiddenness — concealed; obscure; covert: hidden meaning; hidden hostility.
- high-toned — having high principles; dignified.
- highbinder — a swindler; confidence man; cheat.
- highhanded — Alternative spelling of high-handed.
- highlander — a Gael inhabiting the Highlands of Scotland.
- highminded — Alternative form of high-minded.
- hildebrand — Saint (Hildebrand) c1020–85, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1073–85.
- hindenburg — Paul von [pawl von;; German poul fuh n] /pɔl vɒn;; German paʊl fən/ (Show IPA), (Paul von Beneckendorff und von Hindenburg) 1847–1934, German field marshal; 2nd president of Germany 1925–34.
- hinderance — Archaic spelling of hindrance.
- hinderland — a type of linen cloth from Europe
- hinderlans — the buttocks
- hindermost — Hindmost.
- hindrances — Plural form of hindrance.
- hinterland — Often, hinterlands. the remote or less developed parts of a country; back country: The hinterlands are usually much more picturesque than the urban areas.
- hired hand — a hired laborer, especially on a farm or ranch; farm hand or ranch hand.
- hirudinean — any annelid worm of the class Hirudinea, comprising the leeches.
- holohedron — a holohedral form or crystal