10-letter words containing s, h, i, l, o
- hospitalet — a city in NE Spain, near Barcelona.
- 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.
- hotel ship — a ship which is moored and used as a hotel
- hounsfield — ˈGodfrey Newˌbold (ˈnuˌboʊld ) ; no̅oˈbōldˌ) 1919-2004; Brit. engineer & inventor: developed the CAT scanner
- houseflies — Plural form of housefly.
- houselight — One of the lights in an auditorium.
- houselling — administration of the Eucharist
- hoverflies — Plural form of hoverfly.
- humicolous — of or relating to organisms that live in or on soil.
- humoralism — a theory of the composition and workings of the human body, based on the idea that it was filled with four basic substances, or humours, adopted by Greek and Roman physicians and philosophers.
- humoralist — a person who believes in humoralism
- hydrofoils — Plural form of hydrofoil.
- hydrolysis — chemical decomposition in which a compound is split into other compounds by reacting with water.
- hydrosolic — of or relating to a hydrosol
- hylotheism — any philosophical doctrine identifying a god or gods with matter.
- hylotheist — an adherent of hylotheism
- hypoplasia — Pathology. abnormal deficiency of cells or structural elements.
- hystorical — Nonstandard spelling of historical.
- inhalators — Plural form of inhalator.
- inholdings — Plural form of inholding.
- irish lord — any of several marine sculpins of the genus Hemilepidotus, found from Alaska to northern California.
- island-hop — to travel from island to island, especially to visit a series of islands in the same chain or area.
- isocephaly — (of a composition) having the heads of all figures on approximately the same level.
- isochronal — equal or uniform in time.
- isohalines — a line on a map of the ocean connecting all points of equal salinity.
- isoplethic — Relating to isopleths.
- isothermal — occurring at constant temperature.
- katholikos — catholicos.
- kohlrabies — Plural form of kohlrabi.
- l'hospital — Guillaume François Antoine de [gee-yohm frahn-swa ahn-twan duh] /giˈyoʊm frɑ̃ˈswa ɑ̃ˈtwan də/ (Show IPA), 1661–1704, French mathematician.
- laccoliths — Plural form of laccolith.
- lectorship — a lecturer in a college or university.
- lemon fish — the cobia.
- lich stone — a large stone on which to rest a coffin momentarily at the entrance to a cemetery.
- light show — a form of entertainment consisting chiefly of constantly changing patterns of light and color, usually accompanied by music and sound effects.
- lighthouse — a tower or other structure displaying or flashing a very bright light for the guidance of ships in avoiding dangerous areas, in following certain routes, etc.
- lights out — Chiefly Military. a signal, usually by drum or bugle, that all or certain camp or barracks lights are to be extinguished for the night.
- lights-out — Chiefly Military. a signal, usually by drum or bugle, that all or certain camp or barracks lights are to be extinguished for the night.
- lithoclast — an instrument used to break up bladder stones
- lithophysa — a cavity or hollow found in volcanic rocks, caused by expanding gas
- lithosols' — a group of shallow soils lacking well-defined horizons, especially an entisol consisting of partially weathered rock fragments, usually on steep slopes.
- liu shaoqi — 1898–1973, Chinese Communist leader: head of state 1959–66.
- loan-shift — change or extension of the meaning of a word through the influence of a foreign word, as in the application in English of the meaning “profession” to the word calling through the influence of Latin vocātio.
- lockshield — (attributive) A kind of radiator valve used to balance the system by restricting the flow of water on the return side.
- locksmiths — Plural form of locksmith.
- lockstitch — A stitch made by a sewing machine by firmly linking together two threads or stitches.
- logarithms — Plural form of logarithm.
- logogriphs — Plural form of logogriph.