11-letter words containing s, c, e, a, t
- hard sector — (storage) An archaic floppy disk format employing multiple synchronisation holes in the media to define the sectors.
- haruspicate — of or relating to a haruspex
- hash bucket — hash coding
- hatchetfish — any deep-sea fishes of the genera Argyropelicus, Sternoptyx, and related genera, of tropical and temperate waters, having a silvery, hatchet-shaped body.
- hate speech — speech that attacks, threatens, or insults a person or group on the basis of national origin, ethnicity, color, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, or disability.
- hazel crest — a town in NE Illinois.
- head-strict — (theory) A head-strict function will not necessarily evaluate every cons cell of its (list) argument, but whenever it does evaluate a cons cell it will also evaluate the element in the head of that cell. An example of a head-strict function is beforeZero :: [Int] -> [Int] beforeZero [] = [] beforeZero (0:xs) = [] beforeZero (x:xs) = x : beforeZero xs which returns a list up to the first zero. This pattern of evaluation is important because it is common in functions which operate on a list of inputs. See also tail-strict, hyperstrict.
- heartstruck — Driven to the heart; infixed in the mind.
- heat cramps — a cramp or muscular spasm caused by loss of water and salt following prolonged exertion in hot weather.
- heat source — sth that generates warmth
- hectopascal — An SI unit of pressure and stress equal to 100 pascals.
- heliostatic — an instrument consisting of a mirror moved by clockwork, for reflecting the sun's rays in a fixed direction.
- hemiacetals — Plural form of hemiacetal.
- hemistichal — of or relating to a hemistich
- hemostatics — arresting hemorrhage, as a drug; styptic.
- hepatitis c — a form of hepatitis with clinical effects similar to those of hepatitis B, caused by a blood-borne retrovirus (hepatitis C virus) that may be of the hepatitis non-A, non-B type.
- hepatocytes — Plural form of hepatocyte.
- hepatoscopy — medical examination of the liver.
- heptarchies — Plural form of heptarchy.
- heptarchist — A ruler of one division of a heptarchy.
- heptastichs — Plural form of heptastich.
- hetaerismic — of or relating to courtesans
- hetairismic — relating to hetairism, concubinage
- 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
- heuristical — Of or pertaining to heuristics.
- hexastichal — of or pertaining to a hexastich
- hexastichon — hexastich.
- hierarchist — hierarchical principles, rule, or influence.
- hippocrates — ("Father of Medicine") c460–c377 b.c, Greek physician.
- homeostatic — the tendency of a system, especially the physiological system of higher animals, to maintain internal stability, owing to the coordinated response of its parts to any situation or stimulus that would tend to disturb its normal condition or function.
- house-craft — skill in domestic management
- hovercrafts — (nonstandard) Plural form of hovercraft.
- hucksterage — the business of a huckster; peddling
- hyperstatic — redundant (def 5b).
- ice station — a camp or base in an isolated part of the Arctic or Antarctic, manned by specialists to monitor the weather, geological formations, wildlife, etc.
- ice-skating — If you go ice-skating, you move about on ice wearing ice-skates. This activity is also a sport.
- iconostases — Plural form of iconostasis.
- importances — the quality or state of being important; consequence; significance.
- in articles — formerly, undergoing training, according to the terms of a written contract, in the legal profession
- inactivates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of inactivate.
- incalescent — increasing in heat or ardor.
- incanescent — (dated) Becoming hoary or grey; canescent.
- incapsulate — Alternative form of encapsulate.
- incensation — (Roman Catholic Church) The offering of incense.
- incessantly — continuing without interruption; ceaseless; unending: an incessant noise.
- incidentals — happening or likely to happen in an unplanned or subordinate conjunction with something else.
- incinerates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of incinerate.
- incrassated — Simple past tense and past participle of incrassate.
- inductances — Plural form of inductance.
- inexactness — The characteristic or quality of being inexact; a lack of precision, accuracy, or certainty.