10-letter words containing s, h, e, l, t
- half-caste — a contemptuous term used to refer to a person of mixed racial or ethnic descent.
- halieutics — (literature) A treatise upon fish or the art of fishing.
- halloysite — a refractory clay mineral similar in composition to kaolinite.
- halophytes — Plural form of halophyte.
- haplotypes — Plural form of haplotype.
- hash table — hash coding
- hastefully — swiftness of motion; speed; celerity: He performed his task with great haste. They felt the need for haste.
- hattersley — Roy (Sydney George), Baron Hattersley of Sparkbrook. born 1932, British Labour politician; deputy leader of the Labour Party (1983–92); shadow home secretary (1980–83; 1987–92)
- haustellum — (in certain crustaceans and insects) an organ or part of the proboscis adapted for sucking blood or plant juices.
- headlights — a light or lamp, usually equipped with a reflector, on the front of an automobile, locomotive, etc.
- headstalls — (British) Plural form of headstall.
- health spa — a resort or a special building or room where a person may exercise, swim, or otherwise condition the body.
- healthiest — Superlative form of healthy.
- healthless — Unhealthy.
- healthsome — healthy; salubrious
- healthwise — With regard to health.
- hearthless — Without a hearth.
- heartlands — Plural form of heartland.
- heathlands — Plural form of heathland.
- heatshield — A system designed to protect what is behind it against heat.
- helianthus — any composite plant of the genus Helianthus, comprising the sunflowers.
- helictites — Plural form of helictite.
- heliostats — Plural form of heliostat.
- heliotaxis — movement of an organism toward or away from sunlight.
- hellespont — ancient name of the Dardanelles.
- heraclitus — ("the Obscure") c540–c470 b.c, Greek philosopher.
- herbalists — Plural form of herbalist.
- hesitantly — hesitating; undecided, doubtful, or disinclined.
- high style — the most up-to-date, elegant, or exclusive fashion, especially in clothing.
- high-style — of or relating to style, fashion, or design that is the most up-to-date and, often, most costly
- hilarities — cheerfulness; merriment; mirthfulness.
- hirtellous — minutely hirsute.
- hit single — a successful and popular song which has sold many copies
- 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
- holosteric — (of an instrument or device) wholly constructed of solids, without any liquids
- holstering — Present participle of holster.
- holystoned — Simple past tense and past participle of holystone.
- holystones — Plural form of holystone.
- homiletics — the art of preaching; the branch of practical theology that treats of homilies or sermons.
- homostyled — (of a plant) having styles of the same form or length in all flowers.
- horsecloth — a cloth used to cover a horse, or as part of its trappings.
- 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.
- hostellers — Plural form of hosteller.
- hostelling — Also called youth hostel. an inexpensive, supervised lodging place for young people on bicycle trips, hikes, etc.
- hostelries — Plural form of hostelry.
- hosts file — (networking) A text file on a networked computer used to associate host names with IP addresses. A hosts file contains lines consisting of whitespace-separated fields giving an IP address followed by list of host names or aliases associated with that address. The name resolution library software can use this file to look up the IP address for a host name. The hosts file is "/etc/hosts" on Unix and "C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts" or "lmhosts" on Microsoft Windows, In most cases, hosts files have now been almost entirely replaced by DNS, in which distributed servers provide the same information. A hosts file can still be used to override DNS for testing purposes or other special situations.