10-letter words containing r, h, i, n
- harvesting — Also, harvesting. the gathering of crops.
- hateration — (African American Vernacular English, slang) Hatred, hostility, animus.
- headliners — Plural form of headliner.
- headspring — the fountainhead or source of a stream.
- hearkening — Literary. to give heed or attention to what is said; listen.
- heartening — to give courage or confidence to; cheer.
- heartiness — warm-hearted; affectionate; cordial; jovial: a hearty welcome.
- heavy rain — torrential rainfall
- heisenberg — Werner Karl [ver-nuh r kahrl] /ˈvɛr nər kɑrl/ (Show IPA), 1901–76, German physicist: Nobel Prize 1932.
- helleborin — a colorless, crystalline, water-insoluble, poisonous solid, C 28 H 36 O 6 , obtained from the rhizome and root of certain hellebores, and used in medicine chiefly as a purgative.
- hemicrania — pain in one side of the head.
- hemihedron — a substance of hemihedral type
- hemikaryon — a haploid nucleus.
- hemipteran — hemipterous.
- hemipteron — Alternative form of hemipteran.
- henry viii — ("Defender of the Faith") 1491–1547, king of England 1509–47 (son of Henry VII).
- heparinize — Add heparin to (blood or a container about to be filled with blood) to prevent it from coagulating.
- herakleion — a seaport in N Crete.
- herniation — to protrude abnormally from an enclosed cavity or from the body so as to constitute a hernia.
- herniotomy — correction of a hernia by a cutting procedure.
- heroicness — Also, heroical. of, relating to, or characteristic of a hero or heroine.
- heronsbill — any of a genus (Erodium) of plants of the geranium family, with fine leaves and yellow, white, or reddish flowers
- herpangina — an infectious disease, especially of children, characterized by a sudden occurrence of fever, loss of appetite, and throat ulcerations, caused by a Coxsackie virus.
- 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.
- hesperinos — vesper (def 3).
- hexandrian — (of a plant) having six stamens
- hibernacle — a protective case or covering, especially for winter, as of an animal or a plant bud.
- hibernated — Simple past tense and past participle of hibernate.
- hibernates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hibernate.
- hibernator — Something that hibernates.
- hieromancy — divination through studying objects offered in sacrifice
- hieronymic — of or relating to St. Jerome.
- hieronymus — Eusebius [yoo-see-bee-uh s] /yuˈsi bi əs/ (Show IPA), Jerome, Saint.
- hierophant — (in ancient Greece) an official expounder of rites of worship and sacrifice.
- hierophany — A physical manifestation of the holy or sacred, serving as a spiritual eidolon for emulation or worship.
- highbinder — a swindler; confidence man; cheat.
- highlander — a Gael inhabiting the Highlands of Scotland.
- hildebrand — Saint (Hildebrand) c1020–85, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1073–85.
- hindbrains — Plural form of hindbrain.
- 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.
- hintermost — Most remote; closest to the outer edge or back.
- hippocrene — a spring on Mount Helicon sacred to the Muses and regarded as a source of poetic inspiration.
- hired hand — a hired laborer, especially on a farm or ranch; farm hand or ranch hand.
- hirselling — the practice or activity of sorting sheep into groups of different kinds