10-letter words containing s, o, h, e, l
- glenrothes — a new town in E central Scotland, the administrative centre of Fife: founded in 1948. Pop: 38 679 (2001)
- gloryholes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gloryhole.
- glove shop — a shop that sells gloves
- glyphosate — a compound, C 3 H 8 NO 5 P, used to kill a wide range of weeds.
- goldfishes — Plural form of goldfish.
- goliathise — to play Goliath, exaggerate extravagantly
- gooseflesh — goose bumps.
- guilloches — Plural form of guilloche.
- gypsophile — any plant living or thriving in soil containing gypsum.
- haemocoels — Plural form of haemocoel.
- haemolyses — Plural form of haemolysis.
- haemolysin — Alternative spelling of hemolysin.
- haemolysis — Alternative spelling of hemolysis.
- hailstones — Plural form of hailstone.
- 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.
- 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.
- handsomely — in a handsome manner; pleasingly; successfully.
- hang loose — to let loose; free from bonds or restraint.
- haplophase — the haploid portion of an organism's life cycle.
- haplotypes — Plural form of haplotype.
- harborless — Alternative spelling of harbourless.
- hawseholes — Plural form of hawsehole.
- head louse — See under louse (def 1).
- healthsome — healthy; salubrious
- heliopause — the boundary of the heliosphere.
- heliopolis — Biblical name On. an ancient ruined city in N Egypt, on the Nile delta.
- helioscope — a telescope for viewing the sun, adapted to protect the eye of the viewer from the sun's glare.
- heliostats — Plural form of heliostat.
- heliotaxis — movement of an organism toward or away from sunlight.
- hell house — (in the US) a visitor attraction provided by fundamentalist Christians, in which each room contains a gruesome tableau of a sin and its divine punishment, intended to encourage the spectator to seek salvation in Christ
- hellacious — remarkable; astonishing: They're raising a hellacious amount of money in taxes.
- hellebores — Plural form of hellebore.
- hellespont — ancient name of the Dardanelles.
- hellhounds — Plural form of hellhound.
- helmswoman — The female equivalent of a helmsman.
- helmswomen — Plural form of helmswoman.
- hemolysins — Plural form of hemolysin.
- hemophilus — a genus of rod-shaped, parasitic, hemophilic bacteria, certain species of which, as H. influenzae or H. suis, are pathogenic for humans and animals.
- hermosillo — a state in NW Mexico. 70,484 sq. mi. (182,555 sq. km). Capital: Hermosillo.
- heronsbill — any of a genus (Erodium) of plants of the geranium family, with fine leaves and yellow, white, or reddish flowers
- herophilus — died ?280 bc, Greek anatomist in Alexandria. He was the first to distinguish sensory from motor nerves
- hirtellous — minutely hirsute.
- hobblebush — a North American shrub, Viburnum alnifolium, of the honeysuckle family, having flat-topped clusters of white flowers and red-to-black berrylike fruit.
- hollow sea — an ocean wave formation in which the rise from troughs to crests is very steep.
- hollowness — having a space or cavity inside; not solid; empty: a hollow sphere.
- holofernes — (in the Book of Judith) a general, serving Nebuchadnezzar, who was killed by Judith.