10-letter words containing y, a, h, o, i
- heroically — Also, heroical. of, relating to, or characteristic of a hero or heroine.
- hesitatory — Hesitating.
- hexaploidy — the condition of being a hexaploid
- hierocracy — rule or government by priests or ecclesiastics.
- hierolatry — worship or veneration of saints or sacred things.
- hieromancy — divination through studying objects offered in sacrifice
- hierophany — A physical manifestation of the holy or sacred, serving as a spiritual eidolon for emulation or worship.
- hippophagy — the practice of eating horseflesh.
- holidaying — a day fixed by law or custom on which ordinary business is suspended in commemoration of some event or in honor of some person.
- holy grail — grail (def 1).
- honorarily — given for honor only, without the usual requirements, duties, privileges, emoluments, etc.: The university presented the new governor with an honorary degree.
- hospitably — receiving or treating guests or strangers warmly and generously: a hospitable family.
- hyaluronic — Of or pertaining to hyaluronic acid or its derivatives.
- hybridomas — Plural form of hybridoma.
- hydriodate — (obsolete, inorganic chemistry) iodide.
- hydromania — an excessive craving or love for water
- hydrorhiza — the rootlike base of a hydroid colony, by which it is attached to the substratum.
- hydrotaxis — oriented movement toward or away from water.
- hygiaphone — a glass screen through which an employee may speak to members of the public, eg at a ticket office
- hylozoical — characterized by the theory that all matter possesses life or that life is an essential property of matter
- hyperosmia — an abnormally acute sense of smell.
- hypertonia — increased rigidity, tension, and spasticity of the muscles.
- hyphopodia — (in a fungus) a specialized hyphal branch, composed of one or two usually lobed cells, serving for attachment and for the absorption of food.
- hypnagogia — (medicine) A condition characterized by dreamlike auditory, visual, or tactile sensations when half-awake.
- hypnagogic — of or relating to drowsiness.
- hypnopedia — sleep learning.
- hypoactive — Less than normally active.
- hypoadenia — a deficiency of glandular activity.
- hypocapnia — (medicine) A state of reduced carbon dioxide in the blood.
- hypodorian — denoting a plagal mode represented by the ascending diatonic scale from A to A
- hypogeusia — a disease characterized by a decreased ability to taste and, sometimes, to smell: associated with a zinc deficiency
- hypohalite — (chemistry) any salt of a hypohalous acid, having a general formula M(OX)n.
- hypolimnia — Plural form of hypolimnion.
- hypolydian — denoting a plagal mode represented by the diatonic scale from D to D
- hypometria — Dysmetria in which the patient tends to undershoot the intended target.
- hypomnesia — Deficiency of the memory.
- hypophonia — an abnormally weak voice due to lack of coordination of the speech muscles.
- hypophoria — Physical misalignment of the two eyes so that one eye is set lower in the head than the other.
- hypoplasia — Pathology. abnormal deficiency of cells or structural elements.
- hypopraxia — abnormally decreased activity; listlessness.
- hypostasis — Metaphysics. something that stands under and supports; foundation. the underlying or essential part of anything as distinguished from attributes; substance, essence, or essential principle.
- hypostatic — of or relating to a hypostasis; fundamental.
- hypotactic — dependent relation or construction, as of clauses; syntactic subordination.
- hypothymia — a state of depression
- hypoxaemia — Alternative spelling of hypoxemia.
- hypoxaemic — Alternative form of hypoxemic.
- hystorical — Nonstandard spelling of historical.
- ichinomiya — a city on central Honshu, in central Japan.
- iconomachy — opposition to the worship of images or icons
- ideography — the use of ideograms.