11-letter words containing s, h, i, t, a
- hepatitis b — a form of hepatitis caused by a DNA virus (hepatitis B virus, or HBV) that persists in the blood, characterized by a long incubation period: usually transmitted by sexual contact or by injection or ingestion of infected blood or other bodily fluids.
- 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.
- heptarchies — Plural form of heptarchy.
- heptarchist — A ruler of one division of a heptarchy.
- heptastichs — Plural form of heptastich.
- hesitations — Plural form of hesitation.
- 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
- heterotaxis — abnormal or irregular arrangement, as of parts of the body, geological strata, etc.
- heuristical — Of or pertaining to heuristics.
- hexametrist — a person who writes in hexameters
- hexastichal — of or pertaining to a hexastich
- hexastichon — hexastich.
- hibernators — Plural form of hibernator.
- hierarchist — hierarchical principles, rule, or influence.
- hierophants — Plural form of hierophant.
- high-stakes — A high-stakes game or contest is one in which the people involved can gain or lose a great deal.
- hindoostani — a standard language and lingua franca of northern India based on a dialect of Western Hindi spoken around Delhi. Abbreviation: Hind. Compare Hindi (def 2), Urdu.
- hinterlands — Plural form of hinterland.
- hippeastrum — any plant of the South American amaryllidaceous genus Hippeastrum: cultivated for their large funnel-shaped typically red flowers
- hippiatrics — the study of the diseases of horses
- hippiatrist — someone who treats the diseases of horses
- hippocrates — ("Father of Medicine") c460–c377 b.c, Greek physician.
- hippodamist — a horse-tamer
- hispanicist — Hispanist.
- histaminase — an enzyme that catalyzes the decomposition of histamine, used in treating allergies.
- histography — a treatise on or description of organic tissues.
- historiated — (especially of initial letters on an illuminated manuscript) decorated with animals, flowers, or other designs that have a narrative or symbolic purpose.
- hit batsman — a batter who, having been struck by a pitch, is awarded first base.
- hitherwards — (archaic) Toward this place.
- holoblastic — (of certain eggs) undergoing total cleavage, resulting in equal blastomeres.
- holocaustic — a great or complete devastation or destruction, especially by fire.
- homeostasis — 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.
- 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.
- homoblastic — (of a plant or plant part) showing no difference in form between the juvenile and the adult structures
- homoplastic — correspondence in form or structure, owing to a similar environment.
- horizontals — Plural form of horizontal.
- horrisonant — Having an unpleasant sound.
- hospitalise — (British spelling) alternative spelling of hospitalize.
- hospitalism — hospital conditions having an adverse effect on patients.
- hospitalist — a physician who specializes in treating hospitalized patients; a specialist in inpatient medicine.
- hospitality — the friendly reception and treatment of guests or strangers.
- 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.
- hospitalman — an enlisted person working as a hospital assistant; corpsman.
- host family — family one lodges with
- house-train — to housebreak.
- hudibrastic — of, relating to, or resembling the style of Samuel Butler's Hudibras (published 1663–78), a mock-heroic poem written in tetrameter couplets.
- humidistats — Plural form of humidistat.