11-letter words containing n, s, h
- hash browns — fried potato cake
- hash coding — (programming, algorithm) (Or "hashing") A scheme for providing rapid access to data items which are distinguished by some key. Each data item to be stored is associated with a key, e.g. the name of a person. A hash function is applied to the item's key and the resulting hash value is used as an index to select one of a number of "hash buckets" in a hash table. The table contains pointers to the original items. If, when adding a new item, the hash table already has an entry at the indicated location then that entry's key must be compared with the given key to see if it is the same. If two items' keys hash to the same value (a "hash collision") then some alternative location is used (e.g. the next free location cyclically following the indicated one). For best performance, the table size and hash function must be tailored to the number of entries and range of keys to be used. The hash function usually depends on the table size so if the table needs to be enlarged it must usually be completely rebuilt. When you look up a name in the phone book (for example), you typically hash it by extracting its first letter; the hash buckets are the alphabetically ordered letter sections. See also: btree, checksum, CRC, pseudorandom number, random, random number, soundex.
- hate-listen — to listen to a radio show, singer, etc., that one professes to dislike, often with the intention to mock or criticize: Why do I continue to hate-listen to his silly podcasts?
- hatefulness — arousing hate or deserving to be hated: the hateful oppression of dictators.
- hatemongers — Plural form of hatemonger.
- hatlessness — the state or situation of being without a hat
- haughtiness — disdainfully proud; snobbish; scornfully arrogant; supercilious: haughty aristocrats; a haughty salesclerk.
- haute-saone — a department in E France. 2075 sq. mi. (5375 sq. km). Capital: Vesoul.
- hawkishness — resembling a hawk, as in appearance or behavior.
- hawser bend — a knot uniting the ends of two lines.
- headbangers — Plural form of headbanger.
- headhunters — Plural form of headhunter.
- headshaking — The act of shaking one's head, in disagreement or disapproval.
- headstander — A small deep-bodied freshwater fish of the Amazon region, popular in aquaria. It swims and feeds at an oblique angle with the head down.
- healthiness — possessing or enjoying good health or a sound and vigorous mentality: a healthy body; a healthy mind.
- hear things — a material object without life or consciousness; an inanimate object.
- heartedness — (uncountable) The state or quality of being hearted.
- hearthstone — a stone forming a hearth.
- heartstring — Singular of heartstrings.
- heat island — an urban area having higher average temperature than its rural surroundings owing to the greater absorption, retention, and generation of heat by its buildings, pavements, and human activities.
- heat-island — an urban area having higher average temperature than its rural surroundings owing to the greater absorption, retention, and generation of heat by its buildings, pavements, and human activities.
- heathenesse — (obsolete) heathendom.
- heathenness — Quality of being heathen.
- heaven-sent — providentially opportune: A heaven-sent rain revived the crops.
- heavenliest — Superlative form of heavenly.
- heavenwards — Also, heavenwards. toward heaven.
- heedfulness — The state or quality of being heedful.
- hegelianism — the philosophy of Hegel and his followers, characterized by the use of the Hegelian dialectic.
- heinousness — The property of being heinous.
- heli-skiing — skiing in which skiers are transported by helicopter to remote slopes
- hellbenders — Plural form of hellbender.
- hellenistic — pertaining to Hellenists.
- hellishness — The property of being hellish.
- helminthics — Plural form of helminthic.
- helminthous — having intestinal worms
- helmsperson — A helmsman or helmswoman.
- helpfulness — giving or rendering aid or assistance; of service: Your comments were very helpful.
- helsingborg — a port in SW Sweden, on the Sound opposite Helsingør, Denmark: changed hands several times between Denmark and Sweden, finally becoming Swedish in 1710; shipbuilding. Pop: 121 097 (2004 est)
- hemanalysis — an analysis, especially of the chemical constituents, of the blood.
- hemianopsia — any of several conditions in which there is blindness in half of the visual field, involving one or both eyes.
- hemipterans — Plural form of hemipteran.
- hemisecting — Present participle of hemisect.
- hemisection — to cut into two equal parts; to bisect, especially along a medial longitudinal plane.
- hemosiderin — a yellowish-brown protein containing iron, derived chiefly from hemoglobin and found in body tissue and phagocytes, especially as the result of disorders in iron metabolism and the breakdown of red blood cells.
- henchperson — a loyal supporter, follower, or subordinate
- henry's law — the principle that at a constant temperature the concentration of a gas dissolved in a fluid with which it does not combine chemically is almost directly proportional to the partial pressure of the gas at the surface of the fluid.
- heptagynous — (of a flower) having seven pistils
- heptandrous — (of a flower) having seven stamens
- heptathlons — Plural form of heptathlon.
- heroin user — a person who regularly takes the drug heroin, who may or may not be addicted to it