14-letter words containing t, i, e, h
- heracliteanism — the philosophy of Heraclitus, maintaining the perpetual change of all things, the only abiding thing being the logos, or orderly principle, according to which the change takes place.
- herald's trick — a conventional method of indicating a tincture, as by printing or carving without color.
- hereditability — heritable.
- hereditariness — (rare) The property of being hereditary.
- hermaphrodites — Plural form of hermaphrodite.
- hermaphroditic — an individual in which reproductive organs of both sexes are present. Compare pseudohermaphrodite.
- hermaphroditus — a son of Hermes and Aphrodite who merged with the nymph Salmacis to form one body
- hermeneuticist — One who studies hermeneutics.
- hermit kingdom — Korea during the period, c1637–c1876, when it was cut off from contact with all countries except China.
- hermit warbler — a common wood warbler (Dendroica occidentalis) of W North America, with a yellow-and-black head, a gray back, and white underparts
- herniated disk — an abnormal protrusion of a spinal disk between vertebrae, most often in the lumbar region of the spine, causing pain due to pressure on spinal nerves.
- heroic couplet — a stanza consisting of two rhyming lines in iambic pentameter, especially one forming a rhetorical unit and written in an elevated style, as, Know then thyself, presume not God to scan / The proper study of Mankind is Man.
- herpetological — Of or relating to herpetology, the study of reptiles.
- herpetologists — Plural form of herpetologist.
- hertzian waves — radio waves or other electromagnetic radiation resulting from the oscillations of electricity in a conductor
- heteroaromatic — a heterocyclic aromatic compound.
- heterochronism — a change in the stage at which developmental processes take place relative to members of the same species
- heteroclitical — (obsolete) Anomalous, heteroclite.
- heteroflexible — (of a person) predominantly heterosexual but not exclusively so
- heterographies — Plural form of heterography.
- heterokaryosis — condition in which a binucleate or multinucleate cell contains genetically dissimilar nuclei.
- heterokaryotic — condition in which a binucleate or multinucleate cell contains genetically dissimilar nuclei.
- heterolecithal — having an unequal distribution of yolk, as certain eggs or ova.
- heteromorphism — The quality or condition of existing in various forms.
- heteroplasties — Plural form of heteroplasty.
- heteroromantic — Romantically attracted to those of the opposite gender.
- heterospecific — belonging to a different species or group
- heterostrophic — (of a shell) twisting or turning in a different direction
- heterozygosity — having dissimilar pairs of genes for any hereditary characteristic.
- hierogrammatic — of or relating to a hierogram
- high as a kite — very drunk
- high priestess — the female leader of a tribe, religion, or movement; a female high priest.
- highly trained — that has received a lot of academic or physical training
- hippopotamuses — Plural form of hippopotamus.
- histochemistry — the branch of science dealing with the chemical components of cellular and subcellular tissue.
- historicalness — The quality of being historical.
- hit the bottle — a portable container for holding liquids, characteristically having a neck and mouth and made of glass or plastic.
- hit the bricks — a block of clay hardened by drying in the sun or burning in a kiln, and used for building, paving, etc.: traditionally, in the U.S., a rectangle 2.25 × 3.75 × 8 inches (5.7 × 9.5 × 20.3 cm), red, brown, or yellow in color.
- hither and yon — Hither and thither means in many different directions or places, and in a disorganized way. In American English, the expression hither and yon is sometimes used.
- hogging moment — a bending moment that produces convex bending at the supports of a continuously supported beam
- hold the field — to maintain one's position in the face of opposition
- holiday resort — self-contained vacation spot
- hollerith code — a system for coding data into punched cards, in which each horizontal row is assigned a different value, and letters, numbers, or special characters are encoded as combinations of these values in a vertical column.
- holometabolism — The complete metamorphosis of an insect.
- holter monitor — a portable electrocardiograph worn by a patient over an extended period of time to assess the effects on heart function of activities of daily living.
- holy scripture — Scripture (def 1).
- homogenisation — Alternative spelling of homogenization.
- homogenization — to form by blending unlike elements; make homogeneous.
- homomultimeric — (biochemistry) Describing a protein containing two or more identical polypeptide chains.
- honey mesquite — a thorny drought-resistant tree, Prosopis glandulosa, of the legume family, native to the southwestern U.S., having clusters of yellow flowers.