11-letter words containing s, e, t, h, i
- 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.
- hospitalise — (British spelling) alternative spelling of hospitalize.
- hospitalize — to place in a hospital for medical care or observation: The doctor hospitalized grandfather as soon as she checked his heart.
- hospitaller — 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.
- hostile bid — A hostile takeover bid is one that is opposed by the company that is being bid for.
- hostilities — a hostile state, condition, or attitude; enmity; antagonism; unfriendliness.
- hot-desking — the practice of not assigning permanent desks in a workplace, so that employees may work at any available desk
- hot-selling — (of a good or product) that sells in large numbers
- house white — a white wine sold unnamed by a restaurant, at a lower price than wines specified on the wine list
- house-train — to housebreak.
- houselights — (plural only) The lights that illuminate the audience section of an auditorium or theatre.
- housesitter — Alternative spelling of house-sitter.
- huckstering — Present participle of huckster.
- hucksterish — a retailer of small articles, especially a peddler of fruits and vegetables; hawker.
- hucksterism — a retailer of small articles, especially a peddler of fruits and vegetables; hawker.
- hyattsville — a city in central Maryland.
- hyperbolist — One who uses hyperbole; an exaggerator.
- hyperscript — Informix. The object-based programming language for Wingz, used for creating charts, graphs, graphics, and customised data entry.
- hyperstatic — redundant (def 5b).
- hyperstrict — A function which is hyperstrict in some argument will fully evaluate that argument. To fully evaluate an object, evaluate it to WHNF and if it is a constructed data object (e.g. a list or tuple) then fully evaluate every component and so on recursively. Thus a hyperstrict function will fail to terminate if its argument or any component or sub-component of its argument fails to terminate (i.e. if its argument is not "total").
- hypesthesia — an abnormally weak sense of pain, heat, cold, or touch.
- hypocretins — Plural form of hypocretin.
- hypohalites — Plural form of hypohalite.
- hypostasize — to assume the reality of (an idea, proposition, etc.); hypostatize.
- hypostatise — to treat or regard (a concept, idea, etc.) as a distinct substance or reality.
- hypostatize — to treat or regard (a concept, idea, etc.) as a distinct substance or reality.
- hyposthenia — abnormal lack of strength; weakness.
- hyposulfite — Also called hydrosulfite. a salt of hyposulfurous acid.
- hypotension — decreased or lowered blood pressure.
- hypotensive — characterized by or causing low blood pressure, as shock.
- hypothesise — to form a hypothesis.
- hypothesize — to form a hypothesis.
- hypsometric — Of or relating to the use of the hypsometer; hypsographic.
- hysteresial — relating to the retardation of an effect following upon its cause
- idler shaft — a shaft carrying one or more gearwheels that idles between a driver shaft and a driven shaft, usually to reverse the direction of rotation or provide different spacing of gearwheels, esp in a gearbox
- in stitches — one complete movement of a threaded needle through a fabric or material such as to leave behind it a single loop or portion of thread, as in sewing, embroidery, or the surgical closing of wounds.
- in strength — If a group turns out in strength, they arrive in large numbers.
- in the mass — in the main; collectively
- in the shed — at work
- in the shit — in trouble
- in the soup — a liquid food made by boiling or simmering meat, fish, or vegetables with various added ingredients.
- in the swim — to move in water by movements of the limbs, fins, tail, etc.
- in the wars — (esp of a child) hurt or knocked about, esp as a result of quarrelling and fighting
- indehiscent — not dehiscent; not opening at maturity.
- inexhausted — Not exhausted.
- inhabitress — a female inhabitant
- inheritress — Female inheritor.
- intermeshed — Simple past tense and past participle of intermesh.
- intermeshes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of intermesh.
- internships — Plural form of internship.