10-letter words containing t, h, u
- heptateuch — the first seven books of the Old Testament.
- heraclitus — ("the Obscure") c540–c470 b.c, Greek philosopher.
- hereabouts — about this place; in this neighborhood.
- herrnhuter — Moravian (def 4).
- 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.
- heuristics — serving to indicate or point out; stimulating interest as a means of furthering investigation.
- high court — Supreme Court.
- high-count — (of a woven fabric) having a relatively high number of warp and filling threads per square inch.
- 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.
- hippolytus — Also, Hippolytos [hi-pol-i-tuh s, -tos] /hɪˈpɒl ɪ təs, -ˌtɒs/ (Show IPA). Classical Mythology. the son of Theseus who was falsely accused by his stepmother, Phaedra, of raping her after he had rejected her advances and who was killed by Poseidon in response to the plea of Theseus.
- hippotamus — Obsolete spelling and common present-day misspelling of hippopotamus.
- hippuritic — of, relating to, or containing hippurites
- hirtellous — minutely hirsute.
- hog peanut — a twining plant, Amphicarpaea bracteata, of the legume family, bearing pods that ripen in or on the ground.
- hold court — Law. a place where justice is administered. a judicial tribunal duly constituted for the hearing and determination of cases. a session of a judicial assembly.
- hollow out — make hollow, scoop out
- holocausts — Plural form of holocaust.
- home study — instruction in a subject given by mail and addressed to a student's home.
- home truth — an indisputable fact or basic truth, especially one whose accuracy may cause discomfort or embarrassment.
- home-built — built at home
- hot button — exciting strong feelings; highly charged; emotional: hot-button issues.
- hot number — sth popular
- hot-button — exciting strong feelings; highly charged; emotional: hot-button issues.
- hotel-dieu — a hospital.
- hothousing — Present participle of hothouse.
- housatonic — a river flowing S from NW Massachusetts through SW Connecticut to Long Island Sound near Stratford, Connecticut. 148 miles (240 km) long.
- house moth — either of two species of micro moth, esp the brown house moth (Hofmannophila pseudospretella) which, although it usually inhabits birds' nests, sometimes enters houses where its larvae can be very destructive of stored fabrics and foodstuffs
- house seat — one of a number of seats in a theater that the management reserves for special guests, friends of the producer or cast, etc.
- house-hunt — to search for a house to buy or rent
- houseboats — Plural form of houseboat.
- housecoats — Plural form of housecoat.
- housefront — the façade of a house
- houseguest — a person staying with a household as a guest for one night or longer.
- houselight — One of the lights in an auditorium.
- housemates — Plural form of housemate.
- houseplant — an ornamental plant that is grown indoors or adapts well to indoor culture.
- 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.
- huckstered — Simple past tense and past participle of huckster.
- hucksterer — huckster.
- huckstress — A female huckster.
- huddleston — (Ernest Urban) Trevor, 1913–1998, English Anglican archbishop and antiapartheid activist in Africa.
- huebnerite — a reddish-brown mineral of the wolframite group, manganese tungstate, MnWO 4 , a minor ore of tungsten.
- hugh capet — Hugh or Fr. Hugues [yg] /üg/ (Show IPA), a.d. 938?–996, king of France 987–996.
- hula skirt — a skirt made of long stems of grass bound to a waistband, worn typically by a Hawaiian hula dancer.
- 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.
- humectants — Plural form of humectant.
- humidistat — an instrument for measuring and controlling humidity.