10-letter words containing s, i, n, h
- hindermost — Hindmost.
- hindrances — Plural form of hindrance.
- hindu kush — a mountain range in S Asia, mostly in NE Afghanistan, extending W from the Himalayas. Highest peak, Tirich Mir, 25,230 feet (7690 meters).
- hindustani — 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.
- hinesville — a town in SE Georgia.
- hintermost — Most remote; closest to the outer edge or back.
- hippieness — the state or quality of being a hippy or hippies
- hippomanes — (formerly) a substance found on the forehead of a newborn foal or obtained from a mare in foal, thought to act as an aphrodisiac
- hippomenes — the successful suitor of Atalanta.
- hirselling — the practice or activity of sorting sheep into groups of different kinds
- hirudinous — leech-like
- hispanidad — hispanism, especially as directed toward political objectives.
- hispaniola — an island in the West Indies, comprising the republic of Haiti and the Dominican Republic. 29,843 sq. mi. (77,293 sq. km).
- histamines — Plural form of histamine.
- histaminic — Biochemistry, Physiology. a heterocyclic amine, C 5 H 9 N 3 , released by mast cells when tissue is injured or in allergic and inflammatory reactions, causing dilation of small blood vessels and smooth muscle contraction.
- historians — Plural form of historian.
- histrionic — of or relating to actors or acting.
- hit single — a successful and popular song which has sold many copies
- hobgoblins — Plural form of hobgoblin.
- holstering — Present participle of holster.
- homeliness — lacking in physical attractiveness; not beautiful; unattractive: a homely child.
- homogenise — to form by blending unlike elements; make homogeneous.
- homolosine — (cartography) Being or employing a particular pseudocylindrical, equal-area, composite projection used for world maps.
- homoousian — a member of a 4th-century a.d. church party that maintained that the essence or substance of the Father and the Son is the same (opposed to Heteroousian).
- honoraries — Plural form of honorary.
- honorifics — Plural form of honorific.
- honorius i — died a.d. 638, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 625–638.
- hoofprints — Plural form of hoofprint.
- hopsacking — bagging made chiefly of hemp and jute.
- horridness — The quality of being horrid.
- hortensial — (obsolete) Fit for a garden.
- hostelling — Also called youth hostel. an inexpensive, supervised lodging place for young people on bicycle trips, hikes, etc.
- hostessing — a woman who receives and entertains guests in her own home or elsewhere.
- hot spring — a thermal spring having water warmer than 98°F (37°C): the water is usually heated by emanation from or passage near hot or molten rock.
- hothousing — Present participle of hothouse.
- hounsfield — ˈGodfrey Newˌbold (ˈnuˌboʊld ) ; no̅oˈbōldˌ) 1919-2004; Brit. engineer & inventor: developed the CAT scanner
- housatonic — a river flowing S from NW Massachusetts through SW Connecticut to Long Island Sound near Stratford, Connecticut. 148 miles (240 km) long.
- house wine — a wine sold unnamed by a restaurant, at a lower price than wines specified on the wine list
- houselling — administration of the Eucharist
- housetrain — To teach a house pet to urinate and defecate outside or in a designated location in the home.
- houstonian — a native or resident of Houston, Texas.
- houstonias — Plural form of houstonia.
- hsi chiang — a river in S China, flowing E from Yunnan province to the South China Sea near Canton. 1250 miles (2012 km) long.
- hsiangt'an — a city in E Hunan, in S China.
- hsin hsueh — School of Mind.
- hsinhsiang — a city in N Henan province, in E China.
- humanising — Present participle of humanise.
- humanistic — a person having a strong interest in or concern for human welfare, values, and dignity.
- humanities — all human beings collectively; the human race; humankind.
- humdingers — Plural form of humdinger.