10-letter words containing t, h, y, e
- heterology — Biology. the lack of correspondence of apparently similar organic structures as the result of unlike origins of constituent parts.
- heteronomy — the condition of being under the domination of an outside authority, either human or divine.
- heteronyms — Plural form of heteronym.
- hey presto — magician's conjuring words
- hierolatry — worship or veneration of saints or sacred things.
- high style — the most up-to-date, elegant, or exclusive fashion, especially in clothing.
- high-style — of or relating to style, fashion, or design that is the most up-to-date and, often, most costly
- histiocyte — A stationary phagocytic cell present in connective tissue.
- 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
- holy water — water blessed by a priest.
- holystoned — Simple past tense and past participle of holystone.
- holystones — Plural form of holystone.
- home study — instruction in a subject given by mail and addressed to a student's home.
- homeopathy — the method of treating disease by drugs, given in minute doses, that would produce in a healthy person symptoms similar to those of the disease (opposed to allopathy).
- homeotypic — of or relating to the second division in meiosis.
- homostyled — (of a plant) having styles of the same form or length in all flowers.
- homozygote — an organism with identical pairs of genes with respect to any given pair of hereditary characters, and therefore breeding true for that character.
- honeyeater — An Australasian songbird with a long brushlike tongue for feeding on nectar.
- honeymonth — a couple's honeymoon or their first month of marriage
- hootenanny — a social gathering or informal concert featuring folk singing and, sometimes, dancing.
- hurtlessly — harmlessly
- hy antigen — an antigen encoded by a gene on the Y (male) chromosome, active in the development of male structures.
- hybrid tea — a type of cultivated rose originally produced chiefly by crossing the tea rose and the hybrid perpetual.
- hycanthone — A particular schistosomicide, a metabolite of lucanthone.
- hydathodes — Plural form of hydathode.
- hydrastine — an alkaloid, C 21 H 21 NO 6 , that is extracted from the roots of goldenseal and forms prismatic crystals: used as an astringent and to inhibit uterine bleeding.
- hydrazoate — a salt of hydrazoic acid; azide.
- hydriodate — (obsolete, inorganic chemistry) iodide.
- hydrolytes — a substance subjected to hydrolysis.
- hydrometer — an instrument for determining the specific gravity of a liquid, commonly consisting of a graduated tube weighted to float upright in the liquid whose specific gravity is being measured.
- hydrometry — (physics) The branch of hydrostatics dealing with the measurement of specific gravity using hydrometers.
- hydrophyte — a plant that grows in water or very moist ground; an aquatic plant.
- hydrotheca — the part of the perisarc covering a hydranth.
- hydrotrope — (chemistry) A compound that solubilizes hydrophobic compounds in aqueous solutions.
- hyetograph — a map or chart showing the average rainfall for the localities represented.
- hyetometer — an instrument used to measure rainfall
- hygienists — Plural form of hygienist.
- hygrometer — any instrument for measuring the water-vapor content of the atmosphere.
- hygrometry — the branch of physics that deals with the measurement of the humidity of air and gases.
- hygrophyte — a plant that thrives in wet or very moist ground.
- hylotheism — any philosophical doctrine identifying a god or gods with matter.
- hylotheist — an adherent of hylotheism
- hymenotomy — incision of the hymen.
- hymn sheet — a sheet of paper with the words of hymns printed on it
- hypaethral — (of a classical building) wholly or partly open to the sky.
- hypaethron — a part of a building or court which is open to the sky
- hyperacute — sharp or severe in effect; intense: acute sorrow; an acute pain.
- hyperalert — fully aware and attentive; wide-awake; keen: an alert mind.
- hyperbatic — relating to a hyperbaton
- hyperbaton — the use, especially for emphasis, of a word order other than the expected or usual one, as in “Bird thou never wert.”.