10-letter words containing r, o, t, h
- harmsworth — Alfred Charles William, Viscount Northcliffe, 1865–1922, English journalist, publisher, and politician.
- harrington — James. 1611–77, English republican and writer. He described his ideal form of government in Oceana (1656)
- hartlepool — a seaport city in NE England.
- hatemonger — a person who kindles hatred, enmity, or prejudice in others.
- hateration — (African American Vernacular English, slang) Hatred, hostility, animus.
- hateworthy — Worthy of being hated, detestable, despicable.
- haustorium — a projection from the hypha of a fungus into the organic matter from which it absorbs nutrients.
- headstrong — determined to have one's own way; willful; stubborn; obstinate: a headstrong young man.
- heartbroke — heartbroken
- heartthrob — a rapid beat or pulsation of the heart.
- heartworms — Plural form of heartworm.
- heatstroke — a disturbance of the temperature-regulating mechanisms of the body caused by overexposure to excessive heat, resulting in fever, hot and dry skin, and rapid pulse, sometimes progressing to delirium and coma.
- hectograms — Plural form of hectogram.
- hectograph — a process for making copies of a letter, memorandum, etc., from a prepared gelatin surface to which the original writing has been transferred.
- 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.
- hectometer — a unit of length equal to 100 meters, or 328.08 feet. Abbreviation: hm.
- hectometre — a unit of length equal to 100 meters, or 328.08 feet. Abbreviation: hm.
- hectorship — the quality or character of a hector
- hectostere — a unit of capacity equal to 100 steres, or 131 cubic yards.
- hektograph — to copy with the hectograph.
- hektoliter — a unit of capacity equal to 100 liters, equivalent to 2.8378 U.S. bushels, or 26.418 U.S. gallons. Abbreviation: hl.
- hektometer — a unit of length equal to 100 meters, or 328.08 feet. Abbreviation: hm.
- hektostere — a unit of capacity equal to 100 steres, or 131 cubic yards.
- 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.
- hemelytron — one of the forewings of a true bug, having a hard, thick basal portion and a thinner, membranous apex.
- hemipteron — Alternative form of hemipteran.
- hemitropal — hemitropous
- hemothorax — (medicine) A condition resulting from accumulation of blood in the pleural cavity.
- henceforth — from now on; from this point forward.
- heortology — the study of the history and significance of the feasts and seasons in the ecclesiastical calendar.
- heptachlor — a highly toxic, light-tan, waxy solid, C 10 H 5 Cl 7 , used as an insecticide: its manufacture and use are restricted in the U.S.
- heptachord — a musical scale of seven notes.
- heptameron — A literary work whose action covers a period of seven days.
- hereabouts — about this place; in this neighborhood.
- heretofore — before this time; until now.
- 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.
- heteroatom — an atom other than carbon in the ring structure of a heterocyclic compound.
- heterocyst — one of the enlarged nitrogen-fixing cells occurring along the filaments in some blue-green algae.