10-letter words containing s, h
- haemolysis — Alternative spelling of hemolysis.
- hagerstown — a city in NW Maryland.
- hagioscope — squint (def 13).
- hailstones — Plural form of hailstone.
- hailstorms — Plural form of hailstorm.
- hair grass — any of various grasses having slender stems and leaves, especially one of the genus Deschampsia, as D. flexuosa or D. caespitosa.
- hair sheep — any variety of sheep growing hair instead of wool, yielding hides with a finer and tougher grain than those of wool sheep
- hair shirt — a garment of coarse haircloth, worn next to the skin as a penance by ascetics and penitents.
- hair slide — a hinged clip with a tortoiseshell, bone, or similar back, used to fasten the hair
- hair space — the thinnest metal space used to separate words, symbols, etc.
- hair spray — a liquid in an aerosol or other spray container, for holding the hair in place.
- hair style — a style of cutting, arranging, or combing the hair; hairdo; coiffure.
- hair-shirt — a garment of coarse haircloth, worn next to the skin as a penance by ascetics and penitents.
- hairpieces — Plural form of hairpiece.
- hairspring — a fine, usually spiral, spring used for oscillating the balance of a timepiece.
- hairstreak — any small, dark butterfly of the family Lycaenidae, having hairlike tails on the hind wings.
- hairstyles — Plural form of hairstyle.
- halberstam — David, 1934–2007, U.S. writer.
- half shell — either of the halves of a double-shelled creature, as of an oyster, clam, or other bivalve mollusk.
- half snipe — jacksnipe (def 1).
- half story — a usable living space within a sloping roof, usually having dormer windows for lighting.
- half twist — Diving. a dive made by a half rotation of the body on its long axis. Compare full twist.
- half-arsed — incompetent; inept; badly organized
- half-assed — insufficient or haphazard; not fully planned or developed.
- half-caste — a contemptuous term used to refer to a person of mixed racial or ethnic descent.
- half-shaft — The half-shaft or half axle is the shaft in a vehicle along which power is sent from the final drive to one driven wheel or a pair of wheels.
- half-share — a share, as in profits, equal to one half.
- half-smile — a smile that is uncertain or short-lived
- half-staff — half-mast.
- half-stuff — (in a manufacturing process) any material half formed, especially partly prepared pulp for making paper.
- halieutics — (literature) A treatise upon fish or the art of fishing.
- hall-jones — Sir William. 1851–1936, New Zealand statesman, born in England: prime minister of New Zealand (1906)
- halloysite — a refractory clay mineral similar in composition to kaolinite.
- halobionts — Plural form of halobiont.
- haloclines — Plural form of halocline.
- halogenous — (chemistry)describes a compound containing a halogen as part of the molecule.
- halophiles — Plural form of halophile.
- halophytes — Plural form of halophyte.
- ham sth up — If actors or actresses ham it up, they exaggerate every emotion and gesture when they are acting, often deliberately because they think that the audience will be more amused.
- ham-fisted — clumsy, inept, or heavy-handed: a ham-handed approach to dealing with people that hurts a lot of feelings.
- hamadryads — Plural form of hamadryad.
- hamantasch — a small triangular cake often made with yeast and filled with a mixture of poppy seeds and honey or with prune paste, prepared especially for the festival of Purim.
- hamburgers — Plural form of hamburger.
- hamesucken — the offence of attacking a person in his or her own dwelling
- hammerfest — a seaport in N Norway: the northernmost town in Europe.
- hammerings — a series of punishments or beatings
- hammerkops — Plural form of hammerkop.
- hammerless — (of a firearm) having the hammer concealed within the receiver.
- hammertoes — Plural form of hammertoe.
- hamshackle — to hobble (a cow, horse, etc) by tying a rope around the head and one of the legs