10-letter words containing r, o, t, h, i
- harmonists — Plural form of harmonist.
- harrington — James. 1611–77, English republican and writer. He described his ideal form of government in Oceana (1656)
- hateration — (African American Vernacular English, slang) Hatred, hostility, animus.
- haustorium — a projection from the hypha of a fungus into the organic matter from which it absorbs nutrients.
- hectoliter — a unit of capacity equal to 100 liters, equivalent to 2.8378 U.S. bushels, or 26.418 U.S. gallons. Abbreviation: hl.
- hectolitre — a unit of capacity equal to 100 liters, equivalent to 2.8378 U.S. bushels, or 26.418 U.S. gallons. Abbreviation: hl.
- hectorship — the quality or character of a hector
- hektoliter — a unit of capacity equal to 100 liters, equivalent to 2.8378 U.S. bushels, or 26.418 U.S. gallons. Abbreviation: hl.
- helicopter — any of a class of heavier-than-air craft that are lifted and sustained in the air horizontally by rotating wings or blades turning on vertical axes through power supplied by an engine.
- heliolatry — worship of the sun.
- heliometer — a telescope with a divided, adjustable objective, formerly used to measure small angular distances, as those between celestial bodies.
- heliometry — The measurement of the diameters of heavenly bodies, their relative distances, etc.
- heliotrope — any hairy plant belonging to the genus Heliotropium, of the borage family, as H. arborescens, cultivated for its small, fragrant purple flowers.
- heliotropy — the growth of plants in a particular direction as a response to the stimulus of light, heliotropism
- hematocrit — a centrifuge for separating the cells of the blood from the plasma.
- hemipteron — Alternative form of hemipteran.
- hemitropal — hemitropous
- heriotable — liable for the payment of a heriot
- 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.
- herskowitz — Melville (Jean) 1895–1963, American anthropologist.
- herstories — Plural form of herstory.
- hesitatory — Hesitating.
- heterophil — Also, heterophilic. Immunology. (of an antibody) having an affinity for an antigen other than its specific antigen.
- hibernator — Something that hibernates.
- hierolatry — worship or veneration of saints or sacred things.
- hierophant — (in ancient Greece) an official expounder of rites of worship and sacrifice.
- high court — Supreme Court.
- highermost — highest
- hilltopper — the top or summit of a hill.
- hindermost — Hindmost.
- hintermost — Most remote; closest to the outer edge or back.
- hipsterdom — The state of being a hipster.
- hirtellous — minutely hirsute.
- histograms — Plural form of histogram.
- historians — Plural form of historian.
- historical — of, pertaining to, treating, or characteristic of history or past events: historical records; historical research.
- historico- — historical, historical and
- histrionic — of or relating to actors or acting.
- hithermost — nearest in this direction.
- hogarthian — William, 1697–1764, English painter and engraver.
- holosteric — (of an instrument or device) wholly constructed of solids, without any liquids
- holotropic — Oriented or moving towards wholeness.
- holstering — Present participle of holster.
- home birth — If a woman has a home birth, she gives birth to her baby at home rather than in a hospital.
- homoerotic — a tendency to be sexually aroused by a member of the same sex.
- hoofprints — Plural form of hoofprint.
- hoop skirt — a woman's skirt made to stand out and drape in a stiff bell-like shape from the waist by an undergarment framework of flexible hoops connected by tapes.
- hoop-skirt — a skirt that has hoops made of bone or metal, etc fastened inside it to make it stiff and full
- horizontal — at right angles to the vertical; parallel to level ground.