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10-letter words containing t, h, e, l

  • hesitantly — hesitating; undecided, doubtful, or disinclined.
  • heterology — Biology. the lack of correspondence of apparently similar organic structures as the result of unlike origins of constituent parts.
  • heterophil — Also, heterophilic. Immunology. (of an antibody) having an affinity for an antigen other than its specific antigen.
  • heulandite — a white or transparent, colorless mineral of the zeolite family, hydrous calcium aluminum silicate, CaAl 2 Si 7 O 18 ⋅6H 2 O, occurring in basic volcanic rocks in the form of crystals with a pearly luster.
  • hexactinal — having six spicules
  • hexavalent — having a valence of six.
  • hieratical — Also, hieratical. of or relating to priests or the priesthood; sacerdotal; priestly.
  • hierolatry — worship or veneration of saints or sacred things.
  • high style — the most up-to-date, elegant, or exclusive fashion, especially in clothing.
  • high table — the table in the dining hall of a college, reserved for senior members of the college and distinguished guests.
  • high-style — of or relating to style, fashion, or design that is the most up-to-date and, often, most costly
  • hightailed — Simple past tense and past participle of hightail.
  • hilarities — cheerfulness; merriment; mirthfulness.
  • hilltopper — the top or summit of a hill.
  • hinterland — Often, hinterlands. the remote or less developed parts of a country; back country: The hinterlands are usually much more picturesque than the urban areas.
  • hip-length — reaching to or covering the hips, as clothing: a hiplength sweater.
  • hirtellous — minutely hirsute.
  • hit single — a successful and popular song which has sold many copies
  • hla system — human leucocyte antigen system; a group of the most important antigens responsible for tissue compatibility, together with the genes that encode them. For tissue and organ transplantation to be successful there needs to be a minimum number of HLA differences between the donor's and recipient's tissue
  • hold water — a transparent, odorless, tasteless liquid, a compound of hydrogen and oxygen, H 2 O, freezing at 32°F or 0°C and boiling at 212°F or 100°C, that in a more or less impure state constitutes rain, oceans, lakes, rivers, etc.: it contains 11.188 percent hydrogen and 88.812 percent oxygen, by weight.
  • holosteric — (of an instrument or device) wholly constructed of solids, without any liquids
  • holstering — Present participle of holster.
  • holy water — water blessed by a priest.
  • holystoned — Simple past tense and past participle of holystone.
  • holystones — Plural form of holystone.
  • home plate — the base at which the batter stands and which a base runner must reach safely in order to score a run, typically a five-sided slab of whitened rubber set at ground level at the front corner of the diamond.
  • home-built — built at home
  • homiletics — the art of preaching; the branch of practical theology that treats of homilies or sermons.
  • homoleptic — (chemistry) Describing an organometallic compound having a single type of ligand.
  • homologate — to approve; confirm or ratify.
  • homostyled — (of a plant) having styles of the same form or length in all flowers.
  • horsecloth — a cloth used to cover a horse, or as part of its trappings.
  • horsetails — Plural form of horsetail.
  • hortensial — (obsolete) Fit for a garden.
  • hospitable — receiving or treating guests or strangers warmly and generously: a hospitable family.
  • hospitaler — 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.
  • hospitalet — a city in NE Spain, near Barcelona.
  • hostellers — Plural form of hosteller.
  • 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.
  • hot-walker — a person whose job is walking racehorses after races, workouts, etc. to allow them to cool off gradually
  • hotblooded — Spirited, rash, reckless.
  • hotel limo — A hotel limo is a large and very comfortable car. Hotel limos usually have a driver and are hired to bring guests to and from the hotel.
  • hotel rack — rack6 (def 2).
  • hotel room — room in a hotel
  • hotel ship — a ship which is moored and used as a hotel
  • hotel work — any of various jobs required in a hotel, such as receptionists, waiters, etc
  • hotel-dieu — a hospital.
  • houselight — One of the lights in an auditorium.
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