10-letter words containing n, i, d, a
- hand tight — (of a setscrew, nut, etc.) as tight as it can be made by hand, without the aid of a tool.
- hand-drier — an electrical appliance, usually found in public toilets, that dries a person's hands through the expulsion of hot air
- hand-piece — handheld, power-operated shears used by a shearer
- hand-spike — a bar used as a lever.
- handicraft — manual skill.
- handmaiden — something that is necessarily subservient or subordinate to another: Ceremony is but the handmaid of worship.
- handpicked — Picked by hand; picked or selected with care.
- handpieces — Plural form of handpiece.
- handprints — Plural form of handprint.
- handseling — Present participle of handsel.
- handspikes — Plural form of handspike.
- handspring — an acrobatic feat in which one starts from a standing position and wheels the body forward or backward in a complete circle, landing first on the hands and then on the feet, without contact by the rest of the body.
- handstitch — to stitch or sew by hand.
- hansardize — to prove that (a member of parliament) has changed his views from those quoted in Hansard
- hard lines — bad luck
- hard-liner — a person who adheres rigidly to a dogma, theory, or plan.
- hardliners — Plural form of hardliner.
- hardwiring — a fixed connection between electrical and electronic components and devices by means of wires (as distinguished from a wireless connection).
- harmonised — Simple past tense and past participle of harmonise.
- harmonized — Add notes to (a melody) to produce harmony.
- headliners — Plural form of headliner.
- headlining — a heading in a newspaper for any written material, sometimes for an illustration, to indicate subject matter, set in larger type than that of the copy and containing one or more words and lines and often several banks.
- headspring — the fountainhead or source of a stream.
- 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.
- heidenstam — Verner von [ver-nuh r fawn] /ˈvɛr nər fɔn/ (Show IPA), 1859–1940, Swedish poet and novelist: Nobel Prize 1916.
- heligoland — Helgoland.
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- 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.
- hexandrian — (of a plant) having six stamens
- 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.
- highhanded — Alternative spelling of high-handed.
- highlander — a Gael inhabiting the Highlands of Scotland.
- hildebrand — Saint (Hildebrand) c1020–85, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1073–85.
- hind shank — Anatomy. the part of the lower limb in humans between the knee and the ankle; leg.
- hindbrains — Plural form of hindbrain.
- hinderance — Archaic spelling of hindrance.
- hinderland — a type of linen cloth from Europe
- hinderlans — the buttocks
- hindrances — Plural form of hindrance.
- hindustani — a standard language and lingua franca of northern India based on a dialect of Western Hindi spoken around Delhi. Abbreviation: Hind. Compare Hindi (def 2), Urdu.
- 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.
- hispanidad — hispanism, especially as directed toward political objectives.
- holidaying — a day fixed by law or custom on which ordinary business is suspended in commemoration of some event or in honor of some person.
- husbanding — a married man, especially when considered in relation to his partner in marriage.
- hyalinised — to become hyaline.
- hyalinized — to become hyaline.
- 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.