10-letter words containing t, o, s, l
- gottschalk — Louis Moreau [maw-roh,, moh-] /mɔˈroʊ,, moʊ-/ (Show IPA), 1829–69, U.S. pianist and composer.
- guillemots — Plural form of guillemot.
- gymnoplast — a mass of protoplasm without an enclosing wall.
- hailstones — Plural form of hailstone.
- hailstorms — Plural form of hailstorm.
- half story — a usable living space within a sloping roof, usually having dormer windows for lighting.
- halloysite — a refractory clay mineral similar in composition to kaolinite.
- halobionts — Plural form of halobiont.
- halophytes — Plural form of halophyte.
- haplotypes — Plural form of haplotype.
- healthsome — healthy; salubrious
- heliostats — Plural form of heliostat.
- heliotaxis — movement of an organism toward or away from sunlight.
- hellespont — ancient name of the Dardanelles.
- 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.
- hirtellous — minutely hirsute.
- histoblast — a cell or group of cells capable of forming tissue.
- histologic — the branch of biology dealing with the study of tissues.
- histolysis — disintegration or dissolution of organic tissues.
- historical — of, pertaining to, treating, or characteristic of history or past events: historical records; historical research.
- hold still — If you hold still, you do not move.
- holocausts — Plural form of holocaust.
- holosteric — (of an instrument or device) wholly constructed of solids, without any liquids
- holstering — Present participle of holster.
- holy ghost — the third person of the Trinity.
- holystoned — Simple past tense and past participle of holystone.
- holystones — Plural form of holystone.
- homiletics — the art of preaching; the branch of practical theology that treats of homilies or sermons.
- homoblasty — the state of being homoblastic
- homostyled — (of a plant) having styles of the same form or length in all flowers.
- horologist — an expert in horology.
- 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.
- hospitably — 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.
- hotel ship — a ship which is moored and used as a hotel
- houselight — One of the lights in an auditorium.
- houseplant — an ornamental plant that is grown indoors or adapts well to indoor culture.
- huddleston — (Ernest Urban) Trevor, 1913–1998, English Anglican archbishop and antiapartheid activist in Africa.
- humoralist — a person who believes in humoralism
- hydrolytes — a substance subjected to hydrolysis.
- hylotheism — any philosophical doctrine identifying a god or gods with matter.
- hylotheist — an adherent of hylotheism