10-letter words containing s, e, l, a
- heliotaxis — movement of an organism toward or away from sunlight.
- hellacious — remarkable; astonishing: They're raising a hellacious amount of money in taxes.
- hellraiser — a person who behaves in a rowdy, riotous manner, especially habitually.
- helmswoman — The female equivalent of a helmsman.
- heraclitus — ("the Obscure") c540–c470 b.c, Greek philosopher.
- heraldship — the office or position of a herald
- herbalists — Plural form of herbalist.
- hesitantly — hesitating; undecided, doubtful, or disinclined.
- hilarities — cheerfulness; merriment; mirthfulness.
- hinderlans — the buttocks
- hla system — human leucocyte antigen system; a group of the most important antigens responsible for tissue compatibility, together with the genes that encode them. For tissue and organ transplantation to be successful there needs to be a minimum number of HLA differences between the donor's and recipient's tissue
- hollow sea — an ocean wave formation in which the rise from troughs to crests is very steep.
- holophrase — a word functioning as a phrase or sentence, as the imperative Go!
- home sales — the sale of houses and flats; property sales
- homosexual — Older Use: Sometimes Disparaging. sexually attracted to members of one's own sex: homosexual students.
- horse balm — a lemon-scented plant, Collinsonia canadensis, of eastern North America, having small yellow flowers.
- horse clam — gaper.
- horselaugh — a loud, coarse laugh, especially of derision.
- horsetails — Plural form of horsetail.
- hortensial — (obsolete) Fit for a garden.
- hospitable — receiving or treating guests or strangers warmly and generously: a hospitable family.
- hospitaler — a member of the religious and military order (Knights Hospitalers or Knights of St. John of Jerusalem) originating about the time of the first Crusade (1096–99) and taking its name from a hospital at Jerusalem.
- hospitalet — a city in NE Spain, near Barcelona.
- house call — a professional visit, as by a doctor or sales representative, to the home of a patient or customer.
- house flag — a flag flown by a merchant ship, bearing the emblem of its owners or operators.
- house sale — the sale of a house
- housecarls — Plural form of housecarl.
- houseclean — to subject (a house, room, etc.) to housecleaning.
- houseplant — an ornamental plant that is grown indoors or adapts well to indoor culture.
- hume's law — the philosophical doctrine that an evaluative statement cannot be derived from purely factual premises, often formulated as: one can't derive an "ought" from an "is"
- humiliates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of humiliate.
- hyalinised — to become hyaline.
- hydrolases — Plural form of hydrolase.
- hypalgesia — decreased sensitivity to pain (opposed to hyperalgesia).
- hyperbolas — Plural form of hyperbola.
- hyperlapse — Lb photography A form of time-lapse photography where the camera is gradually moved across a long distance, such as down a highway, and a frame is captured at each new position.
- hysterical — of, relating to, or characterized by hysteria.
- ice island — a tabular iceberg in the arctic region.
- idealising — Present participle of idealise.
- idealistic — of or relating to idealism or idealists.
- idealities — Plural form of ideality.
- idealogies — Misspelling of ideologies.
- idolatress — A female idolater.
- idolatries — Plural form of idolatry.
- illegalise — Non-Oxford British standard spelling of illegalize.
- illistrate — Misspelling of illustrate.
- illustrate — to furnish (a book, magazine, etc.) with drawings, pictures, or other artwork intended for explanation, elucidation, or adornment.
- immovables — Plural form of immovable.
- impassable — not passable; not allowing passage over, through, along, etc.: Heavy snow made the roads impassable.
- impassible — incapable of suffering pain.