11-letter words containing n, s, h
- hertzsprung — Ejnar (ˈəɪnar). 1873–1967, Danish astronomer: he discovered the existence of giant and dwarf stars, originating one form of the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram
- hesitations — Plural form of hesitation.
- hesperornis — a toothed aquatic bird of the extinct genus Hesperornis, fossils of which are found in rocks of Cretaceous age in Kansas, having the rear legs modified for swimming and reaching a length of more than 4 feet (1.2 meters).
- hessian fly — a small fly, Phytophaga destructor, the larvae of which feed on the stems of wheat and other grasses.
- heteroscian — a name applied to the people who live in temperate zones, so given because in these areas shadows created by the sun at noon will fall in opposite directions
- hexahedrons — Plural form of hexahedron.
- hexastichon — hexastich.
- hibernators — Plural form of hibernator.
- hibernicism — an idiom or characteristic peculiar to Irish English or to the Irish.
- hideousness — horrible or frightful to the senses; repulsive; very ugly: a hideous monster.
- hierophants — Plural form of hierophant.
- higgs boson — a hypothetical type of heavy, electrically neutral particle with zero spin.
- high season — period of greatest activity
- high-strung — at great tension; highly excitable or nervous; edgy: high-strung nerves; a high-strung person.
- highbinders — Plural form of highbinder.
- highlanders — Plural form of highlander.
- hinderances — Plural form of hinderance.
- hinderlands — the buttocks
- hinderlings — the buttocks or bottom
- hindoostani — 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.
- hinshelwood — Sir Cyril Norman, 1897–1967, English chemist: Nobel Prize 1956.
- hinterlands — Plural form of hinterland.
- hirsuteness — The characteristic of being hirsute; hairiness.
- his-and-her — denoting two matching or identical items, one intended for use by a male and the other by a female: his-and-her towels in the bathroom; his-and-her sweatshirts.
- hispanicism — an idiom peculiar to Spanish.
- hispanicist — Hispanist.
- hispanicize — to make Spanish or Latin American, as in character, custom, or style.
- histaminase — an enzyme that catalyzes the decomposition of histamine, used in treating allergies.
- histrionics — an actor.
- histrionism — Histrionic behaviour.
- hit batsman — a batter who, having been struck by a pitch, is awarded first base.
- hoggishness — The quality of being hoggish.
- hollandaise — The hollandaise sauce.
- holoenzymes — an enzyme complete in both its apoenzyme and coenzyme components.
- holy island — Also called Lindisfarne. an island off the E coast of Northumberland, England. 3 miles (4.8 km) long.
- holystoning — Present participle of holystone.
- home screen — television.
- homecomings — Plural form of homecoming.
- homeshoring — A migration of service employees from the office to the home, where such homes have proper communications equipment.
- homogenates — Plural form of homogenate.
- homogeneous — composed of parts or elements that are all of the same kind; not heterogeneous: a homogeneous population.
- homogenesis — reproduction in which the offspring resemble the parents and undergo the same cycle of development.
- homogenised — to form by blending unlike elements; make homogeneous.
- homogenizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of homogenize.
- homoiousian — a member of a 4th-century a.d. church party that maintained that the essence of the Son is similar to, but not the same as, that of the Father.
- homophonous — identical in pronunciation.
- homopterans — Plural form of homopteran.
- honest john — Informal. an honest, sincere man. a man so trusting and innocent that he may be easily cheated or deceived.
- honesty bar — an unattended area in a hotel, resort, etc, where patrons may serve themselves drinks and are expected to leave money to pay for them
- honesty box — a container into which members of the public are trusted to place payments when there is no attendant to collect them